{"id":7250,"date":"2022-06-23T21:54:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T21:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/healthy-food-for-your-heart\/"},"modified":"2022-06-23T21:54:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T21:54:27","slug":"healthy-food-for-your-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/healthy-food-for-your-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy food for your heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\">\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Eat <strong>fish<\/strong> high in omega-3s, such as salmon, tuna, mackerel, herring and trout.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">A handful of <strong>healthy<\/strong> <strong>nuts<\/strong> such as almonds or walnuts will satisfy your hunger and help your heart.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Berries<\/strong> are chock full of heart-healthy phytonutrients and soluble fiber. Try blueberries, strawberries, cranberries or raspberries in cereal or yogurt.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Flaxseeds<\/strong> contain omega-3 fatty acids, fiber and phytoestogens to boost heart health. Take them in ground or milled form to reap the greatest benefit.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Oatmeal<\/strong>: the comfort-food nutrient powerhouse.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Dark beans<\/strong>,such as kidney or black beans, are high in fiber, B-vitamins, minerals and other good stuff. Veggie chili, anyone?<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">A 4-ounce glass of <strong>red wine<\/strong>\u00a0(up to two for men and one for women per day) can help improve good (HDL) cholesterol levels.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Try marinated <strong>tofu<\/strong> in a stir-fry with fresh veggies for a heart-healthy lunch or dinner.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Red, yellow and orange <strong>veggies<\/strong> such as carrots, sweet potatoes, red peppers and acorn squash are packed with carotenoids, fiber and vitamins to help your heart.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Popeye was right \u2013 <strong>spinach<\/strong> packs a punch! Use it in sandwiches and salads instead of lettuce.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Fruits<\/strong> such as oranges, cantaloupes and papaya are rich in beta-carotene, potassium, magnesium and fiber.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Tender, sweet <strong>asparagus<\/strong> is filled with mighty nutrients such as beta-carotene, folate and fiber, and only provide 25 calories per cup, or 5 calories per large spear.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Tomatoes<\/strong> \u2013 even sun-dried varieties in winter months \u2013 provide lycopene, vitamin C and alpha- and beta-carotene.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Dark chocolate is good for your heart health, but just be sure that it\u2019s at least 70 percent<strong> cocoa<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Crisp, fresh <strong>broccoli<\/strong> florets dipped in hummus are a terrific heart-healthy snack with a whopping list of nutrients, including vitamins C and E, potassium, folate, calcium and fiber.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eat fish high in omega-3s, such as salmon, tuna, mackerel, herring and trout. A handful of healthy nuts such as almonds or walnuts will satisfy your hunger and help your heart. Berries&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}