To maintain good health, your heart must be in good condition.

Your heart is the most hardworking organ in your body. It beats relentlessly 70 times in one minute, pumping enough blood to fill an average car’s petrol tank 8 times per hour.

The heart works even while you are sleeping and it’s work rate double when you are awake.

For your heart to work properly and be in good shape you need to exercise properly and also needs vitamins B, C and E as well as dolomite that will strengthen the heart.

You also need to keep the veins and arteries of the circulatory system strong and supple as well as keeping the blood pure.

Researchers agreed that eating sweet potatoes could add years to your life. Sweet potatoes that are a deeper in colour are richer in beta-carotene.

One sweet potato could delivers 541 mg. of potassium, an essential mineral that can lower even hard to treat high blood pressure also it keeps brain levels of sodium under control, Two things that work to lower your risk of stroke.

Study had shown that eating sweet potatoes could lower your artery clogging LDL cholesterol levels by 29 % within a month, which is virtually identical to prescription cholesterol lowering drugs that you have to expensively purchase.

Sweet potatoes contain 25% more powerful heart protecting nutrients than any other tuber crop. Eating just one or two per week could slash your risk of ever having a heart attack by 86%, say the experts.

Bananas have a natural antacid effect on the body, if you suffer from heartburn, eat banana and pure honey for soothing relief.

This tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it a perfect food to lower high blood pressure. This has made the US Food and Drug Administration to allow the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit’s ability to reduce the risk of high blood pressure and stroke.

Potassium is one of the vital minerals, which our body need to normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates body’s water balance When stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. This can be balanced by having a bite of a high-potassium banana.