If you stopped to think about your heart, how it works and what it does every second, every minute, every hour, every day, to keep you going, you’d realise just how amazing it is. If you’ve never stopped to think about your heart, why not do it now? Once you know how incredible your heart is, you’ll find it almost impossible to take it for granted.

• Your heart moves 2000 gallons of blood – that’s more than three super tankers - and pumps 100,000 times every day, 35 million times a year and over 2.5 billion times in an average lifetime
• Your system of blood vessels – arteries veins and capillaries is over 60,000 miles long (long enough to go round the world more than twice), yet it takes just 20 seconds to pump blood throughout the entire vascular system
• In one day your blood travels 19,000km (12,000 miles), that’s four times the distance across the USA from coast to coast
• Even at rest your heart works twice as hard as the leg muscles of a sprinting man
• Your heart is only as big as a clenched fist and weighs just 8 – 10 ounces
• The Aorta – your main artery is almost as thick as a garden hose
• Your capillaries are so small that it takes ten of them to equal the thickness of a human hair.

Your heart is at the centre of everything you are and when it’s working well, it pumps blood through the arteries, delivering oxygen and essential nutrients. It’s powerful and fragile at the same time, which is why Flora is committed to helping keep this precious and miraculous organ in good condition. With a background in heart health and over 40 years experience of developing heart healthy products, we’re dedicated to bringing you all the latest expert information to help you look after your heart and learn to love it.