5. Reduce salt and sugar intake A high salt intake may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and result in high blood pressure. There are tips to reduce salt in the diet: When shopping, choose products consisting of lower sodium content. When cooking, instead of adding salt, use other spices and increase the variety of … [Read more…]
New research shows that people who are happy and optimistic have a lower risk of high cholesterol. Optimistic middle-aged people have “good” cholesterol, which helps protect the heart and eliminates “bad” cholesterol. According to researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (USA), these people also have triglyceride levels – fat molecules associated with low arteriosclerosis. … [Read more…]
A healthy diet is actually not too complicated. As simple as that, we just need to choose some foods including fruits, vegetables, meat or protein sources, milk, nuts, grains, healthy oils and fats. You can lose weight by eating low calories or applying dieting methods that are shared on many websites today, but in fact … [Read more…]