Heart Healthy Diets

What is your favourite place to eat?

If I ask my daughter she always says the same thing I would think her opinion would change rather frequently, but she always replies with McDonalds. Even though we only go there once in a blue moon, she still praises its happy meals and soft drinks.

However, one thing I did notice the last time we passed through their drive-thru was the after-math. I'm talking about what happened with my daughter's stomach after she ate that chicken nugget happy meal.

She basically had a tummy ache. Now that's no fun at all. Certainly not what you see advertised on the commercials. Although at first I thought she ate too much, my family doctor later pointed something out to me.

Fast food is horrible! Since we only hit up a fast food joint a few times each year, my daughter's body pretty much rejected it. We plain and simply weren't meant to eat that stuff. It's basically poison for our bodies. It's time for some nutritious, heart healthy diets. Things have got to change.  

Do you focus on good heart healthy diets each and every day? You know, your life could depend on it. Not to mention the lives of your other family members. Not to be insulting, but I've certainly noticed something about families in the last couple years.

Overweight parents have overweight children. It makes me so sad to see a seven year old that's already way overweight. It all goes back to the parents. They're the one responsible for providing heart healthy diets for their little ones. Sure we can blame all the fast food chains all we want. But, the fact is we choose what we consume. It's time to stop being lazy and start eating healthy.

Believe me, it's never too soon to begin heart healthy diets. You should actually start your little ones while they're still young. This way they will have no problem continuing the heart healthy diets as they age. Things you want to be sure and avoid in your meals are loads of fat, salt, sugar, and cholesterol. None of these are good for your body.

Focus more on protein, calcium, vitamins and minerals. These are the very building blocks for heart healthy diets. Don't you want to live a long and healthy life? Then start eating like it.

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