Ten Tips for Maintaining a Healthy Heart
February 11 2015 - 4:17PM
Business Wire
How to Keep a Romantic Heart Healthy During
Heart Health Month
Herbalife’s (NYSE: HLF) director of nutrition training and
registered dietitian, Susan Bowerman, MS, RD, CSSD, FAND, offers
ten tips to keep your heart healthy during Heart Health Month.
The connection between diet and heart health has been around
long enough that most people know what makes a diet
“heart-healthy.” Strategies such as watching your weight, keeping
your total fats and saturated fats down, not being too heavy-handed
with the saltshaker, or upping your soluble fiber intake – all have
become well known dietary approaches to promote heart health.
All good advice, to be sure; after all, a high-fat diet can put
weight on you, saturated fats can bump up your blood cholesterol
levels, and too much salt can drive up blood pressure – all of
which can increase your risk for heart disease.
The foundations of a heart-healthy diet are pretty simple – it’s
what you already know as a healthy, well-balanced diet. The
following are ten easy tips to maintain a healthy heart year
round.
- Eat more fruits, veggies, whole grains
and beans, which deliver vitamins, minerals, fiber and
antioxidants.
- Enjoy healthy low-fat proteins such as
nonfat or low-fat dairy products, poultry breast, lean cuts of red
meat, and plant proteins such as beans, lentils and tofu. These
will help keep your total fat and saturated fat intake in
check.
- Keep your total fat intake low –
ideally, you want to eat only the amount that you need to add
flavor to foods.
- When you do eat fats, you’ll want to
focus on the healthy ones that are provided by foods like fish,
nuts, avocado and olive oil; since they are rich sources of
heart-healthy omega-3 fats. Seafood should be on your menu as often
as possible.
- Limit your added fats by trimming
dressings, spreads, sauces and fried foods from your diet whenever
you can.
- Choose healthy carbohydrates, which
include whole fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Steer clear of
processed starchy foods, and instead fill your plate with foods
rich in soluble fiber – beans, sweet potatoes, berries, plums,
broccoli and carrots – that help to maintain healthy cholesterol
levels.
- If you are unable to include important
ingredients, such as fruits, vegetables or fish, consider
augmenting your diet with targeted supplements, multivitamins or
omega-3 fish oils.
- Lower your stress. If you think
activities like yoga, meditation, and deep breathing aren’t
for you, think again. Stress management is an important part of
heart health and these stress-relieving activities can reduce your
risk of heart disease.
- Regular exercise of any kind not only
helps reduce stress, but also improves blood flow to the
heart.
- Shed the extra pounds. A healthy weight
lowers the risk of heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, and
diabetes, and has an overall positive impact on total health.
“Eating a balanced diet that emphasizes plenty of colorful
fruits and vegetables and low fat protein, coupled with exercise
and stress reduction are all important in maintaining a healthy
heart. Taken together, these healthy habits contribute to an
overall sense of health and well-being, and allow you to develop a
healthy lifestyle that is a win-win for your heart and whole body,”
concluded Bowerman.
Susan Bowerman is director of nutrition training at
Herbalife. Susan is a registered dietitian and a Board-certified
specialist in sports dietetics. More useful nutrition advice can be
found on her blog http://www.discovergoodnutrition.com.
About Herbalife Ltd.
Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) is a global nutrition company that
sells weight-management, nutrition and personal care products
intended to support a healthy lifestyle. Herbalife® products are
sold in more than 90 countries to and through a network of
independent members. The company supports the Herbalife Family
Foundation and its Casa Herbalife program to help bring good
nutrition to children. Herbalife's website contains financial and
other information at www.herbalife.com.
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Gonzales.
Herbalife Ltd.Marco A. Gonzales, Senior Director, Corporate
Communications310.258.7120marcog@herbalife.com
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