Avocados can help lower LDL levels while raising the amount of HDL cholesterol in your body.
Posted on 03/23/2009 12:33:24 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Simple food choices go a long way when it comes to your heart's health. Focusing on fresh foods full of heart-healthy fats and antioxidants can decrease your risk of developing heart disease and cut your chances of a heart attack.
These 10 foods will help keep your ticker in top shape. Oatmeal Start your day with a steaming bowl of oats, which are full of omega-3 fatty acids, folate, and potassium. This fiber-rich superfood can lower levels of LDL (or bad) cholesterol and help keep arteries clear. Opt for coarse or steel-cut oats over instant varieties -- the coarse and steel-cut contain more fiber -- and top your bowl off with a banana for another four grams of fiber.
Salmon Super-rich in omega-3 fatty acids, salmon can effectively reduce blood pressure and keep clotting at bay. Aim for two servings per week, which may reduce your risk of dying of a heart attack by up to one-third. "Salmon contains the carotenoid astaxanthin, which is a very powerful antioxidant," says cardiologist Stephen T. Sinatra, MD, the author of "Lower Your Blood Pressure In Eight Weeks." But be sure to choose wild salmon over farm-raised fish, which can be packed with insecticides, pesticides, and heavy metals. Not a fan of salmon? Other oily fish like mackerel, tuna, herring, and sardines will give your heart the same boost.
Avocado Add a bit of avocado to a sandwich or spinach salad to increase the amount of heart-healthy fats in your diet. Packed with monounsaturated fat, avocados can help lower LDL levels while raising the amount of HDL cholesterol in your body. Health.com: What puts you at risk for high cholesterol?
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Avocados can help lower LDL levels while raising the amount of HDL cholesterol in your body.
100% of the people who have eaten Avocados have died.
Beans...beans
Good for your heart
The more you eat
The more you fart
The more you fart
The better you feel
Eat beans at every meal
Met ol’ Wilford at the Alta Ski Resort in Utah years ago. Happened to sit across from him in one of the restaurants for a noon bowl of chili. Nice guy and just like he appears on TV. Also saw him a few other times on the slopes.
You have no idea. I can eat one either before or after every meal. They’re so good.
LOL! We used to say”
Beans, beans, the musical fruit
The more you eat, the more you toot,
The more you toot, the better you feel
So let’s have beans for every meal!
My grandpa loved to say (at the dinner table)...eat EVERY bean and pee on your plate. Never got old.
His brother Sterling is one of the finest examples of the human race I’ve ever had the pleasure to get to know.
Bacon!
When I first started having my heart problems back in '85, Avocados were a big no-no. Now they're recommended? HA!
I had a triple bypass in '86 and exercised and followed the Pritikin diet religiously (See my upstream post about running into Wilford Brumley). By '90 I was completely closed up again except for one of the bypasses that was 40% open. Since then I'm kept alive through medication.
Heart friendly diet? Yeah, OK. For me, who's been diagnosed with a system that is friendly to bad cholesterol, there's no such thing. So I go my own way.
BTW, my wife has high cholesterol now and eats oatmeal every morning. I don't like the stuff. She's also begun having 4 oz. of red wine a day (began this last week). I like that stuff, so...
..or WILL die.
You know, I heard the SAME statistic! Amazing!
I don’t see Egg McMuffins on the list!?!
Never met the gentleman. IIRC, Wilford lived in West Jordan, UT, or thereabouts, at the time. I lived in Sandy. Alta was a go-to for a lot of the locals, as was Brighton. But that was in the late '80s...
Not Yet!
hmmm I eat almost everyone of these no less than 5 times a week, all its done for me is get the furrowed brow from the Dr.
My heart is in big trouble because I don’t like any of the 10 things listed.
My heart told me it really likes chili, cheese fries.
mark
My wife has tried to foist Salmon on me, and I just cannot stand the taste of it. I don’t do soy, or flaxseed either, but the rest we eat.
I'm not a great lover of seafood of any kind. I'll have the beer-batter Perch occasionally when eating out on Friday, but that's not often and it misses the intent anyway. But when I see the Salmon on the buffet table, I turn away. No thanks!
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