Healthy Heart Topic!
Look for foods high in Nitric Oxide! Nitric oxide dilates blood vessels and expands your arteries improving blood flow.
After this past weekend’s Foundation of Wellness Podcast Wellness Summit we learned the importance of Nitric Oxide for your heart. Top 3 natural food choices that contain Nitric Oxide:
SPINACH (see my Green Morning Smoothie Recipe)
BEETS (I have a delicious Beet & Macadamia Nut Soup recipe that you can whip up in your vitamix!)
Arugula (a classic recipe, add arugula, balsamic vinegar, extra-virgin olive oil, toss, and enjoy!)
Another hot topic that is usually up for debate is Saturated Fat! Saturated Fat is all about context. Its role on your health is dependent on a few questions: 1. Do you eat a lot of sugar (or still drink a coke?) 2. Is your diet heavy in processed foods? (do you eat kraft mac n cheese or a jacks pizza?) 3. Do you consider ketchup a vegetable? This is because saturated fat can magnify the deleterious effects of a high carb, low nutrient diet. When consuming saturated fat do so in absence of any sugar, for example in your morning coffee when you are in a fasted state still. The real culprit is trans fats (we'll discuss later).