Jessica Dean's Healthy Living: Heart Disease & Healthy Eating
By: Lindsey Bryant
Updated: October 11, 2012
Eating foods rich in antioxidants may help prevent heart attacks in women.
Swedish researchers followed over 30-thousand women -- tracking their diet and medical history.
After ten years, women who consumed the most antioxidants were 20-percent less likely to have had a heart attack than those who ate the least. Most of the antioxidants came from fruits and vegetables, but other sources were whole grains, coffee and dark chocolate. Specifically, you can pick up any kind of berries or apples with the skin on.
You can also eat avocados, spinach or broccoli. Researchers note that women with the highest antioxidant levels also ate fewer fatty foods and were less likely to smoke.
