1 in 3 men and 1 in 4 women suffer from cardiovascular disease before the age of 60…

195 people die every day in South Africa of heart failure…

These are not words from a horror story – they’re the latest heart disease statistics from The SA Heart Foundation…

Life-saving solutions you need to know now to help you avoid becoming this killer’s next target...

1 million barrels of blood pumped in a lifetime... By a machine that never shuts down... With each heartbeat, your cardiovascular system transports oxygen and nutrients to the 300 trillion cells in your body. The heart pumps enough blood in a lifetime to fill 3.3 super tankers and that’s just at rest! So it comes as no surprise that, after a while, your heart can break down.

Coronary Heart Disease begins when plaque builds up, narrowing and clogging your arteries. The hardening of the arteries happens over time and is more prevalent the older you get. As it progresses, the blood flow slows and the heart doesn’t get enough oxygen and nutrients leading to chest pain and possibly a heart attack.

Magnificent as it is, your heart is not infallible. And it must never be taken for granted. And there’s more to the heart health story than cholesterol alone

Fact: Not only does your body require some cholesterol to be healthy, but only 20% of your total cholesterol comes from the foods you eat. Your body makes the rest on its own – because it needs it.

It might also interest you to know that research done by renowned cardiologist, Dr John Rumberger, published in a 1999 edition of the Mayo Clinic Proceedings, found that cholesterol is not the only heart-health bad guy.

Far from it.

In fact, these same findings were further supported by the ongoing Framingham Heart Study – the longest and one of the most reputable heart studies ever conducted.

So, you can cut out the steak and eggs and live on rice cakes and skim milk if you want. But it’s important to understand, there’s more to the heart-health story than just cholesterol