Be smart when it comes to
your heart health!
Heart-shaped candy boxes, heart-themed
decorations, and hearts in valentines—February is all about hearts! Do all
those hearts ever get you thinking about your own? They should because from the U.S. and Canada
to the U.K., February is Heart Month with various health organizations working
to raise awareness about the dangers of heart disease and how you can keep your
heart ticking at its optimum level.
Heart disease is the leading cause of
death in all adults in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom,
and while it has long been belived to be a man’s health issue, heart disease is
the number one killer of women in the U.S., U.K., and Canada. With rates of
obesity and diabetes—two risk factors for heart disease—on the rise, especially
in children, these numbers may only worsen with future generations. Needless to say, the current Western lifestyle
and diet has our hearts ticking down! Luckily, there are simple actions you can
take to improve your heart health and boost your life expectancy.
Get Moving!
Do you spend eight hours (or more) a day behind
a desk? Do your kids spend more time playing video games or texting friends
than romping in the yard or park? If you answered “yes”, you’re living a
typical Western lifestyle. Even if you’re a fan of sports or enjoy the oudoors,
exercise is probably something you have to pencil in to your already busy
schedule, but it’s worth it. Becoming more active can lower your blood pressure
and boost your levels of good cholesterol. The American Heart Association
recommends devoting 30 minutes a day, five days a week to physical activity. Aerobic
exercises, such as walking, jogging, swimming, or biking, are an excellent way
to strengthen your heart.
The Heart of Good
Nutrition
Maintaining a heart-healthy
diet is not just about what you can’t eat, though consumption of processed
meat, sugary beverages, and sodium should be kept to a minimum. A truly heart
smart diet is built on great foods and nutrition. The American
Heart Association recommends
eating a daily minimum of four and a half cups of fruits and vegetables, three ounces of fiber-rich whole
grains, and getting at least two 3.5-ounce servings of fish every week. Not
sure that recommended serving of fruits and veggies is doable for you? It is
when you drink your Greens™, a
delicious orange-flavored, alkalizing drink powder with the nutritional value
of 8+ servings of fruits and vegetables and 38 herbs and nutrient-rich
"superfoods" that provide vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, and
enzymes in each serving.
A heart-healthy
diet doesn’t have to be bland; it can even have a flavor of rich chocolate or creamy
vanilla! Give your heart smart diet a boost of superior, heart-healthy protein
with Ultimate ProFIT® Advanced Superfood Nutrition in creamy vanilla or rich
chocolate. Ultimate ProFIT is powered by Sustain-It™, a blend of non-hormonal
and non-GMO whey and soy proteins that delivers maximum benefits to the body
per gram of protein to build lean muscle mass and helps reduce LDL cholesterol
levels and maintain HDL (good cholesterol) levels in normal, healthy
individuals. Use it to make heart-healthy shakes or smoothies, add it to a
glass of water or milk, mix it with your favorite foods, or even bake with it! The heart of good nutrition is just one scoop
of Ultimate ProFIT away!
In a month that’s all about
hearts and love, show a little love for your own to keep it beating strong!
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