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Cardiovascular disease(CVD) has more often than not been considered a man's disease-yet the truth of this axiom is quite the reverse.As lifestyle trends change globally,more and more women are becoming prone tp CVDs-the major problem that arises here is that women tends to develop heart disease much later in life compared to men as they are protected by high level of oestrogen.Further,CVDs in women tend to exhibit different symptoms as compared to men and studies show that women also experience more 'silent' heart attacks i.e. they may not always know that they are having cardiac arrest.While it is essential that women should make lifestyle changes to keep CVD at bay,knowledge and acceptance that CVDs are no longer the sole domain of men is the first step to having a healthy heart.Although you cannot help in cases when the heart disease is caused due to heredity,family history and some unavoidable factors.

Forget about what you know about eggs,nuts and margarine's.Forget about the US department of Agriculture's food pyramid.The low fat high carbohydrate diet that has been promoted for over a decade to prevent coronary heart disease may not be the best diet after all.
Researchers from the famed Harvard University have now presented a healthy heart diet that question the original diet-heart hypothesis.The new healthy heart diet is based on large numbers of diet studies involving hundreds of thousands of people.
In the proposed new healthy heart diet they have put rice,bread,sugar right on the top of pyramid-to be eaten moderately.And good oils have been put at the bottom of the pyramid.This radically changes the current thinking on diet.
Here we give some foods that is considered to be a healthy heart diet and some to give a pass.We also address some controversial foods.

1. TEA- The recent study says that consumption of 1 to 2 cups of tea a day resulted in 46% decrease in the development of hardening of arteries and lowers the risk by 69% if taken 4 cups.Black tea is a healthy heart diet which contains fairly high levels of compound called flavanoids,a family of antioxidants known to protect against free radical damage in heart arteries.

2. NUTS-Nuts are also considered as a healthy heart diet although they have been much feared because of their fat content.The study involving some 90,000 women showed that women who ate an ounce of nuts at least five times a week for 14 yrs lowered their risk of heart disease by 30%.Nuts are rich in fiber and mono saturated fats, known

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