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Top Four Nutritions to Prevent Heart Disease

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By febriedethan


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Let's measure our waist. If your waist is more than 102 cm (40.15 inch) for man and more than 88 cm (34.6 inch) for woman then you should be very careful of the possibility of heart disease. Mine is about 78 cm (30.7 inch) well I should be careful too not to let it enlarge :) The accumulation of fat in the stomach are at risk of heart disease. Especially if you have any high blood pressure or high cholesterol level. To reduce the risk of heart disease we should reduce our weight. Rearrange our physical activities, our mind, and our diet. These are four nutritions which are very good to prevent the heart disease


Guava (Psidium guajava)
Guava (Psidium guajava)

1. Soluble Fiber

You may find soluble fiber in Havermout (oats), red rice (There are plenty of red rice in Asian country like mine), whole wheat bread, fruits which are not peeled like apple, peach, guava (Psidium guajava), fruits with high pectine like papaya, beans, and peanuts. Boiled peanut (Arachis hypogaea L), red beans, green beans, and soya beans. Soluble fiber cut the risk to have heart disease by tied the LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein) or the bad cholesterol up.

2. Folat

The main source of folat is green vegetables. Like casava leaves, papaya leaves, chayote leaves, mustard greens or Brassica juncea. Many of those greens are available in Asian and abundance in Indonesia. Peas are also have many folat. Folat reduces the homosistein level in the blood. One of amino acid that potentially increase the risk of heart disease.

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Casava leaves
Casava leaves


Cat Fish
Cat Fish

3. Omega-3

You may find plenty of Omega-3 in fish. Specially from deep sea fish like salmon. Freshwater fish like catfish, stopple fish, and milkfish contain of Omega-3 too even if not much.
Beside fish, walnut is the best Omega-3 source. Omega-3 is able to mitigate the stoppage arterial blood vessel and make it relax. Omega-3 also reduceĀ  very bad cholesterol level or VLDL (Very Low Density Lipoprotein) level that contribute of the risk cardiovasculer disease.


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4. Monounsaturated Fat

You will find it in olive oil, olive fruits, black and white sesame seeds, and peanut oil. Monounsaturated fat reduce the risk of heart disease by reduce the blood cholesterol level. Different from the polyunsaturated fat, the benefit of monounsaturated fat is not easy to decrease because of oxidation process (contact with oxygen and cook heating process).
We should reduce to consume food that have plenty of polyunsaturated fat like meat (beef or pork), broiler chicken, butter, and fatty cheese. These kind of foods could cause the stoppage of blood vessel.

Beside those nutrition foods, you may add some regular excersise like walking about 30 minutes every day, reduce alcohol, quit smoking, maintain your dental health like using dental floss regularly to reduce arterial inflammation, and check the blood pressure regularly could prevent the risk of heart disease too.

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cristina327 profile image

cristina327  says:
5 months ago

Great and informative hub. Thank you for sharing this. Regards.

febriedethan profile image

febriedethan  says:
5 months ago

Thank's for reading my hub cristina, I'm glad if it could help :)

anglnwu profile image

anglnwu  says:
5 months ago

Great information and I recognise some of the Asian foods you recommend--it has been a long time since I had cassava leaves. Indonesia has lots of avocodoes too? I love them and they lower cholesterol too.

Nice going...

Jerilee Wei profile image

Jerilee Wei  says:
5 months ago

Excellent tips and video. Adding the nuts to my diet as it makes sense.

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febriedethan  says:
5 months ago

anginwu, thank's for reading my hub, I love cassava leaves and it's great for salad ha ha Yeah..Indonesia has plenty of avocadoes and I love to have avocado's juice and avocado salad. Thank's :)

Jerilee, thank's for stopping by, I used to bake some nuts and make it as a snack too :)

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einron  says:
5 months ago

When we were living in Malaysia, we had an avocado tree in our garden, but we did not really do it real justice. The tree is rather tall and we had to pluck avocados with a long bamboo stick. Other fruits were more appealing to us like mangoes, rambutans, bananas which we also had in our garden. We really miss the fruit trees and flowers as we now live in a condo and cannot grow all those fruit trees. Such is life!

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febriedethan  says:
5 months ago

Hi einron, you are right, many households in Asia specially in South East Asia still grow plants in their yard. Even I have a papaya tree in my yard :) Many of my neighbours still have mango tree and star fruit tree in their yards. Now, the government ask to every newly wed to plant a tree in their new house yard to prevent the global warming and for water supply.

Thank's for your nice comment, have a nice day :)

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Born Again 05  says:
5 months ago

Interesting hub and very informative! I have no idea what cassava leaves are and I wonder where I might find red rice? I'll have to check that out. I'm going to look for my tape measure! Thnaks for the info!

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febriedethan  says:
5 months ago

Hi BornAgain, great to see you. cassava leaves and red rice are common in Asian region specially in South East Asia, it tropical dishes that contain a lot of fiber and vitamin B. Thank's for stopping by God Bless You :)

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