Diet Plan for Healthy Heart

Food & Diet, Healthy Food

Aug 102010

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Healthy Heart

Try the following dietary tips for healthy heart:-

Include garlic and onions in your diet. They contain compounds that help to reduce serum cholesterol levels.
Drink at least eight 8-ounce glasses of water every day. If possible, drink steam-distilled water only.
Try to lose weight if you are above your ideal body weight. This should be a gradual process, so avoid any fad diets or quick weight loss methods.
Avoid stimulants such as coffee and black tea that contain caffeine. Coffee increases stress hormones in the body, putting coffee drinkers at greater risk of heart disease.
Foods high in magnesium helps to protect heart include foods such as broccoli, potatoes, tofu, spinach, and wheat germ.
Include at least 8-9 servings of fresh fruits and vegetables in a day’s diet and 1 serving of green leafy vegetable daily.

The following is the suggested diet for healthy heart:

Upon arising: Lukewarm water with lemon juice and honey.

Breakfast: Fresh fruits such as apples, grapes, pears, “”aches, pineapples, oranges, melons, one or two slices of whole meal bread and skimmed milk.

Mid-morning: Fresh fruit juice or coconut water.

Lunch: Combination salad of vegetables such as lettuces, cabbage, carrots, cucumber, beetroot, tomato, onion and garlic, one or two chapatti (without butter or ghee) and curd.

Mid-afternoon: Fresh fruit juice or salted butter milk.

Dinner: Fresh vegetable juice or soup, two steamed or lightly cooked vegetables, one or two whole wheat tortilla, and a glass of buttermilk.

(Please consult your doctor before adapting this diet plan)