{"id":13092,"date":"2019-08-20T16:14:11","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T16:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/?p=13092"},"modified":"2019-08-20T16:14:11","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T16:14:11","slug":"achieve-optimal-heart-health-through-your-diet-4-foods-to-eat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/achieve-optimal-heart-health-through-your-diet-4-foods-to-eat\/","title":{"rendered":"Achieve Optimal Heart Health through Your Diet \u2013 4 Foods to Eat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The \u2018fountain of youth\u2019 may be a myth, but nature has\ndefinitely endowed us with foods that are just as miraculous. There is no\nquestion that once you hit your 30s, your health starts declining in every way.\nConsidering the extremely unhealthy lifestyles most young people have, an early\ndiagnosis of diabetes or a heart disease doesn\u2019t come off as a surprise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The habits you form in your 20s are certainly going to reap\nthe consequences in your mid-life. Many diseases can be prevented right in their\ntracks with the right diet. Most nutritionists and dieticians recommend\nachieving optimal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/\">health\nthrough your diet.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The foods you eat can have an unimaginable impact on your\nheart health and mortality. Here\u2019s a list of the best foods to start including\nin your diet to ensure that your heart stays healthy and happy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Nuts and Seeds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Most people shy away from all kinds of fat because it leads\nto weight gain. However, consuming healthy fats in moderate amounts is a great\nway to ensure heart health. Nuts and seeds are a nutritious source of Omega-3\nfatty acids, which reduce blood clotting and lower down blood pressure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just one serving of nuts is evidently linked to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC5137221\/\">20%<\/a> decrease\nin cardiovascular risk. Plus, they\u2019re quite healthy snacks to satiate unhealthy\ncravings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As long as the nuts and seeds you\u2019re eating are unprocessed\nand raw, you can expect to receive all the fatty goodness from them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Cold Water Fish <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Any seafood can make for a wholesome meal; however, fish\nlike salmon have been associated with a lowered risk of heart disease. Being a\npowerhouse of omega-3 fatty acids, eating any cold-water fish at least thrice a\nweek can improve your health significantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It helps in maintaining heart health by cutting down the\ntriglycerides in your body that reduce the risk of a cardiac arrest later in\nlife. Fish is delicious whether grilled, baked, or steamed. Enjoy it with\nstir-fried veggies, in a sandwich, or as is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Coffee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Coffee has been associated with keeping type 2 diabetes in\ncheck, but it\u2019s also linked to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC5696634\/\">15%<\/a> lower risk\nof heart disease. Having a warm cup every morning can help kick-start your\ndigestion, and improve your heart health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, make sure that the coffee beans are organic and\nunprocessed. Sipping on an overly sweet cup of frappuccino isn\u2019t healthy. Make\nyour own coffee, and sweeten it with maple syrup or honey to avoid any diabetic\nrisks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Olive Oil <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A popular ingredient of the Mediterranean Diet, Olive oil\nhas a 39% chance of decreasing cardiovascular diseases. Being a versatile food,\nyou can use it on your salads, cook a meal in it, or have it in a teaspoon. Not\nonly does it ease digestion, but it also maintains healthy cholesterol levels\nand heart health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consult with your doctor to create a heart-healthy diet plan\nand take their advice on how you can further improve your quality of life. Remember,\na healthy heart is a wealthy heart! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u2018fountain of youth\u2019 may be a myth, but nature has definitely endowed us with foods that are just as miraculous. There is no question that once you hit your 30s, your health starts declining in every way. Considering the extremely unhealthy lifestyles most young people have, an early diagnosis of diabetes or a heart [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cpr"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v25.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Achieve Optimal Heart Health through Your Diet \u2013 4 Foods to Eat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"CPR blog for Achieve Optimal Heart Health through Your Diet \u2013 4 Foods to Eat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/achieve-optimal-heart-health-through-your-diet-4-foods-to-eat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Achieve Optimal Heart Health through Your Diet \u2013 4 Foods to Eat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CPR blog for Achieve Optimal Heart Health through Your Diet \u2013 4 Foods to Eat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/achieve-optimal-heart-health-through-your-diet-4-foods-to-eat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Online CPR Certification Blog | World News in Medicine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-20T16:14:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/achieve-optimal-heart-health-through-your-diet-4-foods-to-eat\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/achieve-optimal-heart-health-through-your-diet-4-foods-to-eat\/\",\"name\":\"Achieve Optimal Heart Health through Your Diet \u2013 4 Foods to Eat\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-20T16:14:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/54248b57c4973c8f339e90ca1ad2b46b\"},\"description\":\"CPR blog for Achieve Optimal Heart Health through Your Diet \u2013 4 Foods to Eat\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/achieve-optimal-heart-health-through-your-diet-4-foods-to-eat\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/achieve-optimal-heart-health-through-your-diet-4-foods-to-eat\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/achieve-optimal-heart-health-through-your-diet-4-foods-to-eat\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Achieve Optimal Heart Health through Your Diet \u2013 4 Foods to Eat\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Online CPR Certification Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/54248b57c4973c8f339e90ca1ad2b46b\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/02633b4fc66ccd10394db68cc59a903a6ca17029064cd9a9e664a1d84afeba2b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/02633b4fc66ccd10394db68cc59a903a6ca17029064cd9a9e664a1d84afeba2b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Achieve Optimal Heart Health through Your Diet \u2013 4 Foods to Eat","description":"CPR blog for Achieve Optimal Heart Health through Your Diet \u2013 4 Foods to Eat","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/achieve-optimal-heart-health-through-your-diet-4-foods-to-eat\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Achieve Optimal Heart Health through Your Diet \u2013 4 Foods to Eat","og_description":"CPR blog for Achieve Optimal Heart Health through Your Diet \u2013 4 Foods to Eat","og_url":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/achieve-optimal-heart-health-through-your-diet-4-foods-to-eat\/","og_site_name":"Online CPR Certification Blog | World News in Medicine","article_published_time":"2019-08-20T16:14:11+00:00","author":"Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/achieve-optimal-heart-health-through-your-diet-4-foods-to-eat\/","url":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/achieve-optimal-heart-health-through-your-diet-4-foods-to-eat\/","name":"Achieve Optimal Heart Health through Your Diet \u2013 4 Foods to Eat","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-08-20T16:14:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/54248b57c4973c8f339e90ca1ad2b46b"},"description":"CPR blog for Achieve Optimal Heart Health through Your Diet \u2013 4 Foods to Eat","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/achieve-optimal-heart-health-through-your-diet-4-foods-to-eat\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/achieve-optimal-heart-health-through-your-diet-4-foods-to-eat\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/achieve-optimal-heart-health-through-your-diet-4-foods-to-eat\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Achieve Optimal Heart Health through Your Diet \u2013 4 Foods to Eat"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/","name":"Online CPR Certification Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/54248b57c4973c8f339e90ca1ad2b46b","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/02633b4fc66ccd10394db68cc59a903a6ca17029064cd9a9e664a1d84afeba2b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/02633b4fc66ccd10394db68cc59a903a6ca17029064cd9a9e664a1d84afeba2b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog"],"url":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}