| Eating habits and your lifestyle affect our heart and | | | | peanut rather than coconut oil and palm oil for |
| body to a great extent. Ensure you eat a balanced | | | | cooking or frying. Similarly, consume skimmed or low |
| diet for a healthy heart. | | | | fat dairy products, milk, yogurt and cheese and not |
| A large number of people around the world are | | | | full fat dairy products. If you like meat, you can eat |
| suffering from different types of heart conditions | | | | lean meat but try not to eat sausages, offal, kidney |
| and diseases. The most common cause of heart | | | | or liver as they contain high levels of cholesterol. |
| problems is eating unhealthy, fatty foods. Food rich in | | | | If you are fond of pastas and pizzas, you can enjoy |
| saturated fats reduces the absorption of cholesterol | | | | them too. But, use low fat products to prepare |
| in the body. High cholesterol leads to deposit of fatty | | | | healthy heart recipes. These days, you can find a |
| acids in the body, which in turn reduces the blood | | | | number of companies that sell low cholesterol |
| flow to the arteries and causes severe heart | | | | products in the form of spreads and oils that are |
| problems. It is therefore important to eat healthy | | | | good for heart. You can use them to prepare some |
| food because healthy eating is the key to healthy | | | | healthy heart recipes such as creamy mushroom |
| heart. | | | | fettucine, creamy chicken pasta, tuna and carrot |
| It is a general assumption that healthy eating means | | | | pasta bake, lentil and tomato soup with spices, baked |
| giving up your favourite foods like meat, pastas, | | | | salmon with rice, roasted vegetable lasagna, muffins, |
| cakes and puddings. But, this is not so. In fact, | | | | date cake and many more delicious foods without |
| healthy eating is more about a balanced diet. It | | | | worrying about high cholesterol intake. |
| involves choosing foods from different food groups. | | | | For healthy heart, try to adopt low fat cooking |
| A great example of balanced diet is one that includes | | | | methods like baking, poaching, grilling, steaming or |
| lean meat, poultry, fish, eggs, pasta, rice, noodles, lot | | | | using the microwave. At the same time, drink lots of |
| of vegetables and salads. A vegetarian person can | | | | fresh water or diluted juice to quench your thirst. |
| take meat alternatives like beans, nuts, legumes or | | | | Avoid soft drinks and energy drinks as they can be |
| lentils. One should plan a sensible meal for a healthy | | | | harmful for the body. You can follow this simple and |
| heart. All fats are not bad for our heart and body. | | | | healthy eating schedule and assure yourself of a |
| So, use oils such as sunflower, canola, soybean, olive, | | | | healthy heart and therefore, a longer life. |