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7 Foods for Heart Health

7 Foods for Heart Health Incorporating a heart-healthy diet in your life will go a long way in preventing heart disease. This is great news for those of us that are predisposed to heart disease. “In fact, heart disease is largely preventable,” says Walter Willett, M.D., professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. “Eating a healthy diet, combined with not smoking and exercising regularly, could prevent about 80 percent of heart disease cases.” That's an impressive statistic! Although, if heart disease runs in your family, the sooner you make these changes, the better. Heart disease is something that you'll want to stay ahead of - if you can. As a general rule, a heart-healthy diet should focus on whole grains, healthy fats, lean sources of protein, fruits and vegetables as well as a low salt diet . You can even go a step further by minimizing refined carbohydrates, sugar, and saturated fats. Lowering your consumption of carbohydra...

Dining Out Without 'Diet Cheating'

  Eating out occasionally can be a nice alternative to cooking at home, but it can also throw your healthy lifestyle for a loop. Restaurant food is often delicious, but can also have hidden health consequences. Here's the good news - there are healthier choices that you can make while eating out. Whether you're trying to loose weight, manage high blood pressure or diabetes, follow these guidelines and your body will thank you later. Go healthy... Most restaurants offer healthier, low salt alternatives on their menu. While most of us aren't willing to order a grilled chicken salad every time  we eat out (me included) , we can still make small, but important changes. Order vegetables, like broccoli, as your side instead of french fries. Also, take a break from fried fish and choose the 'grilled' for a change. You get the picture? These small changes add up. Eat less.  Many restaurants serve fairly large portion sizes. Use this to your advantage and share a mai...

Salt...Breaking a Bad Habit

Eating a diet that is low in whole grains, fruit, nuts and seeds and fish oils and high in salt raises the risk of an early death, according to the huge and ongoing study Global Burden of Disease. Too little fruit kills nearly five million people every year, and too much salt kills four million. There are three things we can do to lower our salt intake. First... Don’t add salt at the table. A third of us add salt to our food before even tasting it!   Second... Stop adding salt when cooking. At first the food will taste bland. Two to four weeks later, however, as the sensitivity of the salt taste receptors in the mouth become more sensitive to the taste of salt in the usual concentrations. Believe it or not, after two weeks you may actually prefer the taste of food with less salt. Finally... Avoid processed foods that have salt added. Even if we completely stop adding salt in the kitchen and dining room but still eat processed foods with salt, it will only bring our down salt intake a s...

A Healthier Mashed Potato

You’ll actually think these are mashed potatoes and so will everyone else!  This recipe for mashed cauliflower is perfect for low-carb diets and will also fool your family, while serving them a healthy, low salt dish.  sensationalseasonings

Healthy Recipe, Easy Dinner

Healthy Recipes Easy Dinner by Sensational Seasonings Sensational Seasonings provides healthy, delicious recipes and low salt or salt-free seasonings for those looking to live a healthier life, low blood pressure and/or loose weight (by eating low-carb meals). Our Recipe Advantages: Quick & Easy Low Salt, Healthy Recipes Delicious Easy Recipes! Yummy for the Entire Family Great for Low Carb Diets We hope you enjoy Healthy Recipes, Easy Dinner brought to you by Sensational Seasonings! You can get more details about Sensational Seasonings and healthy, easy dinner recipes here: www.sensationalseasonings.com Thanks for checking out our Healthy Recipes, Easy Dinner video! lowsaltrecipes

Top 15 foods to fight inflammation

If you're reading this, you are probably dealing with inflammation or you're doing your best to avoid it! I'm about to give you a list of the top 15 anti-inflammatory foods and herbs. Since inflammation is a major cause of disease, you'll definitely want to incorporate these foods into your diet. In fact, heart disease is caused by the inflammation of your arteries, while arthritis is caused by inflammation in your joints. Even ulcerative colitis is caused by inflammation of your colon. Most disease today has an inflammatory component, even cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Top 15 -   Leafy Greens! Green, leafy vegetables are high in vitamin K as well as chlorophyll which helps detoxify your body and lower levels of inflammation.  Looking to change up your salads, try chard, dandelion greens, beet greens .   Spinach and kale are great as well in terms of their vitamin K, their calcium, magnesium. Those minerals to help lower inflammation in the body. The next one is ...