According to the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 647000 Americans die from heart disease each year or 1 in every 4 deaths. High blood pressure, high blood cholesterol and diabetes are key risk factors for heart disease. Managing this disease over the years has been a major challenge to many people globally. The good news here is that purple vegetables can reduce artery stiffness and lower blood pressure.

What are heart healthy meals? How to make heart healthy diet plan or heart healthy diet menu that is good for the heart and healthy?

A study published in 2012 in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition says the consumption of more purple vegetables is associated with lower arterial stiffness and lower blood pressure. Eggplant and purple onion are among the 10 common purple vegetables. For details on this heart healthy foods list, you can check the link in the show notes below to know more other purple vegetables. Eager to know some heart healthy diet plan or menu? So today we are learning to make super easy and healthy steamed eggplant with sautéed purple onion. Let’s get started.

Your host Charlie Wang, based in Toronto Canada, is the founder of this podcast show. His father is a stroke survivor.

He started this podcast, because he wanted to help people with the knowledge of healthy food to avoid what had happened to his father and his friend. He hopes you will all be healthy, and have healthy relationships and better lives because you and your family are all physically healthy, and eating better.

Feel free to post what you would like him NOT to talk about, and what you cooked yesterday. Or email to [email protected].

Credit:
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
Pinball Spring Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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References:
Higher Anthocyanin Intake Is Associated With Lower Arterial Stiffness and Central Blood Pressure in Women
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22914551/
10 Powerful Purple Vegetables You Should Be Eating — and Why
https://foodrevolution.org/blog/purple-vegetables/
Heart Disease Facts
https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/facts.htm
National Vital Statistics Reports
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr68/nvsr68_06-508.pdf

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