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More eating and diet recommendations designed to help you maintain a healthy heart and cardiovascular system.

1. Eat Fruit – Especially in the morning and afternoons for energy. Fruit contains bioflavinoids, which keep the blood from thickening and clogging up the arteries.

2. Make Sure Get Plenty Of Fiber in Your Diet - Fiber and soluble fiber is beneficial for healthy cholesterol levels and cardiovascular health.

3. Reduce Your Intake of Fatty Foods - Cut down on fats especially trans fats as these have a tendency over time to clog arteries.

4. Eat Heart Healthy Foods – Like soy, oats, fruits, bran, cereals, etc.

5. Take a Nutrition Supplement for the Heart - Take nutrition supplements designed specifically to support a healthy heart and cardiovascular system.

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Here are some excellent eating and diet tips to give you more health, energy and vitality.

• Avoid the use of refined, devitalized, foods. Fresh foods are best.
  
  
• Avoid overeating any food!
  
  
• Avoid eating too great a variety of foods at one meal, as this stimulates you to overeat.
  
  
• Avoid eating when you are extremely tired or emotionally upset, as this inhibits digestion and creates fermentation.
  
  
• Do not eat when you are ill or if you are not hungry.
  
  
• Avoid eating between meals; your body can use the break to cleanse itself.
  
  
• Do not drink excesive liquids with your meals. Excessive amounts of liquids can dilute your digestive juices.
  
  
• Eat natural foods in simple combinations.
  
  
• Eat slowly and chew all foods to a liquid.
  
  
• Have a tranquil mind at mealtime.
  
  
• Whenever possible eat foods that are not strained.
  
  
• Enjoy all that you eat.
  

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Some cool stuff on antioxidants that you probably were not aware of!

Did you know up until the age of about 20 your body produces enough antioxidants to keep you healthy. But, after 20 the amount of antioxidants produced by the body gradually decreases with age.

Antioxidants and Exercise -- When you exercise heavily, you need additional antioxidants according to a leading researcher. Exercise stimulates your body's production of "free radicals" that attack cells, leading to long-term damage and a higher risk of can cer. To counteract the exercise hazard, experts suggest taking antioxidant supplements daily, notably vitamin E (400 IU) and vitamin C (1000 mg).

Vitamin E and Heart Disease - A study on mice, completed by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, shows that vitamin E gives "potent protection" from heart disease. Dr. Garret A. Fitzgerald, who is Chairman of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center's Department of Pharmacology, said the study offers "powerful evidence" that vitamin E works effectively as an antioxidant against atherosclerosis, a form of arteriosclerosis-hardening of the arteries. Dr. Fitzgerald, who was the senior author of the report, said the study also demonstrates the role of harmful free radicals in heart disease.

Antioxidant Information -- Vegetables and fruits with the deepest colors contain the highest levels of antioxidant nutrients.

Chocolate phenolics, and antioxidants! -- One scientist recently discovered that chocolate contains phenolics, an antioxidant that is believed to reduce your overall chances of contracting heart disease. Pure chocolate may be the best chocolate around. That's because the fat in pure chocolate usually comes from cocoa butter and cocoa butter has a high content of stearic acid, the saturated fat that doesn't hurt your blood cholesterol level. What's better for you white or dark chocolate?

As a general rule, dark chocolate is made from a higher content of cocoa butter. It also contains many phenolics. White chocolate usually doesn't have very many phenolics, but is loaded with cocoa butter. A dark chocolate bar is considered the most beneficial, followed by fudge syrup, baking chocolate, chocolate fondue, and semisweet chips. Stay away from the candy bars at the supermarket checkout aisle, they usually contain less than 20 percent of the good-for-you cocoa butter. Also avoid chocolate ice cream since it's usually not made with cocoa butter.

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The different forms of Vitamin B3 provide different benefits for the body. For example, niacin has been shown to help to lower blood lipids such as cholesterol, while niacinamide can help with blood sugar regulation. Niacin maintains normal function of the skin, nerves and digestive system.

Niacin, also known as vitamin B3 or nicotinic acid, plays many roles in the body. It plays a large role in the metabolic process that creates energy in every cell. Vitamin B3 is also used to build a blood sugar-balancing substance made in the body called glucose tolerance factor (GTF). Whole grains, brewer's yeast, and meats are rich sources of niacin.

High-dose niacin—up to two grams a day—does a terrific job of lowering LDL, raising HDL, and lowering triglycerides. In a 1998 study published in the American Journal of Cardiology, niacin lowered LDL by 18 percent; total cholesterol by 11 percent; triglycerides by 24 percent; and raised HDL by 29 percent. When statins were added to niacin therapy, LDL went down a little more, but HDL actually went down slightly (remember, you want HDL to go up and LDL to go down) and the effect on triglycerides was essentially unchanged. Generally, niacin studies show that it doesn't cause LDL to drop as far as statins do, but it raises HDL much more significantly, which is more important. In other words, niacin can improve your LDL to HDL ratio.

The most meaningful number in cholesterol counting is the ratio of total cholesterol (LDL + HDL) to HDL. To find that ratio, add up the numbers for LDL and HDL and divide the total by the HDL. The ideal ratio is between 2 and 2.5


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