Keep Your Heart In Shape
There’s no doubt that healthy eating and regular exercise are key to maintaining healthy blood pressure and lipid levels. Here’s how to keep your heart in tip-top shape:
- Cut back on the salt – avoid the shaker and look for other spices to add flavor to your foods, like Mrs. Dash or lemon juice.
- Read labels on prepackaged items – the sodium can be quite high.
- Opt for healthy unsaturated fats instead of saturated and trans fats (found in fatty meats and processed snacks and baked goods).
- Incorporate fish into your diet a few times per week due to their fatty acid content. Flaxseed is a great source of these fatty acids as well.
