Developing a healthy eating plan is also crucial to preventing or reversing heart disease.
Eating balanced meals that have protein, healthy fats, and plenty of antioxidant rich vegetables is a tasty way to stay heart healthy.
Use this diet plan to manage cholesterol and keep it at a balanced level.
Some cholesterol is required by the body and brain in order to function properly.
By sticking to healthy fats such as omega-3s, you will help to ensure that you’re encouraging the LDL (good) cholesterol while restricting the HDL (bad) cholesterol.
This same effort to eat well will also help you to manage your blood sugar levels.
Diabetes is a leading contributor to heart disease, and is the 7th highest cause of death in American currently.
And by managing your blood sugar levels before becoming pre-diabetic or fully diabetic will help to prevent damage to your heart.
The great thing is that there are a lot of easy ways to reverse heart disease and live a healthier and long life.
The even better news is that by making these changes before developing heart disease, you can prevent it all together, and possibly avoid other health issues as well.
Sources:
millionhearts.hhs.gov/abouthds/cost-consequences.html
msn.com/en-us/health/medical/5-changes-that-could-slash-heart-disease-deaths-by-half/ar-AAcrcPw?ocid=U142DHP
heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/Make-the-Effort-to-Prevent-Heart-Disease-with-Lifes-Simple-7_UCM_443750_Article.jsp