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Can Bananas & Avocados Help to Prevent Heart Attacks?
Bananas and avocados do not require a prescription and do not have any known significant side effects.
Potassium and/or magnesium deficiencies have been documented to significantly increase your risk of heart attacks.
Eating just one banana and one avocado every day, may prevent one of the precursors of cardiovascular disease and heart attacks, which is the hardening of the arteries.
Hardening of the arteries or arteriosclerosis, can be related to:
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- Heart disease
- Stroke
- Metabolic syndrome
- Chronic kidney disease (CKD)
- High Blood Pressure
A new study indicated that vascular calcification was reduced in the mice that were given the highest levels of potassium.
One study shows that the concentrations of magnesium and potassium within cells are closely related. Imbalances can result in cardiac disorders, including cardiac arrhythmia due to the lack of potassium.
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Bananas are high in potassium, and avocados contain high levels of magnesium. This combination might be just what the doctor ordered and also has the potential to reduce heart-related issues such as high blood pressure and heart disease.
Why not talk to your doctor about this?
Please remember that you should never go off of any prescribed medications without consulting the prescribing physician first, since that can sometimes have fatal consequences.