Thread: Foods To Consider Eating More

I have done some research on the foods to eat more if you have heart disease, and according to what I read these foods are appropriate and helpful to eat. However you have to check with your doctors first and have proper blood work done before following diet suggestions and recommendations for caution.

• Sweet potatoes
• Green leafy vegetables
• Pumpkin, canned or cooked
• Squash
• Carrots, Broccoli and Greens (lightly cooked to keep the carotenoids)
• 97% or greater fat free chicken or turkey breast
• Low fat tomato sauces and pasta
• Onions and Garlic (Chop or crush to release the photonutrients)
• Homemade pizza with 99% fat free chicken as meat sauce
• Foods with low/no salt for those who have high blood pressure
• Peanuts, walnuts, almonds in moderation (be careful not to gain weight)
• Olive oil and canola oil substituted for other oils, (the key is to monounsaturated fats vs trans-fatty acids or partially hydrogenated fat)
• Salmon and other fish (mackerel, sardines, herring), including the skin and fat (Research suggests this omega 3 fat (EPA fat) has the ability to raise HDLs.
• Defatted soy flour (at least 1/3 of a cup per day recommended)
• Fat free milk (skim)
• Oatmeal, shredded wheat, low-no sugar added cereals
• Whole wheat bread
• Fresh fruits
• Apples (with skin for flavonids)
• Oranges (Eat pulpy parts for flavonids)
• Red or black grapes

Incorporating these foods in your diet will be helpful but you need to atke note and make sure not to overeat. Always maintain your normal weight and get plenty of exercise to stay more fit

Thanks for researching on this Viktoria! I'm sure many of us here wants to observe eating right to protect our heart. Eating one cup of grapes a day is really recommended. Grapes are packed with antioxidants that our body needs to fight cell and tissue damaging free radicals. Grapefruit, especially pink has 40% more beta carotene than white and is also a recommended fruit for a healthy heart diet

You are right on that mikaela! We should give our body good amount of antioxidants to fight free radicals. Not only that, we can still enjoy tasty foods even if we observe a healthy heart diet. We can still enjoy fat free homemade yogurt with extra dry milk as this increases the magnesium and calcium content in our body and healthy for the heart. If you want to avoid sugars, tupelo honey can be used as substitute in cakes, breads, and cookies. Salad dressings and dips with non-fat sour cream are also safe for the heart so enthusiasts can still enjoy these with their baked whole wheat chips and tortillas.

Grapefruit is a wonderful food but nevertheless you should be careful with it.

It seems impossible but the fact is that Grapefruit has serious interactions with many commonly prescribed medications.

Grapefruit juice inhibits a special enzyme in the intestines that is responsible for the natural breakdown and absorption of many medications. When the action of this enzyme is blocked, the blood levels of these medications increase, which can lead to toxic side effects from the medications.

The grapefruit juice-drug interaction can lead to unpredictable and hazardous levels of certain important drugs

If you are in medication keep informed about interaction with grapefruit ; )

All of these foods are healthy and should be eaten in moderation in one sitting. If you think that you maybe allergic to one of these foods, then it is best to seek professional opinion. If you are taking any medication, always ask your doctor which foods are good for you and which are not. Take some safety precaution to ensure better health

Thanks for the info Amapola! It's good to know that grape fruit have a negative effect on certain drugs. I am not worried if I eat more of any of these foods because I am not in any medication or any allegy on foods . I have been eating more fruits and vegetable and it has done wonders. It has managed to keep me healthy and fit.

Originally Posted by mikaela

Everything that is taken in excessively is not good for the body. Even water have bad effects on others if taken in more. If you have kidney problems or water retention problem, then you have to drink plenty of water in moderation. I do believe though that more fruits and vegetables in our diet is not only healthy but also keeps our skin hydrated.

Exactly, everything in excess is not good. By the way, if you have kidney problems, you could take fucus alguae as it seems to give very good results