More and more people, nowadays, develop heart disease and there are so many factors at which we should pay attention if we want to have a healthy cardio . Cardiovascular system and the heart activity are linked with a couple of factors that can not be divided because they work together and they all influence the heart’s health .

One important factors is the blood pressure which is defined as a force of the flowing blood pressure which is exerted on the walls of the blood vessels, veins and arteries . There are many definitions and classification of what it means to have a healthy blood pressure but the majority of them have something in common meaning that the blood pressure for an adult aged over 20 years old can be for systolic between 90 and 120 and for diastolic 60 and 80 .For having under the values , it is called that you suffer of hypotension and it is above the values then it is about hypertension .

Other important factor is the frequency of heart beating . Doctors always suggest that for having such a healthy level it is important to maintain a healthy diet and to eat substances that actually regulate this frequency ; one of this substances is the omega 3 which is especially found in fat fish because they contain fatty acids and there is also peanut oil and the cashew nuts .

If we speak about the cholesterol level and triglycerides level there is important to know that only a healthy eating style and healthy and balanced life style based on discipline can help you reduce those levels if they are higher than normal or to maintain them at normal values and in this way you will be able to have a healthy cardio . The substances that we eat daily and that we included in your eating menu each day have to respect some principles regarding their content of certain substances than can have a bad influences on your body meaning that they rise your cholesterol and triglycerides levels and also to affect your frequency of heart beating .

Some of the principles for the food that we eat and that are recommended by doctors and nutritionists are : less than 30% of the total amount of calories that we eat must come from the fat you eat each day , : 8% or even 10% of the total calories a person eats per day must be from saturated fats , must not eat more than 300 milligrams of dietary cholesterol , your sodium intake has to be limited at 2400 milligrams per day . If you add also at this some physical exercises meaning something easy that you can do each day and for let’s say half an hour or you can also practice some regular sport that you enjoy, your physical feature will improve and you will gain a better physical condition that will also help your for your health overall and also for your heart .

Nowadays we hear so many things about unhealthy food, about fast food and sweets but also about what we drink : the fact that the water that we drink is not so filtered as it should be, that the tea that we find on market is not made from natural aliments and also the so popular juices and sodas that we all like, drink and that we can find every where . So the fruit juicers have started to become more and more popular and more and more people have started to buy this kind of products . After Jack Lalanne, the fitness legend, launched his first Power Juicer – the perfect juicer maker , many people started to buy it and to benefit of the real advantages of the fruit juicers .

So there appeared also Jack lalanne healthy juicer recipes that nowadays are prepared by a wide variety of people . So some of these recipes, you will find here presented . One is the watermelon cabbage juice recipes ; this is extremely healthy because it contains many healthy substances such as lycopene, vitamin C and A . The first substance is an anti oxidant which we can find in the majority of red fruits and it reduces the risk of heart and prostate cancer .

The ingredients are : 1 big slice watermelon, 50 grams cabbage and 1 or 2 spoons of honey . First step is to cut off the skin of watermelon, then cut it into small pieces also cut the cabbage as well . But the cut pieces into the juicer and start the juicing after it is finished you add the honey and when you serve it you can add some cold water because it is a perfect juice for hot summer days . Other example is melon mango juice which contains a great amount of vitamin A, extremely useful substance for our eyes . It is also a good anti oxidant that can protect our cells from the toxic substances . The ingredients are 100 grams mango flesh, 1 slice melon and circa 180 ml milk .First you add in the juicer the mango flesh and melon then the milk and mix them well in the juicer and it is ready to be served . One other example can be tomato orange juice .

The great advantage of this juice is high in vitamin C and vitamin A which can help very much our hair, eyes and skin and also tomatoes can reduce tiredness and they are a good prevention for acne . The ingredients are 15 tomatoes not so big, 2 oranges , 1 big spoon lemon juice and some honey , add as much as you like . Pell of the skin of the orange and start introducing into the juicer the tomatoes, oranges . After you have mixed them well add the lemon juice and honey and the juice is ready to be served .

It is advisable to start drinking this kind of juicer recipes instead of the unhealthy drinking soda or even the so called natural juices that are on the market .

More and more people develop heart diseases and one of the most frequent parameters that are used to see how healthy is your heart is blood pressure ; this is defined as a force of the flowing blood pressure which is exerted on the walls of the blood vessels, veins and arteries .

The way it is measured is represented in numerical values and the measuring unit is the millimeters of mercury . The value has two numbers : one is the systolic number and the other one the diastolic value . The blood pressure can register fluctuations especially due to the health condition of the person and also physical activities and great physical effort can influence the value . We hear many times people speaking about healthy blood pressure but we don not know what is healthy blood pressure .

The World Health Organization considers that the normal values of blood pressure for systolic number is less than 140 but for diastolic value under 90 . The Mayo Clinic defines that a healthy blood pressure for an adult aged over 20 years old can be for systolic between 90 and 120 and for diastolic 60 and 80 . The National Institute of Health the healthiest and optimal blood pressure is 120 / 80 mm Hg , but they still include some intervals such as 130 for systolic pressure and 85 for diastolic one .

If the systolic pressure falls under 90 and the diastolic under 60 , we speak about a hypotension affection . If the systolic value in between 121 and 139 and the diastolic one between 81 and 89 we speak about prehypertension affection but if we have a systolic pressure between 140 and 159 and the diastolic pressure between 90 and 99 the affection is called stage I of hypertension and for over 160 for systolic value and 100 and over for diastolic one we have stage II hypertension .

So healthy blood pressure is an important parameter to evaluate the heart health but there are also other factors that influence the heart activity such as cholesterol level, triglycerides level . For regulating your cholesterol level and also the frequency of heart beating , the doctors and nutritionists recommend a healthy heart diet which means that the patients has to obey some principles concerning their eating .

Some of those principles refer at the substances that we intake from the aliments that we eat : less than 30% of the total amount of calories that we eat must come from the fat you eat each day , : 8% or even 10% of the total calories a person eats per day must be from saturated fats , must not eat more than 300 milligrams of dietary cholesterol , your sodium intake has to be limited at 2400 milligrams per day . Another advice that the doctors offer us it to make regular sport or at least some physical exercises that will help us maintain a good physical condition that will also maintain our heart healthy .

Nowadays more and more people have begun to pay more attention to what they eat including the cooking recipes, the content of calories, the content of fat and sugar, the cholesterol level and also the triglycerides and all kind of nutritional values for different substances that our body needs . And because of this fact, doctors and nutritionists have begun to investigate how healthy are different kind of aliments .

So it has been proven that one healthy and tasty aliment to eat are nuts and doctors say that cashew nuts are healthy to eat . Cashew nuts are a richly sweet product which is produced by the cashew tree and it has a free tasty flavor and also many health benefits . Also the cashew tree’s leaves and bark and also cashew apple have a very serious role in killing all kind of bacteria and germs , they are also a good medicine for diarrhea , they reduce fever, they cure drying secretions, and they are very good in reducing the blood sugar level , the body temperature, to regulate the blood pressure . But these parts of the cashew tree are not available all over the world because they are extremely perishable and they are very hard to transport them and to actually manage not to harm them .

The healthy cashew nuts are much more easier to find and they are extremely popular in all stores and supermarkets . They have extremely good nutritional values because per ounce they contain 5 grams of protein and a big concentration of iron, magnesium, phosphorus, copper, zinc, manganese. One inconvenient is that they contain a pretty high level of fat meaning per ounce 12 grams fat from which 2 grams saturated fat but in contrast to the usual belief that fat is bad for our body , the cashew nut’s fat is considered to be good because it has an ideal mixture of different types of fat meaning it contains 1 part saturated fat , 2 parts monounsaturated fat and one part polyunsaturated fat .

One other important substance that they have in their content is an acid which is a fatty acid which through phytosterols, tocopherols, squalene can lead to reduce and even lower pretty much the risk of developing a heart disease ; it is very healthy for the heart because it has a zero level of cholesterol . There are many recommendations which advice us to use cashew nuts in our consumption because it is healthy and also in diets for losing weight because they have a very high level of energy density and fiber but which is a dietary level and these substances can help us obtain or maintain , depending on you blood tests , good levels of low good cholesterol .

So cashew nuts are an extremely healthy aliment that doctors and nutritionists recommend us to eat and to introduce in our diet no matter if we are healthy or we already have some health problems , because it will help us for sure .

Heart affections are one of the most frequent diseases that people develop nowadays mainly because of the high level of cholesterol and triglycerides and these all occur due to the unhealthy food that we eat , to the fact that we do not find the time for cooking and preparing home cooked meals with healthy ingredients and also because we have become so addicted to fast food which is has such a high level content of calories and many unhealthy substances .

Many heart diets have been developed, many eating plans have been created, many rules and principles which have to be obeyed in order to do something healthy for your heart but there have been created m any heart healthy foods which are extremely tasty and they are easy to prepare and also they will take you little time to prepare them .

Here you will see some healthy foods which are easy to prepare . One example is Brazilian grilled flank steak . For this you need the following ingredients : 6 cloves garlic minced, ½ small hot pepper , 2 teaspoons olive oil, ¼ teaspoon kosher salt, 2 pounds flank stead and for the salsa or sauce you need : 1 can with 14 ounce hearts of palm, drained , halved and thinly sliced, 4 tomatoes chopped, ½ cup chopped red onion, ½ small hot chile, ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro, 2 spoons red wine vinegar and ¼ teaspoon kosher salt . For preparing the steak , you have to mix the garlic, hot pepper, oil and salt in a small bowl. Take the steak and rub it on both sides with the mixture from the bowl . For making the salsa , take a large or medium bowl and add the hearts of palm, tomatoes, onion, hot pepper, cilantro, vinegar and salt . Preheat the grill and let them to medium heat and grill the steak for 4 to 6 minutes for each side and then transfer the steak to a cutting board where you will tent it with a foil and let it rest and cool down for about 5 minutes . Then you have to cut the steak across the grain and make thin little pieces and in the end put them on a plate and serve it with the salsa .

Another good example is grilled tuna with olive relish . For it you need : ½ cup finely chopped fresh parsley, 1/3 cup chopped black olives, ¼ cup finely chopped celery, 1 small clove garlic minced, ½ teaspoon dried oregano, 1 spoon lemon juice, little olive oil, some salt and pepper and some 1 pound tuna steak . For preparing the olive relish you have to combine the parsley , olives, celery, garlic, oregano, lemon juice, oil, salt and pepper in a bowl. Then you have to rub the tuna all over with oil and add some salt and pepper. Then grill the tuna on both sides circa 4 minutes per each side. In the end you have to serve it on a plate with the olive relish.

Heart healthy foods are many and they are extremely tasty and easy to prepare so it is advisable to introduce them in your diet .

Nowadays , more and more people own a pet and the majority have man’s best friend which has been for centuries the dog . With this trend have also appeared so many types of dog food which are available all over the market in places such as : supermarkets, great retailers, pet shops and many other types of specialized stores . But as the time has passed, the vets more and more have started to make all kind of tests to determine how healthy is this kind of food for our favorite pets which better said are part of our family . It has been proved that this kind of food is not healthy for them because they do not provide them with the needed substances in order to be healthy, full of energy and life and with desire to play, to run, to do all kind of tricks and to love us as much as their little heart can . Vets always say that we should cook for them healthy dishes as the ones we cook for ourselves and we should include in their diet many healthy aliments . Of course , they can be fed with vegetables cooked and as well fresh and also with fruits but here is a problem to be discussed because fruits contain also sugar which is not healthy for dogs and even for humans is not healthy .

For many years , many said that apples are healthy for dogs because they are an easy and healthy snack which they can crunch between the principle meals of the day . But some have asked why are apples healthy for dogs.



Let’s talk about the apple ; the apples contain  mostly water and a lot of fibers. They have also vitamins like A, C vitamin, some vitamins from B complex, carotene, potassium and pectin. The dogs can eat apples but without seeds which contain an amount of  cyanide. So we can say that the apples provide many vitamins and fibers for dogs but  the apple like any fruit has sugars which give a lot of  energy . It is known that the dogs don’t allow to eat sugars  because their liver is very sensitive so that food for dogs can contain an apple a day . In this way we provide important elements in  dog food  which prevent  ageing and protect against diseases especially for older dogs.

So it has been proven that apples are a healthy aliment for humans and for animals as well and this includes also dogs . It is important to make them a healthy eating plan which includes all the principle meals of the day with healthy cooked recipes and also some healthy snacks between the meal because they are very similar to kids : they will never refuse a tasty snack which they could crunch easily but they will not harm their health . In this way , we can have a healthy dog for the rest of his life and also he will be able to live many years near us .

Healthy eating habits and a balanced lifestyle can help you to prevent a lot of diseases  and you can control your weight . Despite the fact that nowadays life has a much more faster rhythm and we have less time for cooking and take care of our health , we should not forget that we are what we eat  and what we has influence on the quality of our lifestyle .

During the last years , there have been developed different types of healthy eating plans . With some self discipline and consumption of vegetable ,fruits and aliments with low content of fat , we will enjoy the benefits of a higher quality standard of life and we would be exposed to so many illnesses. Lately , more and more people are diagnosed with different diseases ; some of them are not so serious and what it is even more curious is that the prevention is quite at hand for everyone .



You have to find the perfect combination of aliments, cooking recipes and exercises to lead a healthy life and it is extremely important what you eat because we are what we eat and the substances that we intake influence the style of your life, our health, the quality of our life, the way we feel and how we are able to face every day challenges and to have the capacities to lead a happy life .

Nowadays, there are many factors which can affect our health, our life and everything that is linked with us . The healthy eating plan consist of a daily schedule which is extremely detailed and there you will be able to find the hours when you should eat, what you should eat, in which quantities, how many calories you eat, what substances you eat and the daily values for this kind of substances .



You will also have a list with the allowed aliments, the prohibited aliments , the substances you need the most . Because you have to make your blood tests , you will be able to find out the quantities of the daily substances that your body needs and which is the level of your body substances and you will know what has to be improved and what is good the way it is and it has to be maintained .  We may not find always time to cook and to be careful at what we eat but we should not always go to eat fast food because they are so unhealthy food and which have a high content of calories and also this kind of food is full of fat, cholesterol, pour in healthy substance and with no content of vitamins, so useful substances for everyone’s body.

In the end, everyone has to decide what style of life they want to lead and what kind of food they want to eat, if they want to improve something in their life, if they want to lead a healthier life and to have a balanced eating menu .

When we talk about heart problems and heart healthy foods and a special diet , in fact we talk about what doctors and nutritionists advice us to do in order to maintain or to obtain a healthy cholesterol level and healthy blood pressure . The doctors for the heart healthy diet heart diet propose some rules which the patients should obey and which has the purpose to keep your blood cholesterol low and to decrease the risk of developing heart diseases .

The main principles are : 8% or even 10% of the total calories a person eats per day must be from saturated fats , less than 30% must come from the fat you eat each day , you must not eat more than 300 milligrams of dietary cholesterol , you have to limit your sodium intake at 2400 milligrams per day and you have to be extremely careful at the number of total calories that you eat each day . But this is not all : the doctors also give us some rules to respect : we should eat regular meals , cut down on high-sugar foods and drinks , you must keep a low level of saturated fat , eat as many as possible fruits and vegetables each day and keep alcohol intake to moderate levels .

One important substance that helps to reduce the risk of heart diseases is oily fish because it contains omega-3 fatty acids which help you to regulate the frequency of heart beating and this leads to a healthy blood pressure .

There are many eating plans available on the internet , in magazines or some are presented at television but if you really want to have real results it is important to go and see a doctor , to make your test , your analysis of cholesterol , heart , triglycerides and a general checking so that the doctor can have a detailed report of your condition and also your medical history can prove very useful in this case . Depending on all these results , the doctor in combination with a nutritionist can establish what levels of cholesterol and blood pressure you have , if they are healthy or not , what you have to do next , if you have to reduce , maintain or lift them up .

After this thing it is decided , they will establish a eating plan personalized for you . There you will have eating hours , quantities , allowed aliments and prohibited ones , what dishes you have to eat and also the recipes for them : what ingredients you need , how to prepare them , the time needed and all kind of details . They can also settle a sport program with some exercise which are easy and light but they help improve you physical condition and as a result to it you heart and the frequency of your heart beating . All these things combined will help you avoid greater complications and diseases that can lead even to death .

Halloween is reason for making a party and the children are the most excited when it comes to parties . But because it is a party everyone wants to have something good to crunch , all kind of snacks and not cooked home dishes or other types of food .

Because children need to grow healthy it is important to pay attention to the thing they eat and because of this you have to find some healthy Halloween snacks . There are many recipes for this kind of snacks but I will just choose a couple of them and you will find out that they are healthy , easy to prepare , they will take you little time to cook and your kids will love them .

The first example is deviled eggs . For this you need : 12 large hard boiled eggs , peeled , 1/3 cup non fat cottage cheese , ¼ cup low fat mayonnaise , 3 spoons minced fresh chives or scallion greens , 1 spoon sweet pickle relish , 2 teaspoons yellow mustard , 1/8 teaspoon salt and paprika for garnishing . The preparation is extremely easy . The first step is to halve the eggs lengthwise with a really sharp knife so it would not break them . Take care to gently remove the yolks . Then place 16 halves in a food processor , then add cottage cheese , mayonnaise , chives , relish , mustard and salt . You have to process the ingredients until the mixture is well smooth . Take with a spoon about two teaspoons yolk mixture and fill each egg white half . In the end sprinkle on top of each egg with paprika . This snack is extremely healthy and each eggs has only 34 calories .

Other example of snacks is southwestern pumpkin burgers . The ingredients are : 6 teaspoons olive oil , 1 onion chopped , ½ finely chopped red or green bell pepper , ½ cup fresh or frozen corn , 2 gloves garlic minced , 2 teaspoons chili powder , 1 teaspoon ground cumin , tomato salsa , ½ cup canned unseasoned pumpkin puree , ½ cup cedar cheese , ½ toasted wheat germ , ½ cup fine dry breadcrumbs , 2 spoons chopped fresh parsley , little salt and pepper , 6 flour tortillas and 2 cups shredded lettuce . First step is to heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet ; then add onion and cook for minutes ; after stir in the bell pepper , corn , garlic , chili powder and cumin and cook for another 2 or 3 minutes and transfer it to a large bowl to cool down . Add pumpkin , cheese , wheat germ , breadcrumbs , parsley , salt and pepper to the mixture and mix it well . Then form the thick patties . Preheat the oven and stack tortillas and wrap them in aluminum foil . Place them to the oven for about 15 minutes . Per batch use little oil and cook 2 to 4 patties at a time in a large nonstick skillet until they are browned and heated through about 4 minutes . In the end wrap the patties in tortillas and serve them immediately and garnish them with lettuce and tomato salsa .

Lately , many people have developed heart affections so nutritionists and doctors have developed different types of personal eating plan and more and more we hear speaking of a so called “ healthy heart diet “ .

The main purposes of this diet is to keep your blood cholesterol low and to decrease the risk of developing heart diseases . The main principles are : 8% or even 10% of the total calories a person eats per day must be from saturated fats , less than 30% must come from the fat you eat each day ,  you must not eat more than 300 milligrams of dietary cholesterol  , you have to limit your sodium intake at 2400 milligrams per day and  you have to be extremely careful at the number of total calories that you each day . You should eat enough calories to maintain your weight and to reduce your cholesterol level  and to manage to have a healthy cholesterol level .



The peanut oil is healthy because it has a  content which is low in saturated fat and cholesterol and it is also rich in monounsaturated fat . If it is consumed , it can be helpful to lower the cholesterol level and triglycerides . There have been carried out some research and the results pointed out that people who have enriched their heart diet with peanut oil had a 11% reduction in total blood cholesterol and a 14 % reduction in triglycerides . So it advisable to introduce the peanut oil in your healthy heart diet . should eat regular meals  , cut down on high-sugar foods and drinks , you must keep a low level of saturated fat , eat as many as possible fruits and vegetables each day and keep alcohol intake to moderate levels . One important substance that helps to reduce the risk of heart diseases is oily fish . Why ? ! The explication is simple : oily fish contains omega-3 fatty acids . These substances hel to regulate the frequency of heart beating and also to reduce the level of triglycerides – which are responsible of the high level of cholesterol . The doctors even made up a list with fats to avoid  and this list contains the following fats : butter , lard ,bacon fat , gravy , cream sauce , nondairy creams , hydrogenated margarine , cocoa butter , coconut , palm and the derived products made out of these substances . There is also a discussion regarding which fruits and vegetables to avoid : coconut , vegetables with creamy sauce , fried vegetables , fruits is heavy syrup and frozen fruits with added sugar . Another important thing is to avoid products made by white flour .



For having a healthy cholesterol level , it is important to follow the doctors principles and to consult a nutritionist in order to make you a personal eating plan which will respect all the principles and will consist of healthy aliments that will help you to reduce the cholesterol level or to maintain it .