Our beautiful, miraculous hearts.

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Inside the Heart

Photograph by Lennart Nilsson

Tissue-paper thin but tough, the valves of the human heart open and close to pump 6 quarts (0.9 liters) of blood a day through 60,000 miles (97,000 kilometers) of vessels. That’s equivalent to 20 treks across the United States from coast to coast. The heart is a magnificent machine when it’s in good working order. But coronary heart disease is the number one killer of American men as well as women, resulting in 500,000 deaths in the United States and killing 7.2 million people worldwide each year.

For more photos please see:
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/photos/heart/#/inside-heart_1008_600x450.jpg



       A very possible additional cause of the obesity epidemic are "obesogens,"  which are toxic chemicals in our diets which mimic estrogens.  Included below is a very compelling article.  I admit, I haven't been as vigilant against bisphenol A in our diets as in the past.  Using canned foods (the can liners contain bisphenol A) is more convenient and cheaper than using fresh;  but that is not a good excuse.  This would help explain why there is an obesity epidemic in infants under the age of six months....that and the fact that cow's milk today is reflective of the diets now fed to cows compared to the more natural diets cows ate 50 years ago.  You can't fool Mother Nature for long.
http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2012-11-18/real-cause-global-obesity-epidemic


     Here is an interesting article which lists the world's top 10 oldest human beings.  The oldest, a woman from Georgia, will be 116 this August.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/15/long-life-worlds-oldest-people_n_1349409.html?ref=healthy-living#s618895&title=Dont_Retire_