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Easily digestible carbohydrates adversely affect a woman's heart
Last reviewed: 02.07.2025
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Italian experts have studied the effect of certain products on human health. During a long-term experimental observation of volunteers (about 50 thousand people) over eight years, it was possible to establish that regular consumption of products with fast-digesting carbohydrates did not affect the heart of men, but in women such nutrition led to heart disease twice as often.
Scientists have noted that slow carbohydrates present in vegetables, cereals, fruits, whole grains do not have a negative impact on the female heart, so such products should be included in a woman's diet. This feature is associated with the absorption of carbohydrates by the female body. In the male body, the absorption of carbohydrates occurs slightly differently, non-pathogenic cholesterol remains in their blood longer than in the female body. However, men are more at risk of gradual diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome. With their diet, they themselves provoke failures in the natural mechanism of protecting blood vessels from blockage.
To keep your heart healthy, you need to have regular check-ups and pay close attention to your diet. Experts recommend excluding foods with a glycemic index above 70 from your diet. Ideally, your diet should consist of foods with a glycemic index below 55, then the risk of pathological insulin increases is eliminated. Such a diet will help prevent obesity and cancer. A low-glycemic diet will help a woman's body maintain health and activity.
To maintain the health of the heart and blood vessels, it is good to eat salmon or trout a couple of times a week, which will help to reduce the risk of heart attack by almost three times. Trout helps to saturate the human body with fatty acids, which strengthen the heart muscle.
Berries (cherries, cherries) contain pectins, which help remove cholesterol. Berries also contain glucose to strengthen the heart muscle and coumarin, which helps prevent blood clots in blood vessels.
Dried fruits, especially dried apricots, are rich in potassium and help protect against free radicals. Dried apricots also contain quite a lot of antioxidants. Just two dried apricots a day can help prevent a heart attack. If you add a little dried apricots to oatmeal, which is rich in fiber, you can get not only a tasty and healthy breakfast, but also get rid of bad cholesterol.
Blackcurrant with baked apples helps to strengthen the heart muscle. This delicious dessert contains iron, glucose, antioxidants (in blackcurrant), vitamin B, C. All this has a beneficial effect not only on the heart and blood vessels, but also on the entire body.
Almonds, walnuts, beans, spinach, blueberries, cranberries, seeds, olive oil are very beneficial for the heart. All these products can be combined as desired and used to prepare tasty and healthy dishes, such as a salad with spinach and pine nuts.
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