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Heart disease is prevalent in industrialized countries, and societies adopting a westernized lifestyle. Diet, inactivity, poor lifestyle choices regarding:adequate amount of sleep, drinking sufficient water each day, and outlook, are some of the factors which result in cardiovascular disease, heart disease, and other life threatening diseases which increase morbidity and mortality statistics.

Heart Healthy Foods

Peas – high fiber content, rich in potassium, low in fat and sodium. Contains vitamin C, B1, and protein. When combined with legumes or grains such as corn, it provides the body with the necessary amino acids to produce its own protein. Peas are appropriate for individuals diagnosed with heart failure, myocardiopathy, and coronary heart disease. Peas are the most flavorful and nutritious while young and tender, and can be eaten raw during this stage.

Peaches contain beta-carotene, vitamins B, C, and E, potassium magnesium, and fiber. This composition of
vitamins, which are rich in antioxidants, and minerals make the peach one of the foods that is perfect for a healthy heart. The antioxidant effect of the vitamins A, C, and E maintains the arteries in good health by preventing arteriosclerosis, while supplying the heart with vital nutrients.

Peaches contain B vitamins which assist the cells in the heart muscles to contract. Potassium and magnesium helps the heart to maintain a normal, strong, rhythmic heartbeat.

Peaches are good heart healthy foods in cases of heart disease – any degree of heart failure including: ischemia; valve lesions; arterial hypertension; myocardiopathy.

Grapes contain many nutritious properties which make them an ideal food for cardiac diseases. These properties include: provitamin A, Vitamin B1, B2, B3, vitamin C, and vitamin E; potassium; iron; fiber; flavonoids (powerful antioxidants which prevents the oxidation of cholesterol that causes arteriosclerosis, and decrease clot formation in the arteries); resveratrol (slows the progress of arteriosclerosis); and anthocyanidines – vegetable pigments found in grape skins which prevent coronary heart disease.

Several researchers have found that grape juice (especially from concorde grapes) provide all the cardio-protective factors found in wine but without the negative effects of alcohol. According to Pamplona-Roger (2006), “unfermented grape juice contains the same cardio-protective substances found in wine, but in higher concentrations and without the drawback of ethyl alcohol. Additionally, grapes and grape juice provide energy-producing sugars and vitamins that wine lacks.”

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