{"id":49,"date":"2014-12-30T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T14:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/?p=49"},"modified":"2015-03-16T22:42:03","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T05:42:03","slug":"nature-for-your-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/featured\/nature-for-your-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature for Your Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The May issue of the <em>Townsend Letter<\/em> included an article titled\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"BodyBold\"><em>What Causes Heart Attacks<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"BodyItalic\">by Dr. Thomas Cowan. \u00a0Using a broad array of research Cowan explains why artery blockage is not particularly related to heart attacks and that heart attacks are\u00a0more related to the function of the\u00a0parasympathetic branch of the\u00a0autonomic nervous system. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"BodyItalic\">\u00a0The\u00a0parasympathetic system, among a lot of other things, \u00a0regulates heart rate and keeps it pumping along. \u00a0If your behaviors suppress your\u00a0parasympathetic system and outside stress (causing something like fight or flight responses) kicks your\u00a0sympathetic nervous system into high gear, all the ingredients are in place for a heart attack. \u00a0The key is to keep your \u00a0parasympathetic system properly nourished and healthy so that your sympathetic nervous system can safely serve its purpose. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cowan says: &#8220;<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u00a0The known things that nourish our parasympathetic nervous system are <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><strong>contact with nature<\/strong>, <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">loving relations, <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">trust, <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">economic security (a hallmark of indigenous peoples the world over) and <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">sex<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u2014 this is a whole new world of therapy for ailing hearts&#8221; (emphasis added).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you were looking for another reason to get out into nature, there it is.<\/p>\n<p>This information is particularly pertinent to me. \u00a0 I have a pacemaker to regulate irregular heartbeats and a\u00a0continuous positive airway pressure device (CPAP) to regulate my breathing when I sleep, due to sleep apnea. \u00a0Seems to me that both devices treat symptoms of parasympathetic nervous system issues. \u00a0I get outdoors a lot, but clearly not enough. \u00a0As the new year approaches, \u00a0I&#8217;m working on a resolution that will get me closer to nature more often.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have a resolution to improve your health that involves contact with\u00a0nature? \u00a0If so, tell us what it is in the comments below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">The entire Cowan article has been republished and is available\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2014\/12\/17\/real-cause-heart-attacks.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2014\/12\/17\/real-cause-heart-attacks.aspx<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The May issue of the Townsend Letter included an article titled\u00a0What Causes Heart Attacks\u00a0by Dr. Thomas Cowan. \u00a0Using a broad array of research Cowan explains why artery blockage is not particularly related to heart attacks and that heart attacks are\u00a0more related to the function of the\u00a0parasympathetic branch of the\u00a0autonomic nervous system. \u00a0The\u00a0parasympathetic system, among a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-motivation","category-physical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions\/70"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}