The healthy nutrition for treatment and prevention of diseases of a time is much more effective, than medicines. The menu for health of heart and vessels first of all have to include the useful products helping to get rid of harmful cholesterol, strengthening a cardiac muscle and vascular walls.
What is useful for heart and vessels?
The greatest threat for heart and vessels – cholesterol. However the raised cholesterol can arise not only from the use of the increased amount of fats, but also because of inclusion in a diet of "light" carbohydrates (the organism itself turns them into fat). Carbohydrates are useful to heart and vessels "difficult" - from whole grains, bean, bran. Also the thin skin of vegetables and fruit containing soluble and insoluble food fibers is useful.
From the products containing fats the vegetable oils containing monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats and also food with an omega-3 acids – red fish, a herring, sardines, walnuts are useful to heart. It is a lot of years dangerous to heart eggs were considered, however today this useful product is rehabilitated because of the content of considerable amount of useful substances. It is necessary to limit amount of eggs in a diet only at serious obesity and serious illnesses of heart. Products with trans-fats (margarine) and solid fats (meat, palm oil) are extremely harmful to heart.
Products and herbs, useful to heart and vessels:
- milk and dairy products;
- seafood;
- nuts;
- fowl;
- green vegetables;
- avocado;
- pumpkin;
- berries;
- mushrooms;
- bitter chocolate;
- mint;
- hop;
- hawthorn;
- anise;
- motherwort;
- melissa;
- pharmaceutical camomile.
What fruit are useful to heart and vessels?
The best fruit for heart pomegranate is considered. This fruit interferes with development of atherosclerosis, dilutes blood and improves blood circulation. Active natural components of pomegranate promote the general improvement, and for men – serve as prevention of prostatitis.
One of the fruit, most important for heart, – apple. Cellulose and other components of this fruit lower the cholesterol level, pectins – remove hazardous substances, vitamins and mineral elements – normalize work of all systems and bodies.
Also citrus are useful to heart (especially grapefruit). They contain a lot of vitamin C which does more dense than a wall of vessels and increases their elasticity. Besides, a citrus positively influences metabolism, helping to lose weight, and exempts a blood system from surplus of sugar and cholesterol.
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