Winter is a season that can impose many challenges on the health of your heart. Frequent cold weather might keep you house-bound whenever possible, stopping you from exercising. The festive period may result in the indulgence of food and drink that you may avoid during other times of the year, and the relentless grey weather might foster a desire for comfort eating until the first stirrings of spring emerge.
All of this can lead to an accelerated build-up of cholesterol in your body, which can be a key factor to the onset of heart-disease. Therefore – if you want to help minimise its potential effects in a relatively simple manner, certain herbal supplements can really help:
Garlic is a widely used medicinal herb that has a variety of positive effects. As well as making food taste more interesting, it can also be used to help fight infection, encourage wounds to heal quicker, and treat tumours. It can also help to lower blood-pressure and has been recognised as a means of battling stomach and colonic cancers in the medical community.
Red yeast rice has been consumed in China for thousands of years, and is known to assist digestion and lower cholesterol levels – through the presence of specific molecules that contain statins.
Bilberry is a fruit close in resemblance and taste to the cranberry and contains flavonoids that can soften arteries, increase blood-flow and optimise the body’s circulatory systems. It can also help to improve general health and wellbeing due to its abundant antioxidant properties.
Fish oil supplements are rich in omega 3 fatty acids and help to lower blood-pressure and minimise heart-irregularities. Whilst it is rich in fish such as salmon and mackerel, it is also regularly ingested in a capsule form and is widely available in health-food shops.
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