FOOD THAT USEFUL FOR HEART: More reasons to eat vegetables: There is strong scientific evidence in favour of fruits and vegetables for preventing heart disease that you should make them part of every meal. Fruits and vegetables are main source of potent antioxidants: vitamins A,B, C and E. According studies that dietary consumption of these nutrients increase, risk of heart attack plummets by up to 40%, and cancer risk drops about 50%). Food that very useful for heart: 1. Delicious vegetarian minestrone soup low in fat. You can concentrate on seasonal vegetables and make it different each time so you won’t get tired of this healthful dish and enjoy it every day. You should have about at least twice a week, but more often is better. This soup is good for you as it helps to control your cholesterol, blood pressure and control your weight. You can make a big pot and freeze it and defrost a night before. 2. Ginger, onion, garlic, red pepper (bell pepper or prik yuak) make the blood less like to clot - preventing the blood clots that trigger heart attack. Especially garlic and onion help reduce cholesterol and blood pressure. Also many other herbs help prevent and treat heart disease. 3. Tomato contains compound ‘gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA). This GABA in tomatoes help reduce blood pressure and help strengthen the heart muscle. For this reason vegetable soup is great for your heart. 4. Rice, celery, saffron, barley, bean, carrots, eggplant, spinach, artichokes also help lower cholesterol. 5. Asparagus, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, potatoes, avocado, grapefruit, oranges, peaches, water melon are powerful antioxidant which help prevent artery-clogging plaque from being deposited on coronary artery walls. 6. Pigweed or Livid Amaranth (Amaranthus lividus) or Pak Kom (pig’s food which high in fibre. Studies suggest that calcium adds mineral density to bone, which can help prevent osteoporosis. It is also reduces heart attack risk. Remember calcium and magnesium is good for heart. The leaves are eaten raw or cooked. The whole plant is used to cure wounds. Seed oil is used as an ointment for burns, rashes, and ACNES(Abdominal Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment Syndrome). 7. Broad beans, watercress, spinach, marjoram, thyme are also high calcium plants. 8. Rosemary – one of richer herbal sources of antioxidants also as food preservative. It’s antioxidants help prevent the fats in meat from turning to rancid. Rosemary also makes a pleasant tasting tea. You can use in your cooking. 9. Olive: Olive oil may have significantly protective effect against heart disease. It is Mediterranean diet which heart attack is relatively rare even total fat consumption is very high. So it is good to use for cooking. 10. Peanuts: Peanuts skins has ‘oligomeric procyannidins (OPCs) are potent antioxidants that help prevent not only heart, but also cancer and stroke. However, drumstick tree or มะรูม and Hoan Ngoc ว่านง๊อก are famous Thai natural medicines for any disease.
Posted on: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 00:10:58 +0000
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