Healthy Heart Eating

Part 1

Healthy Heart Eating

Part 1

Is Heart Surgery Worth It?

Make a Choice -

• Eat more Veggies and less meat or

• Spend $40,000.00, have your chest split wide open with no guarantee of survival, be laid up and unable to enjoy the life you once dreamed, and increase your risk of having another heart attack. Which would you choose?

Stats from American Heart Assoc. -

• 69 million Americans suffer from some form of cardiovascular disease. That is over a ¼ of the population.

• One and a half million Americans will suffer a heart attack this year and 500,000 of those will die.

• There are over 6 million people alive today that have suffered a heart attack and 675,000 are under the age of 65.

• Over 102 million Americans have unsafe blood cholesterol levels.

• Americans get more then 40% of their calories from fat while people from rural Japan get only 11% of their calories from fat.

Picture in your mind for a moment what you think is a healthy guideline for vibrant health based on your present knowledge for your current condition.

AHA Recommended Guidelines -

• Less then 30% of calories from fat
• Less than 300mg of cholesterol per day
• Lean meats are allowed
• Remove the skin from chicken
• You are allowed Milk and Milk products
• No more then 3 eggs per week
• White bread, rolls and crackers are ok
• Margarine is ok
• Coffee and sugar as well

These Dietary rules are common place at all hospitals all around the country.

American Heart Assoc. recommended diet is dangerous, will not lower your cholesterol and could cause a heart attack.

Author's Bio: 

Randy has been writing articles for a short time and enjoys health and diet. He truly believes in the saying "You Are What You Eat". Reading and now writing about health and diet is an ever growing passion and something he practices himself. If you have a business like he does and in need of some business stamps check out his latest website at business rubber stamp you never know when your business may need a custom rubber stamp or stamping supplies.