tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86435866404632021602024-03-05T13:53:48.299-08:00Heart Healthy In FloridaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15731158307526864093noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643586640463202160.post-50061974221023689012014-04-04T03:12:00.000-07:002014-04-04T03:12:00.615-07:00Feed Your Heart Well<h3 style="clear: left; margin: 10px 0px 20px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Feeding your heart well is a powerful way to reduce or even eliminate some <a href="http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/guide/heart-disease-risk-factors" style="outline: 0px; text-decoration: none;">risk factors</a>. Adopting a heart-healthy nutrition strategy can help reduce total and LDL cholesterol (the "bad" cholesterol), lower blood pressure, lower blood sugar, and reduce body weight. While most dietary plans just tell you what you CAN'T eat (usually your favorite foods!), the most powerful nutrition strategy helps you focus on what you CAN eat. In fact, heart disease research has shown that adding heart-healthy foods is just as important as cutting back on others.</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Both sea salt and table salt contain about 40 percent sodium. Unfortunately, many consumers haven’t gotten that message. In an April 2011 survey by the American Heart Association, 61 percent of respondents said they believed sea salt is a low-sodium alternative to table salt.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sea salt is obtained directly through the evaporation of seawater. It is usually not processed, or undergoes minimal processing, and therefore retains trace levels of minerals like magnesium, potassium, calcium and other nutrients.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“The minute amounts of trace minerals found in sea salt are easily obtained from other healthy foods,” Johnson said. “Sea salt also generally contains less iodine than table salt. Iodine has been added to table salt since the 1920s to prevent the iodine-deficiency disease goiter.”</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Lemons are packed like a clown car with nutrients, including vitamin C, B-complex vitamins, calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, and fiber. (Fun fact: they contain more potassium than apples or grapes!)</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Because of how hard lemon juice can be on the enamel of your teeth, it’s important to dilute it with water of any temperature (though lukewarm is recommended). Drink it first thing in the morning, and wait 15 to 30 minutes to have breakfast. This will help you fully receive the benefits of lemon water, which are listed below.</b></span></div>
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<b style="letter-spacing: 0.008rem;">, and lemon juice is full of it. The level of vitamin C in your system is one of the first things to plummet when you’re stressed, which is why experts recommended popping extra vitamin C during especially stressful days.</b></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Lemon juice not only encourages healthy digestion by loosening toxins in your digestive tract, it helps to relieve symptoms of indigestion such as heartburn, burping, and bloating.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>It also helps relieve toothaches and gingivitis (say wha?). Because the citric acid can erode tooth enamel, either hold off on brushing your teeth after drinking lemon water or brush your teeth before drinking it.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>The antioxidants in lemon juice help to not only decrease blemishes, but wrinkles too! It can also be applied to scars and age spots to reduce their appearance, and because it’s detoxifying your blood, it will maintain your skin’s radiance.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Lemon juice provides your body with energy when it enters your digestive tract, and it also helps reduce anxiety and depression. (Even the <em>scent</em> of lemons has a calming effect on your nervous system!)</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">10. Helps to cut out caffeine.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>I didn’t believe this until I tried it, but replacing my morning coffee with a cup of hot lemon water has really done wonders! I feel refreshed, and no longer have to deal with that pesky afternoon crash. Plus, my nerves are thankful.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">11. Helps fight viral infections.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Warm lemon water is the most effective way to diminish viral infections and their subsequent sore throats. Plus, with the lemon juice also boosting your immune system, you’ll simultaneously fight off the infection completely.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>For those who weigh less than 150 pounds, squeeze half a lemon’s worth of juice into a glass of water. If over 150 pounds, use an entire lemon’s juice. You can of course dilute the lemon juice more, depending on your personal taste.</b></span></div>
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