It is American Heart Month and a healthy heart is a lot simpler to obtain than you think. It won't help you mend a broken heart from a rotten Valentine's Day, but it might help you live long enough to have a lot more happier Valentine's Days.
Adam Kessler, Columbus health and fitness expert explains: "If you eat the right foods and can really correct a lot of health problems you may have, but helping your heart is probably the number one issue. That is your motor that keeps you going and it HAS to be strong."
Kessler offers these four nutrition tips that will make your heart healthier and stronger.
1. Eat a lot of omega-3 fatty acids. "There is no question about the benefit of omega-3's. They help lower the chances of heart attacks and double your survival rate."
2. Avoid processed foods. "Food processing zaps 60-90% of heart healthy vitamins in foods. Hydrogenated oils, which are in many processed foods, destroy omega-3's by turning them into trans fats. Trans fats have become more dangerous to you then saturated fats."
3. Pick foods high in fiber. "High fiber foods help clear your body of cholesterol. The less cholesterol you have, the better chance that you won't have a heart attack. High cholesterol clogs your arteries and prevents blood flow to the body. This is bad."
4. Take a multi-vitamin. "Food processing also strips foods of many vitamins and minerals that help your heart. Adding a good multi-vitamin supplement can help replenish those lost nutrients and make your heart a lot healthier."
Kessler concludes, "Nutrition is the hardest thing for people to follow. I'm a firm believer that if you can eat healthy the majority of time, your body will reap the benefits and you can live a long, fruitful life."
If you would like to find out more about developing health eating habits for weight loss, Adam Kessler is holding a Nutrition Workshop right here in Gahanna very shortly. All are welcome. For more information visit http://fitnessplanning.com/ybf.htm.
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