It is believed that you should eat red foods to prevent heart disease, but this is a myth. All red foods have their own color for different reasons, and they do not contain a single substance that affects both color and well-being of the heart. Yulia Cherepnina, a cardiologist and doctor of functional diagnostics at the Medical On clinic in Krasnoyarsk, told socialbites.ca about this. He enumerated recommendations that will really help prevent cardiovascular disease.
According to the expert, the first thing that is important in the prevention of heart disease and in the presence of existing diseases of the cardiovascular system is the restriction of salt in the diet. The second is a varied and balanced diet to prevent vitamin and mineral deficiencies in the body.
“For most chronic diseases of the cardiovascular system and for their prevention, moderate restriction of animal fats, including cholesterol, is also recommended. However, the complete exclusion of animal fats and vegetarianism is not recommended. Reasonable amounts of animal fats are beneficial, ”said the cardiologist.
It is necessary for the prevention of heart disease and for adequate vegetable fiber intake. 400 grams of vegetables and fruits per day is sufficient.
“The heart needs potassium to function. Therefore, it is necessary to introduce foods rich in them into the diet. For example, dried porcini mushrooms, dried fruits, soybeans, wheat bran, bananas, nuts, greens. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids are also beneficial for the vascular system. Fatty fish is especially rich – tuna, salmon, sardines, salmon, ”said Yulia Cherepnina.
He also noted that the heart muscle is a striated muscle tissue containing myoglobin in the cells. The function of myoglobin is to create a reserve of oxygen in the muscle cell for its continuous functioning.
“Myoglobin is a protein molecule, but it contains an iron molecule. Therefore, iron-containing products are beneficial for the body as a whole and for the heart muscle. For example, chicken liver, pork liver, veal liver, sesame seeds, seaweed, seafood,” explained the functional diagnostics doctor.
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