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Home›Featured›Heart attack rates rise each winter: Nutritionist recommends these simple food changes to help reduce your risk.

Heart attack rates rise each winter: Nutritionist recommends these simple food changes to help reduce your risk.

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March 17, 2021
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Heart attack rates rise each winter: Nutritionist recommends these simple food changes to help reduce your risk.

Experts aren’t sure why people are more likely to have a heart attack during the winter than any other time of year. If you are inspired to take charge of your heart health there is good news.

High carb diet and heart disease

There's a new 12-month human clinical study involving 577 participants conducted in Malaysia that reveals we aren’t doing our hearts any favors by eating a high-carb diet. And while that high-carb diet was associated with increased heart disease risk factors, fat intake didn’t move the needle one way or the other.

Fats have been wrongly demonized

One person not surprised by the study’s findings is Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., CNS. “I’ve been saying for years that fat has been wrongly demonized. If anything, it’s sugar – not fat – that’s causing us to go off the metabolic rails. In this study, low-carb diets performed considerably better than high-carb diets.”

The study found that healthy adults who ate higher proportions of carbohydrates (compared with the amount of proteins or fat they consumed) tended to develop several elevated risk factors for cardiovascular disease including high blood pressure and more plaque-promoting small LDL cholesterol particles. Higher proportions of dietary fat intake were not associated with elevating these risk factors.

Notes Bowden, “A hormone called insulin and a condition called insulin resistance are at the core of pre-diabetes, and are turning out to be early warning signs for heart disease. And the results of this study showed that insulin measures were considerably better when people ate diets with a lower amount of carbs, and that was true regardless of the amount of fat consumed.”

Easy, no-fail heart-healthy eating strategies

This year, instead of resolving to completely overhaul your diet, try making a few small changes. Bowden makes these simple suggestions that may have a healthy impact on your heart:

First, remove these items from your kitchen: 

  • Corn oil and canola oil. “These seed oils are filled with omega-6 which is very pro-inflammatory.”

  • Sugar. “Let’s be realistic. I know you’re probably not going to give up your favorite sweets entirely. But be kind to your heart by restricting those goodies to just a few days a month.”

  • Canned soups, salad dressings and pasta sauces. “These are often loaded with hidden sugars and a ton of sodium. Instead of relying on these cooking shortcuts, do an internet search for simple recipes you can make from scratch.”

  • White flour and white rice. “These are heavily processed and raise your blood sugar almost as much as pure sugar.”

Then, add these items to your panty: 

  • Palm oil. “You can find this online and in specialty markets. Millions of people around the world use it as their everyday cooking oil. Malaysian certified palm oil is rich in nutrients such as brain- and heart-healthy vitamin E tocotrienols.”

  • Stevia and monk fruit. “These are natural sweeteners that have no effect on your blood sugar.”

  • Nuts: “People who eat more nuts have lower BMIs. Their diets are higher in magnesium, higher in fiber, higher in poly- and monounsaturated fats, all of which can have a profound effect on your health.”

  • Dark chocolate (minimum 60% cocoa on the label): “Chocolate contains cocoa flavanols; beneficial plant-based phytonutrients that support cardiovascular health.”

You can finally make heart-healthy dietary changes that are easy to achieve. These tips will help you take better care of your heart and may become heart-healthy habits you’ll want to follow all year long.

For additional information about the studies related to fat consumption and health, visit www.palmoilhealth.org.

 

Biography: Jonny Bowden, PhD, CNS

Jonny Bowden, PhD, CNS, also known as “The Nutrition Myth Buster” ™ is a nationally known board-certified nutritionist and expert on diet and weight loss. He has appeared on the Dr. Oz Show, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, and CBS as an expert on nutrition has contributed to articles in The New York Times, Forbes, The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post, Vanity Fair Online, Men’s Heath, Prevention, and dozens of other print and online publications.

Dr. Jonny is the best-selling author of 15 books including The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth, Living Low Carb (now in its fourth edition), and is the co-author, with cardiologist Stephen Sinatra, of the controversial best-seller, “The Great Cholesterol Myth: Why Lowering Your Cholesterol Won’t Prevent Heart Disease and the Statin-Free Plan that Will”. His latest book, Smart Fat: Eat More Fat, Lose More Weight, Get Healthy Now!– written with PBS star Steven Masley, MD— was published by Harper Collins in January 2016.

 

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