LOVE YOUR DIET Start Your Heart-Healthy Diet With These Foods
Your heart is your body’s life source, so when you eat a diet designed to promote your heart’s longevity, you’re doing the rest of your body a favor. Starting a heart-healthy lifestyle takes a little dedication and education, but once you begin, you’ll see just how easy it can be. Jump-start your heart-friendly diet with some of these delicious foods! Here Fishy, Fishy! Omega-3s are gold when it comes to the heart. Not only have these powerful nutrients been shown to help fight off depression, dementia, and infertility, omega-3s can also reduce your body’s inflammation and stimulate proper blood flow. Many varieties of fish are chock-full of omega-3s, including salmon, tuna, and trout. Luckily, fish is also lean on vein-clogging fat, so it promotes a healthy heart onmany levels. A Rainbow of Flavors Much to the surprise of no one, fruits and vegetables are great for your heart health. But the best varieties are ones that have deep or vibrant colors. Foods like red, yellow, and orange vegetables, berries, dark beans, spinach, asparagus, and tomatoes each carry their own unique blend of vitamins and chemicals that not only limit the fatty materials
that create blockages in your heart and veins, but also provide you with positive nutrients to support a strong and healthy heart. Your Favorite Vices
This is our favorite part. A 4-ounce glass of red wine and a square of
dark chocolate can be a heart-healthy powerhouse combo. Wine works wonders for your cholesterol level, keeping it low and healthy. Meanwhile, cocoa— the ingredient that comprises the majority of all dark chocolate—has been shown to be great for your blood pressure and increasing blood flow to your brain. Be careful, though. Moderation is key to any diet, and overdoing it on the wine or the chocolate can inflame and hurt your body. So, relax with your favorite wine and chocolate combo—as long as you portion it out.
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Western Ohio Wellness Expo
Bistecca Alla Fiorentina
Saturday, Feb. 16, 9–4 p.m. 60 Holistic Health Exhibitors Centre ParkWest in the Holiday Inn across from IKEA inWest Chester
For a sinfully delicious Valentine’s Day dinner, turn to this classic Italian steak preparation. It’s simply flavored with rosemary and lemon, allowing the meat to take center stage.
Ingredients
Admission: $5 per person $15 per family
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Kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste
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2 bone-in porterhouse steaks
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1/4 cup olive oil
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Lemon wedges, for serving
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2 sprigs rosemary
Our very own Kim Nartker will be speaking on stretching! There will be six speakers, starting on the top
Directions
1. 30 minutes before cooking, remove steaks from fridge to bring them to room temperature. 2. Heat a grill or large cast-iron skillet to high. While heating, brush steaks with half the oil and season liberally with salt and pepper. 3. Place steaks on the hottest part of the grill or pan and cook for 5 minutes. 4. Flip steaks and baste with remaining oil, using rosemary sprigs as a brush. If cooking in a pan, place sprigs next to steaks after basting. 5. Cook for 5–6 minutes for medium-rare. 6. Let steaks sit for at least 5 minutes, slice against the grain, and serve with bone. 513-874-8800 Inspired by Saveur magazine
of every hour. You can hear them all for $69, otherwise it is $20 per speaker.
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