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Sunday, June 10, 2012

The ABC's of Eight Delicious Heart Healthy Decisions

OK.  After a weekend of food, it is time to focus on food!  Found this article on food for the heart!!


The ABC's of Eight Delicious Heart Healthy Decisions



Let's look at some of the highlights!

Avocado!  Let's focus on this forgotten fruit!  What are the good stats about this fruit?

Contrary to popular belief the avocado can be quite beneficial to a weight-management program, and a heart healthy diet. The avocado is virtually the only fruit that has fat which is mono-unsaturated. Only 5 grams of fat per serving and most of that of the mono-unsaturated kind. It's mono-unsaturated fat speeds up the basal metabolic rate as compared to saturated fat. It is very, very low in cholesterol, the bad kind. And it's Omega-3 rich. Avocados provide more than 25 essential nutrients. They are a very good source of vitamin E, good amounts of vitamin C, containing credible amounts of thiamine and riboflavin. And compared to the banana, it has 60% more potassium. It is very low in sodium, very low sugar. And it's high in dietary fiber.

Looks good!  But what does it taste like?  This week, the mouth of Albright meets the Avocado!
So, once a week:

After you've had a nutritional breakfast, choosing to use an avocado as the base food in your lunch meal, say an avocado, tomato, and lettuce salad with oil, vinegar, salt and pepper, one time a week is a heart healthy meal, and decision.



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