Today, the BBC reported the news of the 500,000th heart pacemaker being fitted, and the advances in technology that have seen it go from the size of a pram wheel to smaller than a matchbox. The pacemaker is designed to resychronize heart muscle function generally after heart attacks, or if there is an arrhythmia (out of rhythm).
Mrs Trudie Lobban, founder of the Arrhythmia Alliance said: “Although implants have increased in the UK by 5% each year, we need an increase of 15% per annum to be in line with European implant rates by 2016.
She added: “100,000 sudden cardiac deaths occur in the UK every year, yet 80% of these could possibly be avoided if diagnosed and treated appropriately.”
My fundamental question is what is the definition of ‘treated appropriately’, and why is heart disease such a huge problem, now, when there was no reported heart attacks before 1941?
There are three main biological oscilators in the human body - the brain, the heart and the intestines and they should all pulse together in harmony or synchronicity. Each one of these organs produces an electric and electromagnetic field as the pump blood, spinal fluid, send nerve messages or pump food. The electromagnetic fields of each of these organs interact with each other and in a healthy person, synchronize.
However if the brain is affected adversely by mental stress, continuous negative thought, or depression or any stressor, its electrical pulse, and the electromagnetic field that surrounds it alter and can interact with the electromagnetic field of the heart causing arrhythmias and dysfunctions of the heart muscle.
This is one potential cause of heart disease, and a potent example of how the body works as an integrated system of systems, and not like a set of seperate parts, with no influence on each other.
Extending this phenomenom, you can see other potential sources for heart problems -
Your intestines - physical stress from intolerances, allergies, parasites, fungal infections, bacterial overgrowth, could also cause heart problems.
Emotional issues can cause ‘tummy ache’or IBS symptoms, or a mind that can’t switch off, or overworking without adequate sleep (to help your brain and nervous system recover) can all cause problems with our hearts.
When you view the body as an integrated whole, with each cell able to communicate with another, then you realise that the attainment and maintenace of health is about integrating and balancing the the things we all do every day - the life principles. These are - Diet, hydration, sleep, sunlight, movement, thought - all of which affect every part of our body and have an influence on each other.
So, to end, In my opinion the first priority in the fight against heart disease is not to treat at all (you should always consult with your GP for medical advice). We should all be viewing our bodies as a whole integrated, communicating unit of many trillion cells, and that the route to good health is not through chopping it up into seperate parts to treat, but assessing what we all can do for ourselves by making small but significant changes to our life principles - as these are the messages we send to our bodies on a continuous basis, and are therefore the most influential.
You will probably need help to achieve this, and we will be happy to help you, or look for a CHEK practitioner in your area at http://www.chekinstitute,com
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