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“The Mind-Heart Connection: How Stress Affects Cholesterol and Blood Pressure”

Mindfulness Can Support Heart Health Alongside Capsules This blog explores how mindfulness practices, such as meditation, deep breathing, and stress reduction, can work in combination with cholesterol or heart health capsules to promote stronger cardiovascular health. It highlights that while capsules provide physical support (e.g., lowering LDL or improving circulation), mindfulness addresses emotional and mental factors that also affect the heart, especially stress, anxiety, and blood pressure. What Is Mindfulness? Mindfulness means being fully present in the moment without judgment. It includes practices like: Meditation Breathwork Yoga Body scans Gratitude journaling These help calm the nervous system and reduce the body’s stress response. How Stress Affects Heart Health Chronic stress raises blood pressure, cholesterol, and inflammation—all major risks for heart disease. Stress hormones like cortisol can interfere with the body’s ability to regulate cholesterol. Mindfulness ...