Here, a guide to the ten foods that can cause heart attacks and what you should eat instead.Fried chicken. Fried food is a known cholesterol and fat powerhouse, but chicken sounds healthy. ... Sausages. ... Cheesecake. ... Steak. ... Burgers. ... Pizza. ... Pasta. ... Ice cream.More items...
Diet may be the biggest thing you'd change. ... “Just making moderate changes in your diet may be enough to prevent heart disease, but it won't be enough to reverse it,” Ornish says. He puts foods in five groups, ranging from healthiest to least healthy. To reverse heart disease, he says, means becoming a vegetarian.
Heart failure can be caused by:Cardiomyopathies (diseases that damage the heart muscles)Coronary Artery Disease.Diabetes.Diseases of the Heart Valves.Heart Defects present at Birth.High Blood Pressure.Lung Disease such as Emphysema.Past Heart Attacks.
About 610,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year–that's 1 in every 4 deaths. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. More than half of the deaths due to heart disease in 2009 were in men.Nov 28, 2017