Friday, April 18, 2014

Which foods are healthy for our heart?

A healthy diet is crucial to our health. Modern lifestyle threatens us every day because we eat too much and move too little. Proper nutrition and the regulation of body weight are key factors of recommendations for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. 


Remove excess weight as you can manage! Reduce the fat in the blood and move as much as you can!
Below are some tips on foods you must avoid if you do not want to experience a heart attack in the near future.

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Change your eating habits.
Reduce oxidative stress and blood pressure using less salty foods.
Reduce intake of animal fat.

The harmful fats are saturated fats that are high in cholesterol. One leads to the formation of atherosclerotic plaques in the blood vessels. plaques shooting causing embolism and thrombosis. Heart and stroke are the results of this phenomenon.

For a healthy heart eating berries that protects the heart and contains healthy polyphenols. Drink red wine, the juice of red grapes and pomegranate.

Nuts are great for the heart and blood vessels, as they contain a lot of monounsaturated fatty acids.
Olive oil is liquid gold, because it prevents heart disease.

What foods are bad for our heart?
From your diet should eliminate:

  • Beef, pork, smoked meat, offal, sausages, bacon
  • Fast food (pizza, burgers)
  • Chips
  • White bread
  • Whole milk
  • Soft drinks
  • Full-fat cheeses


The foods you should eat for a healthy heart:

  • Fish and lean meats (veal, beef, chicken, turkey)
  • Beans, broccoli, Swiss chard
  • Olive oil
  • Lowfat cheese
  • Fruit
  • Pumpernickel bread
  • Milk with 1.5% fat
  • Kefir and low-fat yogurt
  • Red wine 1 to 2 cups per day
  • Nuts
Sometimes, especially when we are approaching the holidays it is hard to resist food that looks and smells fantastic. If you relax for a day, it will not do much damage to your body, but if it takes too long to relax cardiac, stroke and diabetes are inevitable in the future.
You are what you eat. Think of your health!

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