It is never too early to think about taking care of your heart. It is important to see your doctor and discuss all the ways you can live a healthy life. Not all methods are suitable for everyone, and only you and your doctor can decide. However, these 7 paths to heart health and wellness are a good place to begin the conversation.A strong heart is very important to your overall health. The heart is an organ that is also an amazing muscle. It is the source of life and provides oxygen to the body. It acts as a pump that provides blood to the body by adjusting the flow and pressure of blood volume. The leading cause of death in the U.S is heart disease. 40% of deaths of people between the ages of 65 and 74 are from heart disease. Heart disease costs the government over 300 billion annually.

The heart can beat over 100,000 times per day. It can pump upwards of 1800 gallons of blood through the blood vessels, which if stretched can exceed 60,000 miles. Those are truly astounding facts about the miraculous job that our heart does for us on a daily basis. As we get older, our heart will compensate by adjusting to age. It will compensate for arterial plaque buildup by working harder to get the blood through vessels that are now narrower than when we were younger. This extra work on the heart's behalf can have serious health effects. For instance it can raise blood pressure. However, by doing so, we become more susceptible to heart problems as well as other diseases. There are certain foods that are very helpful to good heart health. We need to eat the right foods to protect this precious organ in order to allow it to operate at its peak efficiency