{"id":3139,"date":"2020-01-24T15:30:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T15:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/?p=3139"},"modified":"2025-05-22T13:20:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T17:20:51","slug":"february-is-heart-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/february-is-heart-month\/","title":{"rendered":"February is Heart Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/articles\/DietitiansDish_hdr.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<span class=\"article_title green\">February is Heart Month<\/span><\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/articles\/DD_FebruaryHeartMonth.jpg\" alt=\"img\" \/>\n<div class=\"editorial\">\nSeveral factors can contribute to heart disease. It sometimes runs in<br \/>\nfamilies, and while there is nothing you can do about your genetics, many external risk factors are within your control. Take these steps to lower your risks. <\/p>\n<p><strong>> <\/strong>Stop smoking, using smokeless tobacco, and\/or vaping<br \/>\n<strong>> <\/strong> Check your cholesterol and triglyceride levels regularly<br \/>\n<strong>> <\/strong> Monitor blood pressure<br \/>\n<strong>> <\/strong> Get more exercise<br \/>\n<strong>> <\/strong> Choose healthier foods and beverages<\/p>\n<p>Research has shown that consuming a diet high in unhealthy saturated and trans fats is more concerning than high cholesterol in our food. The liver is stimulated by these unhealthy fats to make the cholesterol, which increases heart disease risk. Foods to avoid on a heart-healthy diet include:<\/p>\n<p><strong>> <\/strong> Fast food (especially deep fried foods)<br \/>\n<strong>> <\/strong> Foods high in saturated and trans fats<br \/>\n<strong>> <\/strong> Soft drinks or foods high in added sugars<br \/>\n<strong>> <\/strong> Foods high in sodium, including processed or cured meats<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February is Heart Month Several factors can contribute to heart disease. It sometimes runs in families, and while there is nothing you can do about your genetics, many external risk factors are within your control. Take these steps to lower &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/february-is-heart-month\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-better-for-you"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3139"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17364,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3139\/revisions\/17364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inseasonezine.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}