A big part of our culture has evolved into focusing on health and fitness. Actually, the Boston Medical Center indicates that approximately 45 million Americans diet each year and spend $33 billion on weight-loss products in their pursuit of a trimmer, fitter body. But something most people don’t think about focusing on when pursuing a more healthy lifestyle, is healthy hearing. Did you know that what you eat can effect how well your ears perform over time? There are many different minerals that will help preserve your hearing, such as potassium, folic acid, magnesium, and zinc. Eating foods rich in these minerals along with protecting your ears from noise-related damage will prevent you from becoming that old guy who always says, “what?” Potassium is responsible for regulating the amount of fluid in your blood and body tissue. That’s important to your hearing health because there is fluid in the inner ear, which translates the noises we hear into electrical impulses the brain interprets as sound. This is dependent upon a rich supply of potassium. As we age, those levels naturally drop which could contribute to presbycusis- or age-related hearing loss, yikes! Potassium-rich foods include: potatoes, spinach, lima beans, tomatoes, raisins, […]
