Eat Your Way to a Healthy Heart! November 13
Our title may look like a contradiction – after all, eating is one of the things that are being blamed for the development of heart disease. It is worthy to note, though, that it is the absence of restraint in the way some people eat that lead to the development of heart disease. In perhaps one of life’s ironies, eating is as much a great way of maintaining a healthy heart as it is a cause for abusing it.
We probably do not have to stress the importance of taking care of one’s heart. After all, it is the only one you have, and one cannot easily get a new one to replace it.
Along with the proper amount of exercise as well as refraining from indulging in risk factors such as smoking, a healthy diet is one of the recommendations that physicians and other health care professionals give to people who would like to live long, healthy lives. This means that, yes, you can eat your way to a healthy heart.
WebMD shares a list of heart-healthy foods that you may want to incorporate into your menu on a regular basis. Topping the list is probably many a person’s favorite topping – blueberries. This is more than just a treat for the palate – they are packed with things that will help you ward off disease, including anthocyanins, the anti-oxidant that gives it its blue hue.
My sister used to work with someone who was such a health buff. And more often than not, my sister noticed that she gobbled up our next item on the menu – salmon. This diet, coupled with her daily mile-or-so-long walk with her Labrador retriever, probably accounted for her healthy physique. Salmon is a cold-water fish that is a great source of protein as well as omega-3 fatty acids – a real heart-healthy treat. There are probably a million and one ways to prepare salmon, and this is one dish that people probably will not make any complaints about even if served on day in and day out.
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