Healthy Living and Vegetable Eating

With family heart disease in mind, it’s important to take stock of your food choices and how they impact our health. Small changes in your food choices can lead to improved health and wellbeing. We know a healthy low saturated fat eating plan may not be enough to lower cholesterol in individuals with an inherited dyslipidemia, (such as high Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] or Familial Hypercholesterolemia [FH] ) and medication is required to manage cholesterol levels. Eating healthy will help to lower your risk for other conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and certain cancers. It is important to maximize your food choices to reduce inflammation and to not add to an already elevated cholesterol level.

Let’s focus on VEGETABLES since most of us don’t eat enough of these nutrient packed foods that are also low in calories. It’s time to move beyond white potatoes and corn. And for the record, catsup is not a vegetable!

Eat a variety of vegetables each day and remember the more color the vegetable has, the greater its nutrient value. For example, spinach or kale are richer in nutrients compared to iceberg lettuce.