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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.
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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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FEBRUARY 24 - MARCH 2, 2022
Skudin takes on Portugal’s monster waves By BRENdAN CARpENtER bcarpenter@liherald.com
Will Skudin can routinely be found on his surfboard in the waves off Long Beach, waiting for one more good ride. But earlier this month, the 36-year-old Skudin, whose family name is synonymous with surfing in Long Beach, headed to Nazaré, Portugal, to compete in an annual challenge that attracts some of the world’s top surfers for a single day of monster rides. Skudin was one of 18 competitors on Feb. 10, and the only one from the U.S. It takes
a lifetime of dedication to get to compete at Nazaré, he said. Each of the surfers teamed up with a partner and took turns on the waves. Teammates each surfed twice, for 50 minutes at a time, and were permitted to switch whenever they wanted to save energy. The judges scored each surfer’s top two waves, and each pair’s scored were added for an overall score. Skudin and his British partner, Andrew Cotton, finished third out of nine teams. Nazaré saw 50-foot waves this time around, but Skudin said he has seen waves as big
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loNg BEACH REsidENt Will Skudin rode 50-foot waves in a competition in Nazaré, Portugal, earlier this month, the only American in the nine-team event. as 70 to 100 feet over the course of his career. He has been surfing competitively for most of his life, mostly in “paddle-in” events, in which contestants paddle themselves out to the waves. Nazaré is a tow-in event, in which the two teammates alternate towing each
other out with a personal watercraft and surfing. The event was once paddlein, but changed to tow-in in the winter of 2018 to make the surfers’ trips out to the waves safer and easier, since there’s nothing safe about paddling out to waves as big as Nazaré’s,
according to Skudin. “I grew up more with paddling myself in — it’s more man versus wild,” he said. “With tow-in, I love the team aspect. To be back in a competitive environment, and now with a team, it’s really fun.” Continued on page 4
North Park groups showcase Black art and business By JAMEs BERNstEiN jbernstein@liherald.com
Two of Long Beach’s largest Black organizations — the North Park Civic Association and the North Park Economic Development Corp. — have signed a lease for what they say will be the first permanent home for both in office space on the second floor of a building at 100 West Park Ave. The organizations have held meetings at local churches and other spots in the city for years, but this past weekend, officials invited the public and the press to the office space they said would be used for meetings,
events and exhibits as well as classroom training. Last Saturday afternoon, they held a “soft” opening, displaying the work of Long Beach artist Ronald McHenry Jr., 34, who teaches science to seventh- and eighth-graders in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn and is a minister at the Evangelical Revival Community Church on Riverside Boulevard. McHenry had four of his works on display, all showing leaders of the civil rights movement, including the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis, a giant of Congress and the civil rights era, whose courageous protests guaranteed him a
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Chief operating officer, N. Park Economic Development Corp. place in American history. McHenry’s work, which has been displayed at the Cruzada Evangelica Misionera Church in Long Beach, reflects his spirituality. His depictions of King and Lewis show men with wide-open eyes, looking toward the future. Alongside them are figures calling for justice.
McHenry started painting Teenage Mutant Ninja turtle figures when he was 2. His greatgreat-grandfather, Napolean McHenry, helped persuade King to visit Long Beach in 1968, when he walked the streets of the city just weeks before he was assassinated in Memphis. McHenry said he has had deep spiritual feelings all his life.
“One day my aunt took me to church and I felt a touch,” he said. “I went from painting turtles to painting Jesus.” Runnie Myles, president of the North Park Civic Association, said the organization would sponsor other events in the near future. “We will be spotlighting people in this community who Continued on page 9