Small diet tweaks can help your heart and overall health
Proven patterns
All of the changes are based on dietary patterns proved to prevent heart disease or its risk factors — in particular, the Mediterranean diet and the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet. Both encourage eating plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans and other legumes, nuts, and seeds (and olive oil, in the case of the Mediterranean diet). They also recommend moderate amounts of seafood, poultry, eggs, and dairy, but small amounts of sweets and red (or processed) meat.
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