WorldHeartDay

September 29, 2015- a World HeartDay, which is all about joining and creating healthy heart choices for everyone, everywhere. This day is celebrated every year and provides a good chance for the people across the globe to participate in the world’s biggest intervention cardiovascular disease (CVD). To create a healthy heart environment is the main motto of this day by ensuring that each one has the choice to make a healthy heart, wherever he/she live, work and play.

The day was founded in 2000 to inform the people in all over the world that heart diseases and stroke are the most leading causes of death. The heart diseases could be avoided if four main risk factors- tobacco use, unhealthy diet, harmful use of alcohols and physical inactivity are controlled. Therefore, to fight against these health problems, here are 7 superfoods that will benefit your heart so from today onwards, add the food items mentioned below in your diet and enjoy your world as much as you can.

Keeping the World Heart Day in mind, we have compiled the list of heart-friendly foods, take a look:

Apples

Apples

An apple in a day, keeps the doctor away”, which is really true. An apple is one of the most nutritious fruits, which contains phytochemicals or phytonutrients that fight against the Low-Density Lipoprotein and helps to reduce the risk of heart diseases.

Tomatoes

Tomato

One of the main sources of potassium, fiber, vitamin C and choline content that enhance your heart health. And, intake of potassium in the large amount leads to reducing the diseases.

Fish

FishFood

It has been noticed that, who consume fish regularly, have less chance of the heart problems.

Beans

Beans

For a healthy heart, it’s very much necessary to intake those foods, having a low in fat and a cholesterol-free source of protein. Beans are one of the best food that you can add in your diet as it contains both low fat as well as protein.

Berries

Berries

There is no doubt, fruits are the main element keep the diseases away from you, especially berries, such as raspberries, strawberries and blueberries, contain anti-inflammatories.

Dark Chocolate

DarkChocolate

As dark chocolate contains cacao that maintains your blood pressure and also prevent blood clots. It acts as an antioxidant that stops cholesterol from sticking to your artery walls.

Avocado

Avocado

This fruit is loaded with monounsaturated fats and help to lower the LDL levels and increase the HDL cholesterol in your body.