Proper nutrition in heart disease

There is a very good proverb: "We eat to live, and we live to eat." It's funny, is not it? But often it happens that we like to live to eat. But if you eat wrong, then we do irreparable damage to our health, and that's it. Especially good balanced nutrition is important for those who can not boast of excellent health. And especially important is the proper nutrition in heart diseases.

As a rule, the first criterion for choosing food is "tasty", well, and then useful, although often, as practice shows, most people have only the criterion of "tasty". But in the proper nutrition with heart disease, this criterion, which often characterizes harmful foods, should be carefully avoided.

We choose products such as salted fish, caviar, fatty and smoked meat delicacies, spicy seasonings, marinades, sweet dairy products, canned juices, sweets, cakes and much more. We look at the date of manufacture, and we think that if the product is fresh, it will in no case cause harm. This is not true. There is a mass of scientific evidence that food is the original source of diseases. Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you what hurts. In the first row of diseases associated with nutrition, it costs ... no, not the stomach and not the intestines, but cardiovascular diseases. Most people use fat and sweet food, and this is the main cause of blood clots, hence the heart attacks, strokes and much more.

Here are several factors of cardiovascular diseases:

1. Age. The risk group is from 40 years old (but do not think that you can eat and drink anything till age 40).
2. Floor. These diseases affect men more often than women.
3. Diseases are transmitted by heredity.
4. Smoking and alcohol (this, of course, also applies to drugs).
5. Cholesterol (this problem occurs with malnutrition).
6. Diabetes.
7. Extreme living conditions or frequent stress.
8. Aggressive people are very prone to heart disease.
9. Inactive lifestyle and obesity.

One of the most common diseases is blood pressure. It has nothing to do with the disease of other organs, but it does great harm to the heart and brain. In the world, about 40% of people suffer from this ailment.

No matter how it sounds, it's strange, but the cardiovascular system is directly related to the stomach and what gets into it. In addition to the fact that the vessels are clogged because of not very proper nutrition, the overloaded stomach displaces the diaphragm, and this complicates the work of the heart, we add salty food, which eventually gives swelling, and - bam, we get blood pressure. Do not self-medicate, it's best to see a doctor. After the examination, you will be prescribed the necessary medications, and the dietitian doctor will help in compiling a competent diet.

But also do not forget that the doctor can only advise, but does not force the patient to comply with all dietary requirements. Therefore, everything is in your hands, and in your desire.

Here are a few principles of diets that are attributed to heart disease:

1. It is necessary to limit the consumption of table salt. Remember, salt and sugar are our white enemies. It is best to improve the taste of dishes with dill, parsley or coriander.
2. To your heart worked long and without failures, you should strengthen the heart muscle. This can be done with the help of evening walks - when walking our heart very well trains. But one walks is not enough. We make small changes in food: you need foods with a high content of potassium. Cabbage, apricots, pumpkin, dried apricots, raisins and rose hips are an excellent repository for this substance.
3. Magnesium - this element exerts an expanding effect on the vessels and relieves spasms. It is found in such products as all kinds of cereals, beets, carrots, black currants and walnuts.
4. We completely exclude tea and coffee. Replace them with rose hips.
5. Keep track of what would have been a day in your body fluid was not more than a half liters.
6. Meat and fish dishes are not forbidden, but they should not be eaten more than twice a week.

Atherosclerosis - what is it? This disease also applies to our topic. Atherosclerosis is the defeat of the arteries. It's easier to say, blockage of blood vessels. Through the food in the blood particles of fat and cholesterol get into the blood, they both clog our blood vessels, every year growing and growing on the internal walls of the artery. On average, atherosclerosis occurs in people aged 30-35 years. The blood circulation and oxygen supply are difficult, it starts to "upset" the entire body - and everything from the wrong nutrition.

Of course, it is better not to admit this disease than to treat it with despair. To prevent the disease, it is necessary to gradually, but very aggressively change its diet, completely eliminating foods high in cholesterol, animal fats and, of course, alcohol.

A few rules how to eat properly for the prevention of atherosclerosis:

1. Varied food. Try, that would be in your daily menu was not less than 20 different products - so you provide the most with the necessary vitamins, substances and trace elements.
2. We replace meat with fish dishes, and the bird with beans. Products such as sausage, sausages, hamburgers, hot dogs, chips and pates are completely excluded.
3. And again I repeat, we remove all animal fats, you can use only olive, corn and sunflower oil.
4. Be careful with chicken eggs. No more than 2 yolks per week.
5. We exclude confectionery and ice cream.
6. Regularly control your weight.
7. Diversify your diet with vegetables and fruits.
8. Be sure to eat cereals from the grits of large grind, you can add a little dried fruit, almonds or walnuts to the porridge.
9. Eat seafood. They are very rich in iodine, which is very valuable in this situation.
10. Try to eat less fried. Open the cookbook and pick up some dishes that are prepared for a couple.
11. From drinks it is necessary to leave only green tea and freshly squeezed juices.

One of the most terrible heart diseases is ischemic heart disease. It includes: angina pectoris, myocardial infarction and heart failure. This disease arises from insufficient supply of blood by the heart muscle. Ischemic heart disease is a continuation of atherosclerosis, that is, if a person neglected to treat arterial disease, then this disease is the next step. According to doctors during the disease ischemia, it is necessary to reduce the intake of fluid to 700 milliliters per day and, again, completely eliminate the food from table salt. Often the end of this disease is myocardial infarction.

Myocardial infarction is the necrosis of the tissues of the muscular wall of the heart, which occurs due to acute disturbance of the blood supply. Therapeutic nourishment for people with myocardial infarction, first of all, helps the healing of dead tissue, which would make the heart normal again.

The most necessary diet notes for people who have had a heart attack are salt elimination, fluid restriction, low caloric intake. Eating takes place 8-10 times a day in small portions so that all the vitamins and elements necessary for the speedy recovery are well absorbed in the body. Without fail, in the food that the patient takes, there must be a sufficient amount of vitamin C, iodine, calcium, magnesium and potassium.

Observing these simple rules of normal and proper nutrition, you can reduce the risk of heart disease by at least twice! And remember, food should make our life healthier!