Foods That Can Save Your Heart Cont... Oatmeal Oats in all forms can help your heart by lowering LDL, the bad cholesterol. A warm bowl of oatmeal fills you up for hours, fights snack attacks, and helps keep blood sugar levels stable over time -- very useful for people with diabetes. Tips: Trade oats for one-third of the flour in pancakes, muffins, and baked goods. Use oats instead of bread crumbs in cooking Flaxseed This shiny, honey-colored seed has three things that are good for your heart: fiber, phytochemicals called lignans, and ALA, an omega-3 fatty acid found in plants. Tips: Grind flaxseed for the best nutrition. Add it to cereal, baked goods, yogurt, or mustard on a sandwich Low-Fat Yogurt While low-fat dairy foods are often touted for bone health, they can help control high blood pressure, too. And yogurt has twice as much calcium and potassium as milk. To minimize fat, choose low-fat or non-fat products. Check the label to see how much sugar youre getting -- it might be more than you expected. Tip: Use milk instead of water in instant oatmeal, hot chocolate, and dried soups
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 16:36:55 +0000
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