2. Choosing low-fat protein sources. These include low-fat yogurt, cheese, egg whites, fish, legumes, skinless poultry, soy products, lean ground meats. Avoiding organ meats like liver, egg yolks, bacon, fried or breaded meats.
3. Eating more vegetables and fruits. Choose fresh fruits and vegetables. Avoid coconut, vegetables with creamy sauces, fried or breaded vegetables, canned fruit in heavy syrup.
4. Selecting whole grains, such as whole-wheat flour, whole-grain bread, high-fiber cerea, rice, barley, buckwheat, whole-grain pasta, oatmeal. Avoiding refined flour, white bread, muffins, corn bread, biscuits, cakes, buttered popcorn.
5. Reducing the salt in your food.
We all know that healthy food right now is much more expensive. It is way much harder to raise tomatoes naturally rather than giving them chemicals to grow faster. Or red meat is truly more expensive than fried potatoes in McDonald's. That is why all of us are afraid of buying natural healthy foods for our heart because it will blow your budget away in a few days. But recent study showed which foods are less expensive but healthier for your heart than processed food.
Dr. Adam M. Bernstein and colleagues from the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston suggest that the best investment for your dietary health is increased spending on nuts, soy, beans and whole grains, and less spending on red and processed meats and hight-fat dairy. So, the best for you heart and budget is to spend more on plant-based foods. Consider vegetables, and fruit and fruit juice, beans, fish and poultry main heroes in your everyday menu.
Healthier diet indeed requires costly spending, but even without increased spending your heart can feel young and thank you by beating healthy for many years to come. Choose foods carefully. It is not the most important point in your health, but it is one that can ruin it all in a short amount of time.
