Heart Disease Diet
Heart Disease Diet For Your Own Good
If you find yourself being risk for coronary problems, it’s
never too early to begin a heart disease diet. If you have
heart problems, eating right and regular exercising may help
to extend your life for several years.
Heart disease, sometimes also known as coronary artery disease,
affects the arteries, which can carry blood to your heart.
Sometimes a substance which is known as plaque can develop
and slow down the flow of blood, or block it all together.
Besides, the food we eat sometimes can potentially quicken
the build up of plaque, but if you concentrate on a heart
disease diet, you can often reduce this risk.
When plaque accumulates on the walls of your arteries, it
can restrict the flow of blood, which will then increase your
blood pressure. High blood pressure is one of the symptoms
of heart disease, as is a high bad cholesterol count. We need
to understand the difference between good and bad cholesterol
to better understand which type needs to be reduced with a
heart disease diet.
High-density lipoprotein is good for your body as your body
makes HDL, which will help to carry cholesterol away from
your arteries. Low-density lipoprotein is the bad cholesterol
and it is what is blocking arteries and eventually lead to
a heart attack. A heart disease diet can help to lower your
LDL and reduce that risk.
The animal products such as meat and poultry, and also cheeses
and whole milk will all help raise your LDL cholesterol. Therefore,
you should reduce the consumption of these products or eliminate
them totally from your diet. The healthy foods are such as
cereal, fruits and vegetables do not contain any cholesterol.
Some foods without animal fats do contain what is known as
trans fats which can induce our body to produce its own cholesterol.
In a heart disease diet these should also be reduced or eliminated.
Most heart disease diets reduce fried food due to the levels
of trans-fatty acids they contain. You should use oils such
as unhydrogenated oils such as canola or olive oil.
For example, french fries and doughnuts are foods that contain
high trans-fatty acids and with a heart disease diet should
be eaten sparingly. Although there have been many debates
between butter and margarines, as some margarines have a higher
level of trans-fatty acids than butter, however butter still
causes cholesterol in the blood.
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