Cooking Tips for Heart Healthy Meals

Cooking Tips for Heart Healthy Meals

Cooking a heart healthy meal, or cooking in general, may seem like a frightening task to some, especially to those who tend to burn everything including toast. However, a study completed by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health states that the main ingredient in a healthier diet is cooking meals at home. By cooking at home you have control over your ingredients, your portion sizes, and the way that you cook your food.

A key to creating heart healthy meals is to cut down on cholesterol, fats, and salt found in many common ingredients. Create meals that keep your heart in mind by looking to these quick tips when dinnertime approaches.

Avoid Frying

Rather than deep frying or pan frying food, which causes ingredients to soak up unnecessary and unhealthy fats, look to these alternative options to keep the nutritional value of your ingredients intact:

Stir-frying. High temperatures destroy some nutrients when cooking, so by stir-frying foods rapidly at high temperatures, food (especially vegetables) retain more of their nutrients, and since the cooking happens quickly, the foods don’t retain as much oil as they would with conventional deep frying techniques.

Broiling.  Broiling is a popular choice to prepare healthy meals since it uses direct heat to cook the food and requires little to no oil in order to cook. Similarly, broiling methods melt the natural fat found in meat such as chicken or fish, and since most ovens have a broiling unit, it is a quick and reliable way to prepare meals.

Steaming. Unlike the options above, steaming is a form of cooking that requires no oil, which makes it much better for your heart since it avoids adding unnecessary fats. Steaming is also great for keeping the original form and taste as well as most of the original nutrition, especially in vegetables. For example, steamed broccoli retains 81% of its vitamin C as opposed to only 30% when cooked in water.  And since preparation for steaming is minimal, you can create a healthy meal in very little time.

Quick Tip: Try to keep your meals simple. In many cases, simple recipes and ingredients lead to healthier, more natural meals while more complicated recipes that involve extra ingredients and specialized cooking methods could potentially be taking away from your meal’s nutrition and your time.

‘Tis the Season 

Try to avoid prepackaged seasonings as they usually contain a lot of salt. Selecting fresh herbs and preparing hand-made seasonings may seem foreign to you now, but in the long-term, you’ll be saving money by doing the preparation yourself. Your heart will thank you for avoiding all the extra sodium found in store-bought packages.

Quick Tip: Use citrus juice, peppers, or vinegar to add an extra level of flavor to your dishes. But be sure to use these sparingly as to not overpower the overall flavor of the meal.

Make Substitutions

Using low or non-fat yogurt instead of sour cream cuts out unnecessary fats in your meal. In ½ a cup of yogurt, you’ll get double the calcium and cut out 4 grams of fat and 2 grams of saturated fat—a fat found in many store-bought foods that could be damaging to heart health over time.

Eliminating butter and replacing it with heart healthy olive oil can be incredibly beneficial to your arteries and overall heart health. Replacing one tablespoon of butter with one tablespoon of olive oil drops the fat content by 2 grams. Seven grams of unhealthy saturated fat will be replaced by 10 grams of heart healthy monounsaturated fats instead.

Make Extra

If you’re putting in the time and effort to prepare a heart healthy dish, don’t hesitate to go overboard. Making extra food gives you healthy snack options, as well as back-up meals in case you don’t feel like preparing something new after a long day. There’s nothing wrong with thinking ahead. This will help you create good habits that will keep your heart healthy and happy in the future.

Quick Tip: Making extra food is great, but just because you have extra food, doesn’t mean you need extra helpings. Set aside proper portions for snacks and meals by using small bags or plastic containers to stay organized and stay focused on eating until you are satisfied rather than eating until you are stuffed.

New Team Manager – Dan Hammer

New Team Manager – Dan Hammer

In January, Dan Hammer became Synergy North America’s newest Team Manager. We want to congratulate him on this milestone, and for his hard work and tireless dedication to Synergy WorldWide. This month is particularly fitting to celebrate a rising leader who has worked hard to share heart health education throughout his career.

Dan is a veteran in the health arena. With an extensive background in exercise physiology, he has devoted much of his life to pinpointing exactly what the body needs to function optimally. On a personal level, Dan has always looked for natural solutions to help him excel in his active lifestyle as a competitive soccer player. So, when Synergy introduced ProArgi-9+ in 2008, Dan was eager to try the formula and put it to the test.

On ProArgi-9+

“ProArgi-9+ made a significant difference in my athletic performance. I could immediately tell that it gave me greater endurance. I also had no soreness the next day after playing soccer, which was something I always experienced before. My wife also used it for her high blood pressure, and it made a huge difference for her. So, I decided to learn more about l-arginine and nitric oxide. And I started to create videos to help educate others on this remarkable product.
It’s an ideal product for every person. Everyone has an endothelium that lines their cardiovascular system. If you look at scientific research, nitric oxide is critical to cardiovascular health. The key is how to create interest to help people want to improve their health. So, instead of trying to sell ProArgi-9+, we decided to focus on educating people on Nitric Oxide Therapy and then let them know that our product of choice is ProArgi-9+.”

On Being a Part of Synergy WorldWide

“Pure and simple, it’s helping people improve their health. It’s what I’m passionate about. And I’m associated with a company that has products that truly help people improve their health. Products that are affordable and effective.”

On His Success

“It means that we’re beginning to have an impact. That our marketing efforts are beginning to create momentum. Now, it’s figuring out how to expand the effort and help our Team Members understand how to duplicate the message. That message is Nitric Oxide Therapy to address most cardiovascular health concerns, with our product of choice being ProArgi-9+.”

On the Legacy He Hopes to Leave

“Our legacy and our ‘why’ is The Million Lives Project. Synergy Worldwide has products that address the two major areas of need: cardiovascular health and gut health. Our legacy will be to help 1 million people, or more, understand how Nitric Oxide Therapy can naturally address most cardiovascular health concerns. And for those with other forms of health distress or weight management issues, how changing their gut health can help them improve their wellbeing and live a more vibrant life.”

Dane Iorg – Presidential Executive

“It’s extremely hard to find a more devoted Synergy Team Member than Dan.” “I want to congratulate Dan on achieving the rank of Team Manager. First and foremost, Dan is a kind and compassionate person. Dan is also a hard worker and daily puts in the time it takes to become a successful Synergy distributor.

Dan is passionate about health and he knows the science behind Synergy’s products. The truth is this— if Dan didn’t think Synergy’s products were of the highest standards in the industry, he wouldn’t be a distributor with Synergy. Dan’s integrity is what is most important to him, and when he says something, it is what he believes. Dan’s opinions are not idle opinions because one of Dan’s passions is learning as much as he can about health. Anyone who knows Dan, knows that he is highly educated in the field of health and nutrition.

Dan’s goal is to continue to build a robust and successful Synergy business. The remarkable thing about Dan is that he wants everyone else to do the same. It’s extremely hard to find a more devoted Synergy Team Member than Dan.”

Robert Wischmeier – Team Leader

“He is spoken of across the Synergy world with respect and appreciation. He has earned that reputation.” “I’ve been associated with Dan for many years. Years ago he took a course on ‘Branding Yourself,’ and made the decision to create a YouTube presence on health issues, using Nitric Oxide Therapy as an initial concept. He has always used that language, Nitric Oxide Therapy, when teaching or leading discussions. He leads with NO and uses ProArgi-9+ as his ‘product of choice.’ It was a brilliant concept and has proven itself over and over. We all do this now. To date he has hundreds of YouTube videos and has certainly branded himself.

His follow-up is outstanding, and the support he lends to his downline and customer base is enviable. It was Dan who spoke to the enormous value of creating a customer base years ago, proving that his vision and insight are spot on.

I believe that Synergy Worldwide is a better company because of him. He has provided resources that he made available to everyone in the organization, not just his downline. He is spoken of across the Synergy world with respect and appreciation. He has earned that reputation.”

ProArgi-9+ Featured in 2019 PDR

ProArgi-9+ Featured in 2019 PDR

ProArgi-9+ has once again been included in this year’s edition of the Prescribers’ Digital Reference (PDR), formerly known as the Physicians’ Desk Reference, providing a greater opportunity for people to discover the tremendous benefits of our best-selling product.

For more than 70 years, medical specialists across the world have turned to the PDR as the authoritative source of information on drugs and prescribed substances. Now available exclusively in a digital format, the 2019 edition of the PDR continues to be utilized in virtually every physician’s office, pharmacy, clinic, and library. No medical reference is more current, more recognized, or more respected. The PDR contains label information, dosage instructions, images, and more.

We hope this publicity encourages more people to discover and share ProArgi-9+ and its value in supporting a healthy lifestyle.

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“ProArgi-9+ is the highest quality l-arginine supplement in the world. This proprietary formulation combines the powerful cardiovascular benefits of l-arginine with a variety of superior heart health ingredients to give your cardiovascular system optimum support.

ProArgi-9+ was formulated in collaboration with leading scientists and cardiovascular specialists who have conducted extensive research on the proper application of l-arginine in promoting heart health.”
Prescribers’ Digital Reference (2019)
Note: The 2019 Edition of the PDR containing information about ProArgi-9+ is available only digitally. Illustrations showing a physical book are simply a reference to the historical, widely recognized format.

ProArgi-9+ T-Shirts for Heart Health Month

ProArgi-9+ T-Shirts for Heart Health Month

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New ProArgi-9+ Fact Video

New ProArgi-9+ Fact Video

Check out this informative ProArgi-9+ featurette. It’s an easy video to watch and share, highlighting the basic details and powerful benefits of ProArgi-9+, along with the Synergy commitment to quality.

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