Foods and Spices in Your Kitchen to Build a Healthier Heart:

•Green Tea Leaf – has antioxidants that support cells on inner lining of blood vessels and heart, helps blood pressure and lowers LDL cholesterol

•Garlic – helps reduce cholesterol, protects the heart and circulatory system

•Oregano Leaf – helps balance cholesterol

•Rosemary Leaf – supports healthy blood pressure

•Dark Chocolate, or Cacao nibs – a circulatory tonic

•Cayenne Pepper – helps improve elasticity of blood vessels, benefits blood pressure and cardiovascular function

•Cinnamon Bark (Chinese Cassia) – supports heart function

•Ginger Root – supports heart health, helps improve circulation

•Vegetables – Red, orange, and yellow vegetables have antioxidants that protect arteries and support healthy blood flow

•Nuts – pecans, walnuts, pumpkin and sunflower seeds (unsalted)

Herbs to Build a Healthier Heart:

•Hawthorn Berry, Leaf and Flower – strengthens heart, improves circulation” Bilberry – strengthens blood vessels and capillaries throughout the body

•Butcher’s Broom – tones circulatory tissues throughout the body

•Ginkgo Leaf – improves oxygenation, strengthens cardiovascular system

•Gotu Kola Leaf – improves oxygenation, strengthens cardiovascular system

•Motherwort Leaf – improves cardiac function and circulation

•Pleurisy root – heart tonic, reduces spasms and congestion

•Prickly Ash Bark – strengthens circulation

•Shepherd’s Purse Leaf – supports healthy blood pressure, cholesterol levels

•Turmeric Root – supports healthy cholesterol balance; related to ginger root

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