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Health Info
Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Conditions and Stroke
Coronary Artery Disease, high cholesterol and high blood pressure can be passed from a family member, eating foods high in saturated and trans fats, eating foods with lots of salt and Stress.
Healthy Eating - by Judy/aka JuJu
Info found on the web, doctors offices and from my own experience of eating healthy
Eat For Health Diet
1. Eat 3 meals daily, on time as best you can. Don't eat when you're hungry...eat because it's time to eat. This will keep your body and habits on schedule.
2. Drink water. 95% of what you drink daily should be water. Find a good source. Small amount of coffee and tea is ok. Best without sugar. Avoid soft drinks, kool-aid, Gatorade, Power Aid and juice. Practically all juice is boiled for 30 minutes with Vitamin C added. It's not much better than sugar water and causes a variety of problems. It's better to drink fresh "juiced" juice from fresh fruits and vegetables. Best - drink water and eat fresh fruit and vegetables.
3. Start each meal of snack with a few bites of protein food. This prevents your blood sugar from rising too quickly. Protein foods are meat, eggs, dairy products such as milk and cheese, raw nuts and seeds, peanut butter (use natural) and combination of any 2 of the following: corn, rice or beans such as rice and beans, tortilla and beans, corn or peas, etc.
4. Carbohydrates include fruits, vegetables, sugar and grains (bread, cereals, pasta). After eating a few bites of protein, then start meal or snack with carbohydrates. Limit sugar, pasta, rice and potatoes. Eat as much fresh fruits and vegetables as you can daily. Try to eat at least 50% of your foods raw.
5. Eat slowly and chew well. Limit the amount of liquids with each meal because it interferes with the digestion of your food and overfills your stomach. A few swallows of liquids helps to prevent choking. Drink plenty of water between meals.
6. Avoid high fat food such as pork and hamburger. Steak and roast beef have 25% as much fat as hamburger. Healthier choices are those that are lean meats with minimal fat such as chicken and fish. Avoid fried meats and foods. Avoid luncheon meats such as hot dogs and bologna, which contain nitrates that are harmful to the body.
7. Include good fats with each meal such as flaxseed oil, olive oil, canola oil, avocado, raw nuts and black olives. Flaxseed oil, olive oil and canola oil are better choices to use for cooking food and salads. Healthy raw nuts include unsalted pecans, almonds, english walnuts, sunflower seeds and macadamia nuts. These types of fats are good choices for a healthy body and heart. When eaten with a meal, they prevent you from adsorbing the sugar from your carbohydrates too rapidly. Do not eat margarine - use butter in moderation if you need it. *The healthiest butter is "Smart Start Healthy Heart" It contains flaxseed oil which helps raise your good cholesterol and lower your bad. Tastes like real butter. *S*"
8. Avoid diet drinks and all drinks that contain aspartame (Nutrasweet or Equal). This product is dangerous and causes a variety of pysical problems. Use Sweet and Low or Splenda in moderation if you use these products. Honey and lemon are good substitues.
9. Limit alcohol of any type to 2 drinks daily. It has been found to be heart healthy. Drinking over this amount has been determined to do the opposite.
10. READ labels of food and drinks. Remember the more natural the food, the better it is for you. Increased processing of foods and drinks destroys natural vitamins and minerals. Avoid foods and drinks where labels show increased chemicals added. Especially avoid the ingredient "hydrogenated soy" or other oils. This is in many baked foods. It causes premature aging and heart disease. Eat baked, not fried chips of all sorts. The difference in 1 gram verses 10-12 grams of bad fats.
11. Consider juicing for optimal health and energy. Start your day with 10-12 ozs. of fresh-juiced carrot juice. Add a tablespoon of these to juice: barley green powder, lethicin soy granules, and Norwegian cod liver oil and watch your energy and health soar. 12. Avoid fast foods when possible. If you eat these, choose those that serve salads, baked items (not fried) or that create fresh, low fat sandwiches such as Subway.
13. Take a natural chelated vitamin and mineral supplement. In spite of eating correctly, depleted soil and over-processed foods leaves most of the foods with fewer nutrients, so supplements are necessary to obtain the daily supply for good health and energy. Take in addition, Natural Vitamin E 400 IU daily and Vitamin C 1000 mgm daily. If you have liver desease or diabetes, add folic acid 1 mgm daily and alpha lipoic acid 50-100 mgm daily. If you have heart disease, in addition to these, add Hawthorne berry twice daily and Coenzyme Q10-100 mgm daily.
14. Most Important!!! You must take charge of your life and health. You determine what you eat. Good health comes from eating the right foods, and taking the right vitamin and mineral supplements, drinking plenty of water, and some form of daily exercise program (at least 10-20 minutes 3 times a week).
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