Celebrate American Heart Month by using this calendar of tips to lower your risk for heart disease. Each year, more than 870,000 Americans die from cardiovascular disease—it’s the leading cause of death among women and men. The good news is that the vast majority of heart disease cases can be prevented with a healthy diet and lifestyle. Each day we’ll reveal a new way you can stay heart healthy—this month and every month. Click on today’s date below, and check back often for updates.
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Comments (16)
THE SITE IS EXCELLENT. GIVES LOT OF INFORMATION
I disagree with the tip that soft spreads are better than butter; numerous studies show that margarine is actually worse for you than butter. I’m surprised to see that mistake in this article.
Why are they showing these tips one day at a time?
So, they get more hits on their website to increase ad prices.
typical greed
Many of the soft spreads are better than butter since butter is 100% fat while many of the soft spreads are much lower in fat due to addition of water.
For the past 10 yeard i have been using the following
“spread”. I 1/2 cups of pure olive oil and 1/2 lb of
butter. Blend well store in frig in a glass bowl.
This is much better than any “blends” found in the
grocery stores.
Our bodies need fat to function properly but not all fats are as good for us as others. The problem with the margarines that most of us grew up with is that they are little more than hydrogenated oils; trans-fats that will not only worsen your blood lipid profile (good vs. bad cholesterol) they may cause a host of other health problems too. Nowadays, Earth Balance, and plenty of other companies, are creating soft spreads that are not trans-fats, are made from heart healthy oils like Canola, contain omega 3 fatty acids and actively improve your cholesterol. Not only can that help you, clearly some people still don’t know about it; I’d say that qualifies as a good tip!
Margarine and other soft spreads do not even spoil. I will stick with the butter, in moderation.
If you give me a cow I can make you butter. If I want to make Earth Balance I wouldn’t even know where to start. Tractor, fossil fuels, seed extraction, machines, etc. I always go with what is good for the earth is good for us and vice versa. Butter production is less harsh on the earth.
Margarine/soft spreads and the like = chemicals, chemicals and more chemicals!! Butter (preferably organic butter) in ‘moderation!’ is the way to go.
If you gave me a cow for butter that would be, well let’s see; Tractor, fossil fuels, fertilizer, interstate trucking, more fossil fuels, and that’s just to feed it! Next we’ve got the methane from the cow (as much as 75 gallons per cow, per day), machines to milk, churn, package and process, more fossil fuels, more trucking. Yeah, you got me there, that sounds better for the planet to me!
If you want to eat butter in moderation by all means. I see plenty of people in the ER however, who think moderation is a dirty word. Don’t kid yourself, you aren’t doing your heart and favors and there are not any fewer chemicals used, or fossil fuels, than it takes to turn canola oil and flax into a heart healthy spread.
“That Guy” has it right, except for the admonition “practice moderation”. Limit the amount of spread used. The best usage is none at all.
to ask some questions
becouse i am student for mugadishu university
i need to how we can cure factor risks of heart disease
I will soon be 6 decades old and would just like to know if anyone can give me an honest answer on what to use. I can’t afford to go to the 4th stroke and this debate “appears” to be going nowhere!!
AYURVEDIC MEDICINES ARE AVAILABLE IN INDIA TO REDUCE CHHOLESTEROL WITHOUT ANY SIDE EFFECTS. I TOOK STATIN
AND I HAD SEVERE SIDE EFFECTS LIKE NECK AND SHOULDER PAIN AND SKIN RASHES. NOW IAM ON AYURVEDIC MEDICINE.
MY CHOLESTEROL IS UNDER CONTROL’
Will you please suggest the name of ayurvedic medicine for cholesterol. Myreading is 263
What help is there for people who cannot take statins and who have high cholesterol and family history? Any hope for niacin?