Heart-Healthy Valentine's Day Food Ideas

On Valentine’s Day you can get your sweetie’s and your own heart racing by selecting food that will stimulate both romance and better health. Cooking up something from the heart can also be good for it too. On special days of the year we often aren’t thinking about health. But on Valentine’s Day we are thinking about a healthy dose of aphrodisiac foods.

Many aphrodisiac foods have ingredients that will boost more than the libido, they will improve your heart health too.

Here’s a list of heart-healthy choices that you can serve up on Valentine’s Day.

Dark Chocolate

Dark chocolate with a high cocoa content contains heart-healthy resveratrol and improves blood flow to the skin which enhances hydration, increases dermal thickness, and decreases roughness and scaling.

Red Wine
Moderate red wine consumption can have some heart-healthy effects, like raising HDL (good cholesterol) and inhibiting the formation of blood clots.

Salmon

This fish contains Omega-3 fatty acids which can help reduce heart rhythm problems and may help reduce triglycerides and plaque buildup, and inhibit blood clotting.

Almonds
These nuts in particular have been purported to act as a sexual stimulant. Almonds provide high doses of vitamin E, magnesium and fiber.

Hot Chilies

These fiery peppers have capsaicin which increases circulation and releases endorphins that make you feel good.