Heart-Healthy Foods – The Best Foods to Eat to Avoid Clogged Arteries

Certain heart-healthy foods truly act like medicine for your blood vessels, says integrative cardiologist Joel K. Kahn, MD, and these are the best to eat to prevent or reverse heart disease.

According to LUREN GELMAN IN THE BOOK THE HOLISTIC HEART BOOK, there are some astonishing foods and drinks who can be called as Heart-Healthy Foods. 

1. Vegetables : Look at the below facts:
   

   Alfalfa Sprouts

   One cup of raw, sprouted alfalfa seeds, contains 1.32 grams of protein, 8 calories and 0.6 grams of dietary fiber.

   Minerals:

   

   Potassium – 26 mg
   Phosphorus – 23 mg
   Magnesium – 9 mg
   Calcium – 11 mg
   Iron – 0.32 mg
   Sodium – 2 mg
   Zinc – 0.3 mg
   Copper – 0.052 mg Manganese – 0.062 mg
   Selenium – 0.2 mcg
   Also contains small amounts of other minerals.

   Vitamins:

   Vitamin C – 2.7 mg
   Vitamin B1 (thiamine) – 0.025 mg
   Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) – 0.042 mg
   Niacin – 0.159 mg
   Pantothenic Acid – 0.186 mg
   Vitamin B6 – 0.011 mg
   Folate – 12 mcg
   Vitamin A – 51 IU
   Vitamin K – 10.1 mcg
   Vitamin E – 0.01 mg

   Corn

   One large ear of yellow corn, cooked with no salt contains 4.02 grams protein, 113 calories and 2.8 grams fiber.

   Minerals:

   

   Potassium – 257 mg
   Phosphorus – 91 mg
   Magnesium – 31 mg
   Calcium – 4 mg
   Selenium – 0.2 mg
   Iron – 0.53 mg
   Zinc – 0.73 mg
   Copper – 0.058 mg
   Manganese – 0.197 mg
   Also contains small amounts of other minerals.

   Vitamins:

   Vitamin C – 6.5 mg
   Niacin – 1.986 mg
   Vitamin B1 (thiamine) – 0.11 mg
   Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) – 0.067 mg
   Vitamin B6 – 0.164 mg
   Folate – 27 mcg
   Pantothenic Acid – 0.935 mg
   Vitamin A – 310 IU
   Vitamin K – 0.5 mcg
   Vitamin E – 0.11 mg
   Contains some other vitamins in small amounts.

   Looking into the facts given in two veggies, Some one can easily conclude that nearly everything we could possibly buy in the grocery basket is a medicine to the body. Plant foods contain all the needs possibly required for Heart-Healthy. These nutriments are fiber, vitamin ,  cand special phytonutrients. The vegetable which contains B6 Vitamin are Asparagus, bell peppers, and bok choy. Carrots and tomatoes are rich in carotenoids including  lycopene, an important antioxidant.

   Power Rx: It is suggested that eat one more serving of fruits and vegetables than you had yesterday, and keep increasing number of servings and reach untill 8 to 12 serving per day.

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   Arugula, lettuce, beets, kale, spinach, and some other veggies are all rich sources of nitrates, a form of nitrogen they absorb from the soil. During digestion, that compound is converted into an important gas: nitric oxide, which makes arteries resist contraction, plaque, and blood coagulation, so strokes and heart attacks can’t occur.