Heart attack and stroke prevention diet and tips

Try to eat a serving of fruits and vegetables with every meal (yes, including breakfast!). Fry some thinly sliced brussels sprouts with your eggs, have a healthy salad or vegetable soup for

lunch, and make sure there’s a side of broccoli with your salmon. For snacks, stir some fresh berries into a cup of plain yogurt (instead of eating that sugary “fruit” on the bottom), or

scoop hummus with some carrots and celery, rather than processed chips. For natural blood pressure control, Johnson recommends potassium-rich foods such as sweet potatoes, spinach, beets,

beans and yogurt. 6. YOU LOSE YOUR COOL Occasional stress isn’t necessarily a bad thing. But chronic stress can put your health at risk. One result: elevated blood pressure. Plus, according

to a 2017 study of more than 2,500 people age 54 and older, chronic stress is associated with obesity. Antistress techniques abound: Exercise, meditation, yoga, tai chi, enjoying nature and

even creative hobbies can all help dial down your stress reaction. But one key to understanding stress is that, in the end, it’s how you react to it that makes all the difference. From that

point of view, a big part of the remedy is just to ask, “Why am I so stressed about this?” 7. YOU OVERDRINK “There are substantial data that say that a modest amount of alcohol daily, or

weekly, is reasonable and might be protective of your heart,” Yancy says. “But how do we measure protective benefits on an individual basis? And here’s the really hard part: Are people

disciplined enough to keep it modest?” “Modest” shakes out to one drink per day for women and two drinks for men. If you can do that, you’re probably OK. But if you can’t? The evidence

suggests that no alcohol at all is better for your heart than too much. BONUS BLUNDER: YOU WATCH _KIMMEL_  There’s one thing that makes all of the previous seven blunders more likely: not

going to sleep early enough. A study of nearly 440,000 adults over 40 found that those who went to bed later were more likely to smoke, remain sedentary and skip fruits and vegetables than

those who got extra shut-eye by hitting the hay early. “Good sleep is the foundation of health,” Metzl says. “When you wake up feeling good, all the healthy choices become more attractive.

You feel like eating well, you feel like working out. Sleep just makes everything easier.”