-  Contracts and expands around 100,000 times a day?
-   Supplies 96,000 kilometres of blood vessels?
-   Pumps around 10,000 litres of blood daily?

Cardiovascular Heart Disease is a growing health problem for men and women and one of the leading causes of death worldwide. In honour of Heart Health Month, here are some of our favourite heart blogs to boost your heart health knowledge and promote better heart care.

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According to the experts, Omega-3 fatty acids may lower cholesterol levels, reducing the risk of heart disease, ease joint pain and help prevent depression.		If you are taking an omega supplement for heart health, find out why DHA from fish oil and not ALA from flax is the one to choose.
Statins are the 'acclaimed' LDL-cholesterol-lowering drugs which are amongst the biggest-selling medicines in the world. However, there is heated controversy surrounding their efficacy.		Are you someone who gets easily angry? Studies have suggested that this may be damaging for your heart, with high levels of anger linked to increased risk of heart disease.
Ubiquinol Coenzyme Q10 is an essential nutrient for heart health. Find out why Ubiquinol is such a power antioxidant and why you need this nutrient if you are over the age of 40.		It turns out that while the experts were looking at fat as the culprit, glucose from both sugar and carbs were sneaking in and wreaking havoc on our cholesterol readings.
WHEN/WHY DO DEADLY BLOOD CLOTS FORM The heart is one of the hardest working organs in the human body – it supplies blood, and in turn oxygen, to the brain and our other organs – so keeping it healthy is vital for living a long, active life.