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Hearty Foods


The heart works really hard. Beating 72 beats per minute. Your heart will beat 2.5 billion times up to 66 years, during your lifespan.
Apart from regularly exercise, not smoking, controlling your stress levels and so forth, you need to feed your heart.
Foods that are highly recommended for the heart include top whole grain cereals not refined products.
But that’s not all. Berries are top on the list of most powerful disease- fighting foods.
Not only do they make you younger. Berries are packed with fiber, vitamin c and that’s what your heart needs!
Add plenty of fish to your diet. Try to avoid the mercury inhabited ones. Fresh water fish can make a great selection for your heart.
Grill or pan fry fish with olive oil as this adds flavor, good enough for your heart problems.
Soy products and proteins work well with the heart keeping cardiovascular disease far away and lowering cholesterol levels.
This is so because soya products contain plenty of polyunsaturated fats, fiber, minerals and vitamins.
Oatmeal taken in as porridge or used in baking breads provides roughage and cholesterol lowering fiber.
Researcher shows oats to lowering cholesterol and preventing cancers. Only if eaten regularly.
And if you fancy something green…spinach is often said to be the power house of all green vegetables eaten.
Spinach contains tons of vitamins and minerals such as folate and iron…
Try these hearty foods and let your heart skip a beat of life every time you feed it!
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