| Most people die from some form of cardiovascular | | | | So, if you eat the right types of food, you can prevent |
| disease. Sadly, most cardiovascular diseases are | | | | heart attack. In this respect, coconut and particularly |
| preventable. But once the disease has progressed to | | | | coconut oil, appears to be an effective weapon |
| the point where you know you have it, it is usually too | | | | against heart illness. |
| late. Little can be done through conventional treatments | | | | Coconut is used as both food to sustain life and as a |
| to save you. The best protection against | | | | medicine to restore health. Tradition has it that eating |
| cardiovascular disease is prevention. In most cases, | | | | the fruit of coconut tree is one of the secrets to good |
| heart disease can be prevented. | | | | health and a long life. |
| Cardiovascular disease or heart disease, as it is | | | | Using coconut oil for all cooking and food preparation |
| commonly called, is a general term for all disorders of | | | | needs reduces the amount of omega-6 fatty acids in |
| the heart and blood vessels. Atherosclerosis (hardening | | | | your diet, thus reducing the effects of prostaglandins |
| of the arteries) is by far the most common | | | | that raise blood pressure. If blood pressure is elevated |
| cardiovascular disease. It is of great concern because | | | | due to the over consumption of omega-6 fatty acids, |
| it sets the stage for hypertension (high blood pressure), | | | | simply removing these fats from the diet will lower it. |
| heart attack, and stroke. Cardiovascular disease is and | | | | This is exactly what people experience when they |
| has been leading cause of death in Western countries | | | | substitute coconut oil for the oils they have been using |
| for decades. | | | | in their diet. Thus, heart diseases can be prevented. |
| Heart disease is a consequence of diet and life style. | | | | |