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There\u2019s no shortage of marketing messages about what\u2019s best for heart health and some of it is well, just plain wrong. Here\u2019s my top 5 offenders \u2013 don\u2019t believe their hype, choose my real deals instead.<\/p>\nThere\u2019s no shortage of marketing messages about what\u2019s best for heart health and some of it is well, just plain wrong. Here\u2019s my top 5 offenders \u2013 don\u2019t believe their hype, choose my real deals instead.<\/p>\n
AKA the Sugar & chem lab project bombs \u2013 cereals like Honey nut cheerios & Honey bunches of oats or getting \u201cfully loaded\u201d oatmeal with added sugar & dried fruit \u2013 my heart just skipped a beat \u2013 not in a good way. AKA better: choose organic oats and add spices, nut butter and \/ or hemp seeds. We are loving Natures Path\u2019s new plain Qi\u2019a oatmeal<\/p>\n
Mooooove away from this stuff \u2013 research shows full-fat dairy is associated with lower risk of obesity (which means lower heart disease risk too) and likely due to the hormone profile change when the fat is removed, as well as the fact that without the fat it\u2019s harder to feel full which means you fill up on other calories. AKA better: choose organic whole milk or skip the dairy and choose full fat coconut or cashew etc.<\/p>\n
While potatoes pack in heart healthy potassium and rice provides vitamins, minerals and antioxidants \u2013 when we over process them and then add salt and other chemistry lab projects we end up with a heartbreak. AKA better: whole bean or potato chips with added spices not loads of salt.<\/p>\n
We hear soy and think heart health but the truth is these are heart failures. Highly processed parts of soy contain none of the good stuff \u2013 fiber, omegas, antioxidants that we find in whole organic soybeans. AKA better: whole organic soybeans or organic tofu or organic tempeh \u2013 and \u201cprotein\u201d powders and bars that contain them or other whole quality plant sources like hemp and quinoa.<\/p>\n
They look so love-ly and even have such sweet quotes on them. But they aren\u2019t the sweet friend Originally printed on\u00a0ashleykoffapproved.com<\/a>. Reprinted with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n Ashley\u00a0Koff RD is your better health enabler. For decades, Koff has helped thousands get and keep better health by learning to make their better not perfect nutrition choices more often. A go-to nutrition expert for the country\u2019s leading doctors, media, companies and non-profit organizations, Koff regularly shares her Better Nutrition message with millions on national and local television, magazines and newspapers. Visit her website at\u00a0ashleykoffapproved.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There\u2019s no shortage of marketing messages about what\u2019s best for heart health and some of it is well, just plain wrong. Here\u2019s my top 5 offenders \u2013 don\u2019t believe their hype, choose my real deals instead. 1) The\u201dOat\u201d cereals AKA the Sugar & chem lab project bombs \u2013 cereals like Honey nut cheerios & Honey bunches of oats or getting \u201cfully loaded\u201d oatmeal with added sugar & dried fruit \u2013 my heart just skipped a beat \u2013 not in a good way. AKA better: choose organic oats and add spices, nut butter and \/ or hemp seeds. We are loving Natures Path\u2019s new plain Qi\u2019a oatmeal 2) Fat-free dairy Mooooove away from this stuff \u2013 research shows full-fat dairy is associated with lower risk of obesity (which means lower heart disease risk too) and likely due to the hormone profile change when the fat is removed, as well as the fact that without the fat it\u2019s harder to feel full which means you fill up on other calories. AKA better: choose organic whole milk or skip the dairy and choose full fat coconut or cashew etc. 3) Pieces, Parts and Puffs While potatoes pack in heart healthy potassium and rice […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":15921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[82,139],"class_list":["post-21011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-mfn","tag-heart-disease","tag-nutrition"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/dark-choc.jpg\")
for heart health that you think \u2013 artificial dyes and chemistry lab corn syrup are not the basis of a lasting love affair. AKA better: choose a little heart-healthy organic dark chocolate (that\u2019s >65%) and if you do want candy try authentic sweets \u2013 organic, free of artificial dyes etc \u2013 like those from our friends at TruSweets.<\/a><\/p>\n
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