Saturday, July 16, 2011

4 Nutrition to Prevent Heart Disease

Here is 4 nutrition to prevent heart disease, Try to take a tape measure, measure the circumference of the abdomen through the navel. Obesity is most at risk of heart attack is the accumulation of fat in the abdomen.

Be careful if you exceed the abdominal circumference 102 cm for men and more than 88 cm for women. The more so if you have high blood pressure or high cholesterol levels.


information from Dr.dr. Siti Fadilah Supari, Sp.JP of Harapan Kita Cardiac Hospital, now the Minister of Health, in the archives of the seminar "How-To Healthy Living With Heart Disease and Diabetes".
In order to shrink the risk of heart disease, lower body weight. Set fiisk activities, thought patterns, and diet. Increase the following foods, according to David Edelberg, MD of Holistic and Internal Medicine, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, the U.S., helping reduce risk of heart disease.

1. Soluble fiber
Lots contained in the oatmeal (oats), brown rice, bread wheat (whole wheat bread), fruits are eaten with the skin such as apples, pears, guava; fruits like papaya high berpektin; legumes and nuts such as ari skinned boiled peanuts, red beans, green beans, Tolo, soy. Soluble fiber cut the risk of heart disease by binding to LDL cholesterol (low density lipoprotein).

2. Folate
Its main sources are green leafy vegetables. Including the local green vegetables, such as cassava leaves, papaya leaves, pumpkin leaves, bean leaves, melinjo leaf, fern leaves, kale, mustard greens / caisim. Legumes were abundant folate, including red beans, green beans, Tolo, soy. Folate shrink levels of homocysteine ​​in the blood, one type of amino acids that potentially increase the risk of heart disease.

3. Omega-3
Lots contained in fish, especially fish rich in fat, such as salmon. Ika fresh or brackish water rich in fat, such as cork fish, catfish, fish, also contain omega-3, although there were not many. In addition to the fish, omega-3 are also found in nuts, like peanuts, cashews, walnuts. But walnut is nuts best source of omega-3. In conclusion a number of research results mentioned omega-3 is able to loosen the blockage of the arteries and make blood vessels relax. In addition, omega-3 also reduced the levels of bad cholesterol is VLDL (very low density lipoprotein), which contribute to the risk of cardiovascular disease.

4. Unsaturated fat (fat monounsaturates)
Can be found in olive oil, olives, seeds (especially sesame white and black), and peanut oil. Unsaturated fats can lower heart disease risk, by shrinking the blood cholesterol levels. Different from highly unsaturated oils (polyunsaturated fat), the properties of unsaturated oils are not easily degenerate as a result of the oxidation process reacts with hot air and cooking. To distance themselves from the threat of heart disease, should stay away from or avoid foods rich in saturated fats, such as meat, chicken, butter, fat cheese. Saturated fats worsen blockages in arteries caused by cholesterol buildup.

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