Causes of Coronary Heart Disease -
Revealing a Killer

But reading that sentence may well leave you as clueless as you were before you started, and a little discouraged if you're over the age of fifty.

After all, there isn't an easy way to know whether you have atherosclerosis, and not many people I know want to die young, to avoid the risk factor of aging!

However a little more research quickly unearths somewhat clearer "causes", or perhaps a better name would be "risk factors", for heart disease.

In actual fact, though, there is a good deal of controversy about the bottom line causes of coronary heart disease.

"What causes atherosclerosis?" Please read the page I've already written about atherosclerosis for a much more in depth discussion of that topic.

But before further discussion of causes, perhaps you'd like to know more about the facts on heart disease and coronary heart disease facts. If so, you can explore both pages by clicking on the preceding links.

And if you're wondering about how common heart disease is, click on the preceding link to check out the page dedicated to answering that question.

However, to continue, there are certain things that are commonly accepted as clear risks for atherosclerosis. These same things are also considered to be...

The Causes of Coronary Heart Disease

• smoking or regular use of tobacco in any form
  
  
• high blood sugar
  
  
• high fat levels in the blood - this includes cholesterol and triglycerides
  
  
• high blood pressure

  For information about how to lower blood pressure naturally and avoid or reverse this cause of heart disease, please click on the preceding link.

  However, if you don't deal with high blood pressure, it can result in hypertensive heart disease. Explore this link to get the details about it, as well as how to avoid or reverse it.
  

• obesity - For men the most dangerous weight is shown by a waist circumference of over 42", for women it is anything above 35". If you are struggling with weight, you'll want to check out the weight loss programs I've found most effective.
  
  
• lack of regular exercise
  
  
• stress
  
  
• a "type A personality" - Identified as impatient, aggressive, and competitive character traits
  
  
• advancing age - over 50 for men, and 55 for women
  
  
• heredity

How Many will Cause Heart Disease?

There are two things all the experts agree on though...

• The more causes are present in your current situation, the higher the probability that you will develop heart disease.
  
• If you change the things you can, the things you can't change, advancing age and heredity, are much less likely to kill you.

However, please don't take the problem of heart disease lightly, if you explore this page I've written on the latest statistics about heart disease you'll understand why that would be a big mistake.

After all, you don't want to ignore the problem, and end up with a heart like the one autopsied in the picture above. Everyone realizes what a deadly mistake that could be.

If you even scan that page it's obvious heart disease is a serious problem.

And for a clearer understanding of the diversity of the problem, you might explore different types of heart disease, a page I've recently written on the common types.

So, what can you do?

Develop a Plan

If you realize that you have, or a loved one has, many of the causes of coronary heart disease, don't give up hope!

Even if you've developed many of the signs of heart disease, or you've been diagnosed with inflammatory heart disease or end stage heart disease, you're not dead yet, or you wouldn't be reading this.

But, don't ignore the danger either! Heart disease is deadly.

Educate yourself about cardiovascular fitness, learn to recognize each heart disease symptom, and then take action.

The first, and most important, line of defense is to provide your body with the nutrients it needs to maintain cardiovascular health. For more information read the page on atherosclerosis. Also read the pages on How to Prevent Heart Disease and Ways to Prevent Heart Disease where I share steps you can take to avoid having to deal with this disease, or reverse it if you've already had problems.

Causes of Coronary Heart Disease
Conclusions

Believe me I'm thankful! And I'm hoping and praying we can keep it that way!

I even have a personal interest in the subject, since one of the chemotherapy drugs used to treat my cancer a few years back had a long term side effect of heart failure. That is one side effect I'd rather avoid dealing with!

Thankfully, I don't feel there is nothing I can do to avoid it. I believe the supplements I've used, and am using may well be keeping me from developing that side effect.

I know they've improved my health from the point where I'd have been delighted to move on to heaven, to where I'm completely willing to wait for the Lord's timing.

Please focus your energy on changing what you can, while realizing we all have an inevitable appointment with death.

If you aren't ready for that appointment, I'd highly recommend you get ready, by finding out how you can have spiritual health and be prepared for that appointment we'll all have to keep.

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