Category: Heart Healthy Food
Cranberry Flax Muffins
This lush muffin is heart-smart, made with 100% whole grains, and full of healthy flax Omega-3.
Zucchini Bread
3 eggs
1 cup corn oil
2 cups sugar or splenda
2 cups peeled and grated zucchini
3 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
¼ tsp baking powder
2 tsp vanilla
3 tsp cinnamon
½ cup nuts or raisins
Banana Nut Bread
Each year Bellin Heart and Vascular Center does some fund raisers to donate to the American Heart Association in honor of the Green Bay Heart Walk. Look for lots of great Heart Healthy recipies to follow.
Southwest pasta salad
Healthy Carb living with Dreafields Pasta: Southwest Pasta Salad
Easy switches and smart choices
For a healthier diet, here are some examples of easy switches and smart food choices.
Meat, Fish and Poultry
Limit:
- fatty meats
- sausage
- bacon
- organ meats
- tuna packed in oil
- bologna
- hot dogs
- salami
- lunch meats
Smart substitutes: lean cuts of beef
Dark Chocolate is good for your heart
Why is Dark Chocolate Healthy?
So you like chocolate? Well, it can be good for you, but remember to eat it in moderation and make sure it has greater than 70% cocoa in it. The higher the % of cacao, the more benefits and better nutritional value the chocolate contains.
What is cholesterol?
What is cholesterol?
It is a soft, fat-like substance found in the body. Cholesterol comes from two sources
– Food we eat
– Made in your liver
Cardiobesity
Cardiobesity: a new epidemic in the United States?
Obesity is the central problem contributing to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, altered lipoproteins, prediabetes, insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome.
Red yeast rice: video
Please watch this Discovery Health video on Red Yeast Rice.
I only caution you that the physician mentions that there are no side effects of taking red yeast rice. The FDA in the United States has no safety profile on this nutritional supplement. We do not really know what side effects it could have, but we do know it is very similar to a statin medication.
Please see additional articles at the end of the page for more information on safety.
Can red yeast rice lower my cholesterol?
So you don't want to have to take a medication for your high cholesterol? What are the alternatives? Of course, you can watch what you eat and start to exercise, that will be very helpful. What about nutiritonal supplements? Let's talk a little bit about red yeast rice.
Heart Healthy Pecans
I found this wonderful article about the heart healthy benefits of pecans from the National Pecan Shellers Association. Click on any of the following links, to read more about how good these nuts are for you!
Getting enough omega-3s in your diet?
It seems like just about everybody these days is aware that a generous intake of omega-3 fatty acids is necessary for optimal heart health. But day to day, how much do you need?
'Smart Choices' Food Labels Are Deceptive
New 'Smart Choices' Food Labels Are Deceptive
is an article by Christopher Wanjek, LiveScience's Bad Medicine Columnist. He points out one of the biggest problems in the world today: how can we make good food choices, when processed foods, with lots of sugar, high fructose corn syrup and partially hydrogenated oils, are made to look like they are healthy?
Women who did six things right had 80% lower risk of developing high blood pressure.
Living right can help people live healthier, and researcher John Forman of Brigham and Women’s Hospital can back that up with the experiences of women who did it.
How a low vitamin D level leads to clogged arteries, heart disease
Low levels of vitamin D are known to nearly double the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes, and researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis now think they know why.
Follow this link to read the full article on ihealthbulletin.com:
http://bit.ly/12Zqd4
5 top healthiest food choices for your heart
The following article is from the Heart and Stroke Foundation www.heartandstroke.com
Read about the basics to remember: eat food that is high in fiber and lower in fat and salt.
Heart Healthy Benefits of Wine
What are the heart healthy benefits of wine?
Wine is FULL of antioxidants: flavonoids and resveratrol!
Get the skinny on FATs
One of the last postings was a brief introduction to fats: the good, bad and ugly ones too. I hope that it helped you to understand the differences a little bit and that it also prompted more questions. March is nutrition month, so let’s focus a little bit longer on FAT.
Get the skinny of FATs? Contrary to what you may believe, not all fats really make you fat. So let’s review:
- Trans Fat: UGLY BAD
- Saturated Fat: BAD
- Monounsaturated: Good
- Polyunsaturated: Good
Am I eating heart smart?
Take a look to see if you are heart smart
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Fats
Did you ever go on that “Fat-free” diet? A lot of us did. Fat makes us fat, right? Not quite true. Too much of the bad fats, like saturated fat and trans fat, can cause an increase in cholesterol levels and contribute to weight gain. Increasing the amounts of good fats however, can decrease inflammation and our cholesterol levels.
A diet can decrease my risk of heart attack and stroke? You bet!
Through studies like the Nurses' Health Study and the Lyon Diet Heart Study, the importance of a healthy dietary pattern has been linked to a reduction in heart attacks and strokes.
