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has in lowering cholesterol levels. Their protein And been shown to reduce triglyceride levels. boiled. they also make a delicious snack when
Enjoy a handful of plain walnuts or almonds, chop some up and sprinkle them on salads.
Superfoods that make
kind of antioxidant heart? polyphenol, which is another What’s the formula for a healthy cholesterol. health, that helps to lower LDL (bad) Many factors contribute to your heart and including exercising regularly, not smoking a bigeating healthy foods. But some foods pack it comes ger nutritional punch than others when some to a healthy heart. Yes, every year, there’s rage, but new food item out there that’s all the Spinach of heartof all vegetacertain superfoods remain staples nutritious most the Spinach is of your lutein (a healthy diet that should be a daily part bles, packed with B vitamins, folate, iron, calcium nutrition plan. your carotenoid) magnesium, potassium,salad with You probably have some of these in make a on your and fiber. And it’s so versatile; olive oil or diet already. Add in others and you’re it, steam it then add a little garlic and chicken way to a happy heart. chop and freeze it to mix in with pasta, dishes, soups and more.
Blueberries of High in antioxidants, blueberries are one foods you the most powerful disease-fighting vitamin C. can eat. They also contain fiber and topping They’re great plain, in a fruit salad, or your whole-grain cereal.
Oranges Everyone knows oranges are rich in vitamin C, but did you know they also contain potassium, flavofolate (folic acid), fiber, carotenoids and that noids? Carotenoids are a type of antioxidant in contain the red, orange, and yellow pigments of a type fruits and vegetables. Flavonoids are
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Swiss chard in a This vegetable (a cousin to beets) comes leaves. variety of stalk colors with beautiful green Swiss chard is rich in potassium and magnesium it also that helps control blood pressure. And heartcontains lutein and zeaxanthin, two of olive oil healthy antioxidants. Sauté with a bit pepper until wilted and season with herbs and for a tasty treat.
Edamame The fiber in these green soy beans is helpful
Black beans and kidney beans beans Like spinach, black beans and kidney contain B-complex vitamins, folate, magnesium, fatty calcium and fiber, plus niacin and omega-3 for extra acids. Add them to soups and salads flavor and heart-healthy nutrients.
Salmon and tuna The American Heart Association recomand mends eating fatty fish, such as salmon These fish albacore tuna, at least twice a week. fatty are abundant in polyunsaturated omega-3 for heart acids, which help reduce risk factors blood disease including high cholesterol, high fatty pressure and high triglycerides. Omega-3 that acids can also help decrease inflammation improve contributes to chronic disease, and they cognitive and behavioral function.
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Oatmeal This heart-healthy grain is a smart breakfast up in the choice. Soluble fiber helps fill you includmorning, while oatmeal’s other nutrients, ing omega-3 fatty acids, magnesium, potassium, your folate, niacin and calcium help protect choheart. Studies suggest that oats can lower cerlesterol levels and may even help prevent tain cancers.
Flaxseed huge This low-carb whole grain packs a B6, nutritional punch. Flaxseed is high in vitamin mangaphosphorus, copper, folate, magnesium, nese, fiber, omega-3 fatty acids and phytonutrior ents such as lignans, which may help prevent Research forestall the onset of type 2 diabetes. the has also shown that flaxseed may decrease arrhythrisk of blood clots, stroke, and cardiac favormias. Grind up flaxseed and add it to your or ite heart-healthy hot or cold cereal, muffins bread.
Walnuts and almonds and If you’re counting carbs, walnuts your diet almonds are good additions to omega-3 because they contain fiber, along with fatty acids, vitamin E, magnesium, monounsatuphytosterrated and polyunsaturated fats and ols, which seem to decrease blood cholesterol.
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Hochul rolls back zoning proposal By MAlloRY WIlsoN mwilson@liherald.com
Gov. Kathy Hochul has pulled a proposal from her 202223 state budget that would have required local governments to allow an expansion of apartments in single-family neighborhoods. Local of ficials cheered the action at a news conference on Feb. 18 outside an East Meadow home. Hochul had put this proposal in her January budget before the Legislature. It has been widely criticized by local elected officials. Some argued that so-called accessory dwelling
units would put a strain on Long Island resources and that it would be an end to suburbia. Hochul, however, saw it as a way to potentially alleviate the state’s affordable-housing crisis. Raheel Ahmad, an East Meadow resident whose street the officials gathered on, said that he was grateful housing on Long Island would stay the same. He moved his family from Brooklyn to Long Island six years ago. “It feels amazing — this is why I moved here,” Ahmad said at the news conference. “I’m thankful for the elected
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oFFICIAls GAtHERED oUtsIDE a home in East Meadow to celebrate Gov. Kathy Hochul taking the single-family zoning proposal out of her 2022-23 state budget. officials who raised up for the residents and got a victory for us.” Town of Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin said that thousands of residents signed online petitions against the controversial budget proposal. He added that the town received letters from residents
stating their opposition to the proposal, and on Feb. 4 the Town Board wrote a letter to Hochul calling for her to remove it from the budget. “The biggest investment in someone’s life is buying a house in the suburbs,” Clavin said. “The governor’s attempt, by throwing this in the budget
to eliminate single [family] housing, is wrong.” The legislation would have essentially removed “home rule,” meaning that local governments could not determine zoning based on the character of the community and the wishes of those in their jurisContinued on page 15
An actress and a county executive discuss heart health By lEtIsHA DAss and MAlloRY WIlsoN ldass@liherald.com, mwilson@liherald.com
Ador ned in red, Emmy Award-winning actress Susan Lucci, who lives in Garden City, stood beside Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and Dr. Richard Schlofmitz, the chairman of cardiology at Catholic Health St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center on Feb. 17. Their mission at the Nassau County Legislative and Executive Building in Garden City was to foster awareness of February as American Heart Health Month. “I have learned since being
the national ambassador for the American Heart Association Go Red for Women Movement, that heart disease is the number one killer of women more than all cancers put together,” said Lucci. “It kills one in three women every year. It kills one woman every 80 seconds.” Amgad Makaryus, department chair of cardiology at Nassau University Medical Center, wrote in a statement to the Herald that awareness needs to be emphasized for women because “classically over time in the history of the medical field (and even by some to this day), signs and symptoms of heart disease in women have either been over-
looked or underestimated by the medical establishment. “It is therefore very important,” he wrote, “that we continuously work to break the myth that cardiovascular disease is a disease of men.” He added that heart health is very important, especially because the heart is an organ that is always working and never “takes a break.” Blakeman announced that the dome of the county’s building will be lit red on Thursday night to symbolize the importance of heart health. “Heart disease is the leading killer in Nassau County and while that is alarming, accord-
ing to the state, we have one of the lowest percentages by population in the state of deaths from heart disease,” Blakeman said. “However, that’s no reason to be complacent.” Like many before her, Lucci had ignored her symptoms of possible heart-related complications until she had to be rushed into the emergency room at St.
Francis Hospital and Heart Cent e r i n Ro s l y n wh e r e D r. Schlofmitz was her doctor in 2018. She had a blockage of her arteries and had to have surgery to place stents. Makaryus wrote that delaying evaluation for a possible heart condition may lead to suffering and mortality. CardiovasContinued on page 15