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<blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 2342831" data-attributes="member: 196898"><p>There are several different flavors of heart failure and they have different ways for control and reduction.</p><p></p><p>For some, it is valve problems, or timing problems and sometimes needs a pacemaker fitted, and generally requires reduction in BP. This is a physical problem and may require an artificial valve being fitted.</p><p></p><p>Another form is where calcification of the arteries reducing blood flow into or out of the heart. This one can sometimes require bypass surgery or fitting of stents. Avoidance requires taking steps to reduce the arteries furring up in the first place and carb reduction is probably worth considering. </p><p></p><p>Another form is where the heart muscle is weak. Not sure how to prevent this, but it is usually the one that comes with old age. Exercise probably works for this one.</p><p></p><p>Generally, it is good to reduce BP, exercise aerobically if you can, eat healthily, and keep blood sugar levels under control. The usual NHS advice is to go Low Fat, High Carb, but that is probably not a good strategy in light of recent scientific studies that demonstrated that lo fat diets do not actually protect. and hi carb can ruin blood sugar control. I follow Dr Aseeem Malhotra who is a well-known Cardiologist at Surrey Hospital and he uses a diet called the Pioppi diet named after the Mediterranean town that had the lowest heart disease in Europe, It is a Low Carb diet and I try to use it myself. My problem is the physical plumbing and switching variant and I have been replumbed but not yet rewired.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldvatr, post: 2342831, member: 196898"] There are several different flavors of heart failure and they have different ways for control and reduction. For some, it is valve problems, or timing problems and sometimes needs a pacemaker fitted, and generally requires reduction in BP. This is a physical problem and may require an artificial valve being fitted. Another form is where calcification of the arteries reducing blood flow into or out of the heart. This one can sometimes require bypass surgery or fitting of stents. Avoidance requires taking steps to reduce the arteries furring up in the first place and carb reduction is probably worth considering. Another form is where the heart muscle is weak. Not sure how to prevent this, but it is usually the one that comes with old age. Exercise probably works for this one. Generally, it is good to reduce BP, exercise aerobically if you can, eat healthily, and keep blood sugar levels under control. The usual NHS advice is to go Low Fat, High Carb, but that is probably not a good strategy in light of recent scientific studies that demonstrated that lo fat diets do not actually protect. and hi carb can ruin blood sugar control. I follow Dr Aseeem Malhotra who is a well-known Cardiologist at Surrey Hospital and he uses a diet called the Pioppi diet named after the Mediterranean town that had the lowest heart disease in Europe, It is a Low Carb diet and I try to use it myself. My problem is the physical plumbing and switching variant and I have been replumbed but not yet rewired. [/QUOTE]
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