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Showing posts with label heart disease. Show all posts
Showing posts with label heart disease. Show all posts

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Reduce salt intake!

Remove the salt shaker, and not far away from processed foods! Long suspected of being complicit in heart disease, indirectly, increase blood pressure, salt is then involved directly responsible for the heart.

The researchers report that people reduce salt intake from 25% to 35% lower risk of cardiovascular events over the next 10-15 years from 25% to 30%. The system without salt (NAS), which is the most commonly prescribed treatment. This system has been diagnosed in patients with congestive heart failure, cardiomyopathy, heart disease, acute or chronic renal failure, hypertension, or edema.

American Heart Association recommends that most people limit daily salt intake to 2,300 milligrams - less than a teaspoon (2,400 mg). For people with heart failure, the recommendation is no more than 2,000 mg per day. Achieving this goal requires more than to restrict the use of salt, however: More than 80% of salt intake by Americans comes from processed foods, including 20% ​​of meat and meat products and bread 35% grain / products.

Nutrition label provides the amount of sodium per serving, so always check the serving. Go milligrams instead of a percentage that is based on a diet to 2400 mg per day and is inaccurate to another level.

NAS for snacks is best to stick to fruits and vegetables. There are a few packaged snacks usually contain sodium, such as gelatin desserts and ice cream. But to be safe, you should always check the label for sodium content. However, it is important to remember that the nuts are low in sodium, which is also high in fat and calories.

Here is a list of some other snack foods that contain common, 0 mg sodium, or nearby: Read more about this Article...http://ht.ly/5NmWH



Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Top 10 Healthy Foods

This post was originally published as 10 Foods You Should Really Try by Laurel on Health Food blog. 
Men’s Health Magazine produced a list of “The Ten Best Foods You Aren’t Eating“. Here are their choices for the superfoods that rarely make it into our shopping carts-but should. The article also contains helpful information about how you can include each of these foods in your diet.
1. Beets – contain lots of folate and betaine, reduce risk of heart disease, may fight cancer
2. Cabbage – contains sulforaphane to reduce free radicals and cancer risk
3. Guava – high in lycopene to fight prostate cancer, also high in potassium and fiber
4. Swiss Chard – carotenoids protect your eyes from damages of aging
5. Cinnamon – reduces blood sugar and LDL cholesterol
6. Purslane – highest amount of omega-3s in any plant source, and melatonin inhibits cancer growth
7. Pomegranate Juice - lowers systolic blood pressure and improves blood flow, high in vitamin C
8. Goji Berries – potent in antioxidants, reduces insulin resistance
9. Dried Plums – antioxidants fight free radicals that cause cancer
10.  Pumpkin Seeds – high magnesium, linked with living a longer life