Foods for a Healthy Heart

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Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love. -Rumi

Foods for a Healthy Heart:

  • Grains (whole wheat, brown rice, oats)
  • Mushrooms
  • Silicon Foods: cucumber, celery, lettuce, oatstraw tea, barley gruel, oat goat tea
  • Fruit: mulberries and lemons- calm the mind. Schisandra berries- calm the spirit.
  • Seeds: jujube seeds- nourish the heart.
  • Spices: dill and basil- give a calming effect.
  • Herbs: chamomile, scullcap, valerian- help with insonmia and nerves.
  • Animal Products: quality cow and goat milk- nourish the spirit of the heart.
  • Oyster shell- for the yin of the heart.

* Pitchford, Paul. Healing with Whole Foods, 2002.