From : Paul Goldfinger, MD , FACC
a. “A simple way to stack the deck in your favor is to eat meals prepared at home as often as possible,” said Dr. Devries. When cooking at home, focus on “meals made from a combination of unprocessed foods that don’t have labels, such as vegetables, beans, whole grains and fruit.”
It is important to note that “restaurant and takeout foods are nearly always higher in calories and added salt compared to their home-cooked counterparts,” he said. That is because “at home, you have far more control, and most people will eat much smaller portions with much more healthful ingredients than those purchased on the run.”
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NBC News reports, “Drinking caffeinated coffee is safe for people with atrial fibrillation and may help protect against recurrence of the disorder, a new study finds.”
MedPage Today reports that investigators found that “coffee drinkers had a significant decrease in the clinically detected recurrence of Afib or atrial flutter compared with peers assigned to abstain from coffee and caffeine in the 200-person study.” Meanwhile, “when it came to recurrence of Afib only, the coffee consumption group similarly had the advantage.” The findings were presented at the American Heart Association meeting and published in JAMA.