How many cars have you owned during your life that were built with strong steel engines? The average life of a car may be 20-30 years until the engine fails. Every person has a heart that is the engine to the body simply made of muscles and soft tissue, yet people often outlive our cars. All things eventually wear out and fail whether it is a steel engine or our hearts. One simple way to determine if our heart is getting weaker is when our lower legs start to swell. This signals that our heart is not strong enough to pump the blood that flows to our feet with the help of gravity back up to the chest area of our body for proper blood circulation. If left unchecked, this can cause a heart attack, stroke or death. Physicians normally prescribe water pills to help with this problem of fluid retention in the legs but they rarely inform the patients of one simple step to help ease the stress on the heart to extend the life of our loved ones. If your elderly loved one has feet and legs...