Nutrition

Nutritional Help from the March/April 2010 Newsletter

Munch away on a handful of nuts and you may be reducing your risk of heart disease. That’s because nuts contain mostly unsaturated fats, which help protect against coronary heart disease. Unsaturated fats can improve HDL, or “good” blood cholesterol, levels. In contrast, saturated fats and trans fats raise LDL, or “bad” cholesterol, levels.
Some good choices are: almonds, hazelnuts, pecans, pistachios, walnuts, and some types of pine nuts.

Try to eliminate soda from your diet in its entirety. If you absolutely must have soda. Limit it to one day per week.