Your diet has a lot to do with heart health and can ever lower your risk of heart disease. Following are some tips from cardiologist Nieca Goldberg, M.D., medical director of Atria NYC and a clinical associate professor of medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
- Cut way back on processed foods.
- Reduce the amount of salt you eat (#1 will help with this).
- Cut back on simple carbs ie white rice, bread, pasta and sugar.
- Eat at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day for fiber and important nutrients.
- Eat less saturated fat (found in fatty meats and high-fat dairy products.
Heart disease it the #1 killer of both men and women in the United States. It is important to think heart-healthy at a young age.
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