Although you might know that eating certain foods can increase your heart disease risk, it’s often tough to change your eating habits. Whether you have years of unhealthy eating under your belt or you simply wanted to fine-tune your diet, here are some best fruits to boost your heart health. Eat them often to reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke.
- Apples:
Apples are rich in flavonoids to promote heart health by reducing platelet adhesion in arteries, lowering cholesterol, and relaxing and dilating arteries.
- Bananas:
Best eaten fresh. It has Vitamins B6 and C, fiber, magnesium and potassium that helps in lowering blood pressure.
- Grape Fruits:
Grape fruit is chilled with calcium, with potassium and magnesium that helps lowering your blood pressure.
- Kiwi:
You don’t need to peel them to eat them. Slice into a salad. It is full of Vitamin E that works as an antioxidant thought to reduce oxidation of LDL cholesterol.
- Papaya
It is rich in folate, or folic acid. It helps in fighting against the inflammation of arteries.
Once you know which fruits to eat more of and which fruits to limit, you’ll be on your way towards a heart-healthy diet.
