Super Foods For A Healthy Heart

Everybody now knows that the nature and quality of what we eat and drink, are the most important determinants of our state of being. That is an old truth that naturopath writers Pierre Jean Cousin and Kirsten Hartvig are bearing message in their book “Vitality Foods for Health and Fitness.” The theme of their book can be expressed in a few words : Food and nutrition is crucial to health.

The two authors have listed their personal choices of “superfoods” they regard as having exceptional health-promoting qualities for the heart and blood vessels :

• Increase your intake of oily fish and fiber-rich foods;

• Eat more potassium-rich vegetables, garlic, ginger, greens, and fruit, as these may      help to lower your blood pressure.

• Bioflavanoids, found in yellow, orange, red, and green vegetables and fruit, are antioxidants that help to reduce the formation of fatty deposits and clots in the arteries.

• Reduce your consumption of red or fatty meat (especially pork), full-fat dairy products, eggs, sugar, salt, and alcohol.

• Eliminate fried and fast foods from your diet.

• Take regular, low-intensity exercise, such as swimming, cycling, walking, or jogging, three times a week for at least one hour at a time.

• If you smoke, it is vital that you make every effort to give up.