Your feet should just clear the rope. The evidence continues to mount in favor of preventing heart attacks through a better diet, especially one that includes eating fish. A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reported that 1,800 men from the Chicago area were followed for 30 years and those who ate at least eight ounces of fish a week were 40 percent less likely to suffer a fatal heart attack as those who didn't eat fish. The research speculated that most of the fish consumed during the study period was canned tuna. If you're watching what you eat, you may want to skip those fruit-flavored yogurts.
Most brands contain fruit jam which is high in sugar and low in nutritional benefit.
Since jam takes up room in your yogurt carton, there's less of the healthy ingredients that most people want, like calcium and proteins. Choose vanilla, coffee or lemon varieties to avoid excess sugar. Or cut up fresh fruit and mix with plain yogurt to make a nutritious snack. Thought Eighty percent of the sodium in the average diet comes from cheese, canned soups, frozen dinners, and other processed foods. However, food manufacturers only reduce their sodium content by one percent a year.