Buy backpacks, exercise machines, athletic shoes, and more at Fogdog Sports. This is the country that invented fast food, perfected the french fry, and found a way to cram extra cheese into pizza via the crusts. People in other countries may smoke cigarettes and lie around the house as much as we do, but when it comes to unhealthy eating, they're still playing catch-up. Fortunately, many of us are discovering that food can be our salvation as well as our undoing. No matter how many hamburgers you've downed in your life, you can protect your heart and perhaps prolong your life by adopting a healthy diet now.
Good eating can be satisfying and delicious, and it's never too late to start.
Saturated fat, the type found in meats, dairy products, and many snack foods, is the worst culprit. In fact, some studies suggest this fat may be harder on the heart than smoking or high blood pressure. If you have too much LDL cholesterol in your blood, the fatty substance can start clogging your arteries, a condition called atherosclerosis. If an artery becomes completely clogged, part of the heart will shut down. Doctors call this a myocardial infarction, but it's better known as a heart attack.