Avocados and Other Foods that are Heart Healthy?!

 

Avocados in moderation, though high in calories are a good fat?!

 

Teri 

http://health.yahoo.com/nutrition_fitness/miavita/foodfact=20021110

I've watched the Food Channel a lot and one thing I learned was just how to get the pit/seed out! In the past I thought the fat they had in them was bad, so I never considered using them~so help!!

 

We need more help than knowing how to get the seeds out! lol

 

Yummy Recipes Anyone?!

 

Hugs, Teri

So BC................give us a good recipe!!  Hugs, Teri

Fish oil supplements also helps with cholesterol. Also my dietitian suggested in add soy to my diet for diabetes. I eat those soyburgers. They're pretty tasty with lettuce and tomatoe.

I cut the avacodo in half scoop out the big seed. you can make a nice houselnt out of the seed I have been told take 4 toothpicks place them around the seed put the pointedtip up the flat part of the seed down in a little cup of water and it will sprout when big enough put it in some potting soilminus the toothpicks and watch it grow.

heidi

found in the Mediterranean Heart Diet Book by Helen V Fisher

Avacodo Tomato Spread

!/2 medium avacodo peeled and mashed

1 small tomatoe seded and chopped finely

1 teaspon fresh lemon zest

2Teaspoons of fresh lemon juice

2 Tablespoons of fresh pine nuts

2T chopped mint leaves

1/2 C yougurt Cream Cheese

Yougurt cream cheese

2 Cups plain fat free yougurt

line a sieve or colander with 3 layers of cheesecloth or paper coffee filters place sieve over a bowl add yuogurt and cover.Let drain refigerated for 4-6 hours. discard the liquid store yougurt in a container with a lid this can be stored in a refigerator up to  10 days. this is Cal 12 Protein 1g Carb 2 g Fib 0g

Ttoal fat 0 g sat fat 0 g Chol 1 g sodium 17 mg.

In a small bowl throughly blend the cream cheese abnd avacado then stir in remaining ingredients chill makes 1 c

total ingredients all togetrher is

Cal 35

Prot 1 g  Carb 2g Fib1g Total fat 3 g Sat fat 0g Cholestrol 0 g Sodium 18 mg.

Heidi

I've heard the same thing. I tried grape juice for a month, but the sugars got me. So now i just eat seventeen grapes per day. The dark grapes that is. I hate fruit, but i like good health. lol

I have haeard it too but like some grape juices without added sugar and  the drker the grape juice the better I do drink one kind that is advertised on tv but since I am a good friend of the moderator and donot need a midnight phone call Imwillnot post it here for that is qwrong to do but yes it is good and it also helps too with anemina. My doc also told me about a certain Kosher wine too in square botles. Ok Terri I dewscribed it bt didnot name it ok girlfriend. I love yu

Heidi

Here are some other healthy foods for anyone who wants to improve their cholesterol readings and they're ones you've all probably heard of already, but I figured it never hurts to remind ya!

I really love the fiber cereals and start my mornings off with a big bowl of twigs! lol  Then for lunch I try to follow with fruits~guess I'm not a huge meat eater, though I do eat it...

Another idea for lowering cholesterol is eating Walnuts!  Yes, they're supposed to be very healthy for us, too, they may help to lower your ldl, along with almonds.

Soy is another source of protein to help lower your ldl.  I drink soy milk with my twigs in the morning and boy is that good!

Oatmeal and other whole bran cereals are also very good for you and help you to lower your ldl.

Eating Fish like Salmon (lemoned and peppered on the grill with lots of fresh garlic)~Yummy!!  Albacore Tuna, Lake Trout, or if you can find someone that's reeled in a whale or seal, that would be a sure winner!

Make sure you drink plenty of water to help flush your body out and keep you well hydrated, unless you have a medical problem that limits your fluid intake.  Try a glass of water with a meal instead of a soda.

Here's hoping a few of these ideas help you to help yourself! 

Hugs, Teri

I just wanted to bring this back up for the newer members. Teri :)

Hi Everyone! I'm bumping this back up as I feel it's worthwhile for others to see some of these healthy food articles!

Hugs, Teri :)