How to Build Heart Health by Eliminating Red Meat

Keeping the heart healthy is very important to leading a long and active life. There are many ways to build heart health including regular exercise, eliminating red meat from the diet, eating less meat overall and more vegetables and fruits, and using meditation to lessen stress.

Instructions

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  Walk for at least 30 minutes three times a week. Even this small amount of exercise will start to help your heart and body maintain health and vigor. Any exercise helps the heart stay healthy, even vigorous home cleaning or gardening.

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  Eliminate red meat from your diet. Choose meals that do not contain red meat and instead consume fish, chicken and vegetables. Eliminating red meat from your diet will help heart health by lowering the levels of fat circulating your body.

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  Eat chicken and fish instead of red meat. Chicken and fish are better choices to keep the heart healthy than red meat. There are many delicious ways to cook chicken and fish so that you will eventually not even miss red meat.

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  Add more vegetables and fruits to your diet. Vegetables and fruits contain anti-oxidants that are very beneficial to heart health. Red grapes contain chemicals that also help heart health.

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  Start to meditate a few times a week for 15 to 30 minutes at a time. Meditation helps the body calm down and relieves stress. When practiced over time, meditation is believed to enhance heart health due to helping one learn how to decrease stress and soothe the body.