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10 Easy to Implement Hearth Health Tips

  1. Keep salt off the table. Season food with pepper and other salt-free seasonings.
  2. Need to make a lot of changes to start living a heart-healthy lifestyle? Take it one step at a time and show yourself some patience. Any step in the right direction is a good one.
  3. Did you know that the American Heart Association recommends at least two 3.5 ounce weekly servings of oily fish?
  4. The American Heart Association on exercise: 30 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise almost every day of the week.
  5. Be aware of salt content in processed foods. Diets high in salt can increase your blood pressure.
  6. Most Americans are not protein deficient. You don’t need to eat meat every day.
  7. Exercise can have a direct impact on your blood pressure, so if the doctor says get moving, you’d better get moving.
  8. Trim the fat of meat and remove skin from chicken prior to cooking to reduce your saturated fat.
  9. Need to reduce saturated fats? Switching from butter to margarine will reduce it by 65% or more.
  10. According to the Center for Disease Control, every 25 seconds, one American will have a coronary attack.

 

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