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The Secret To A Healthy Heart Is In the Kitchen

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Staying healthy should be one of the top priorities in everyone’s life. Exercising, having a healthy and well-balanced diet, and making sure your mental and emotional health is better than ever are all ways that lead to a healthy life. A healthy life means a healthy body and a healthy heart. The only issue that most people face when staying healthy is that they don’t really know how to. For instance, a balanced diet is the key to a healthy heart but how do you maintain a well-balanced diet? Well through the kitchen of course but do you know how to cook properly in the kitchen? 

Are You Seasoning Your Food Properly?

Growing up, there was the possibility that you watched someone cook and you noticed the array of seasonings that were being used. As you got older, you used what you learned and implemented it into your cooking style.

However, as good as your food may taste, there is the chance that you aren’t seasoning your food properly when you cook. It can come off as quite a shock, especially when your food tastes amazing every time, but you may be overdoing it. You may be using too much salt in your food. 

This is usually because of the different types of seasoning blends you’re incorporating. Most of them are salt blends and using multiple salt blends in one meal adds a ton of salt to your diet, which adds stress to your heart. 

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What Ingredients You Actually Need

Using a bunch of salt blends is not the way to a healthy heart. Mixing seasoned salt, garlic salt, old bay, cajun blends, and any other blends that include salt when seasoning your food is a recipe for disaster.

When cooking, you actually don’t need many ingredients if you know how flavors work. There are five basic seasonings you should have in your kitchen: garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, salt and paprika. There are more seasonings that can be added to this list (herbs) but these are the basic ones everyone should have. 

This is because they’re simple and get the job done. Using just these in your dishes will not only make your food taste just as good, but it’s also better and healthier for you. 

Why It’s Important To Not Overdo It

It’s important to not overdo it because too many seasonings can lead to present and future problems. In the present time, if you consume something that has too much salt or seasoning, it can lead to headaches, a rise in your blood pressure, becoming very thirsty and swelling in your hands and feet.

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