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Mayo Clinic Minute: Tips for a heart healthy sandwich
Packing a healthy lunch seems like an easy task, but sometimes all the sandwich choices may seem daunting. Many deli, or processed meats, are packed with preservatives, nitrates and sodium that could raise your risk of heart disease and other health issues. So is there a better choice to build a lunch you'll love and feel good about?
Kate Zeratsky, a Mayo Clinic registered dietitian nutritionist, says what you pack with your lunch may help balance what you pack in your sandwich.
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the sandwich convenient and delicious but not all fillings are the same especially when it comes to deli meats if it's gone through a grinder and had sugar and salt and other things added it's now been more highly processed but what about your favorite rotisserie chicken Catherine zaretsky says it's a step in the right direction but it will still have added sodium most chicken products are and so they're adding a little salt in there to hold the moisture zaratsky says knowing that you can still create a healthy lunch compliment that with other nutritious foods like fruits and vegetables you're getting some added potassium a sandwich and a banana seems like a good match but why potassium on the flip side from sodium you have two nutrients that can work for and against your blood pressure and Sookie you're just creating a better balance overall be sure to use a whole grain bread to get your fiber and consider an avocado tomato or sprouts for added health benefits for the Mayo Clinic News Network I'm Joel Street
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