Learn to Use Diet Swaps for a Healthier Heart

Did you know that what you eat plays a huge role in the overall health of your heart? We are told over and over again that "exercise" is a key component to good heart health. We need to realize what we eat also either promotes good heart health or damages our heart. For many of us, eating healthy is as much of a challenge as anything else we do. People are busy. Those who watch our habits use what we do to promote their gain, hence, we have access to cheap, highly processed, unhealthy junk food on every corner that is easy to get and easy to eat on our way to the next stop on our route.

Next in line is use of the internet and technology where we are flooded with conflicting and confusing advice in every direction. Chances are your personal physician is no wealth of knowledge about nutrition either.

People also think that changing their diet requires a major upheaval of life in general. According to Dr. JoAnn Manson, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and chief of preventive medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital: "But the reality is that a few small changes can go a long way toward improving your eating habits." Consider the chart below for a summary of these suggestions. This is a piece of work Dr. JoAnn Manson coauthored in the Sept. 26, 2017, Journal of the American Medical Association.

Diet swaps for a healthier heart
Look over the following list of diet changes and choose just one to start. The goals are modest — nothing too drastic — and can be achieved with small steps. Work on one for a week or so, and then add another.
Dietary element	Target to aim for	Suggested changes to meet the goal
Fast-food meals or snacks	Eat one fewer fast-food meal per week	Replace a fast-food hamburger with prepared food from a supermarket or a sandwich from home
Fruit	Eat an extra serving of fruit every day	Add fresh, frozen, or canned fruit to yogurt
Vegetables	Eat an extra serving of vegetables every day	Add fresh, frozen, or canned vegetables to a smoothie
Seafood	Consider eating one serving per week	Replace a fast-food entree or ham sandwich with a tuna sandwich
Regular snack chips or crackers	Cut one serving per week	Replace one serving of chips or crackers with a small handful of nuts
Desserts and other sweets	Cut one serving per week	Replace one sugary sweet or dessert with a fruit or a handful of nuts
Butter or meat fat	Use less trans and saturated fats for flavor	Replace butter with a light drizzle of olive oil (and spices, if you like)
Source: Adapted from Journal of the American Medical Association, Sept. 26, 2017, pp. 1101-1102.

Source: Harvard Heart Newsletter

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Ways to Live Happier with Arthritis

Learn from a physical or occupational therapist how to  modify activities and complete daily tasks more easily in spite of having arthritis. Here are simple ways you can help yourself:

1. Keep moving. Avoid holding one position too long. When working at a desk, get up and stretch every 15 minutes. Do the same while sitting at home reading or watching television.
2. Put your strongest joints and muscles to work. Painful or weak finger and wrist joints: Push open heavy doors with the side of your arm or shoulder. When using stairs: Let the strong leg lead going up and the weaker leg lead going down.
3. Organize your routines. Keep items you need for cooking, cleaning, or hobbies near where they are needed.
4. Take advantage of labor-saving devices and adaptive aids. Use long-handled grippers, for  grasping and retrieving out-of-reach objects. Rubber grips can help you get a better handle on faucets, pens, toothbrushes, and silverware. Pharmacies, medical supply stores, and online vendors stock a variety of aids for people with arthritis.
   

Ask for help. People with arthritis often worry about the possibility of growing dependent on others. Only a very small percentage of people with arthritis become severely disabled. Talk to family members and friends about how arthritis affects you. Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. (Harvard Health Reports)

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What Quenches Your Thirst?

A study partly funded by Suntory, a Japanese beverage maker "might" give us a clue as to what quenches some people's thirst. You be the judge.

Scientists made 98 people thirsty by feeding them a breakfast of toast with jelly and no liquids after a 12-hour overnight fast.

Next, the 98 people drank roughly 13 ounces of a "test water" and five minutes later, drank as much unchilled water from a jug as they wanted.

The participants drank less water from the jug, that is, their thirst was more quenched, after drinking test water that was cold rather than unchilled or carbonated rather than still. When sugar or citric acid was added to the water there was no impact on thirst.

The participants guessed they had consumed more of the test water when it was cold and carbonated than unchilled and uncarbonated, suggesting that "fizzy, cold drinks" make you feel more full.

source: PLoS One 2016. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0162261 (from Nutrition Action Magazine)

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Join the Life's Abundance Team and start helping pets and humans live longer, healthier lives. 

Use our products. 

If you become impressed with our products, just wait until you hear about our income opportunity. You might be surprised to learn that you can earn a substantial income from selling our health-promoting products for pets and humans. There's never been a more exciting time to sign-up as a Life's Abundance Field Representative. With new product releases on the horizon, you will find more ways to reach new customers and net serious wages. It is an opportunity that will keep you engage with other people in a "helping" kind of way.

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DISCLAIMER: THESE STATEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN EVALUATED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS NOT INTENDED TO DIAGNOSE, TREAT, CURE OR PREVENT ANY DISEASE. ALL HEALTH CONCERNS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY A QUALIFIED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL.  THE ARTICLE CONTENT IS OFFERED AS A RESOURCE FOR HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES.