The health of your heart has a lot to do with the foods that you eat. For good health the Heart Foundation recommends all follow a healthy eating plan that includes a variety of foods from all food groups.
The Heart Foundation also has heart healthy recipes that are quick and simple to make for you and your family.
The Heart Foundation also has heart healthy recipes that are quick and simple to make for you and your family.
Suggestions to help you maintain a heart healthy diet:
- Aim to eat five serves of colourful vegetables every day
- Aim for two serves of fruit everyday
- Include legumes, dried peas, dried or canned beans or lentils in your diet
- Eat moderate amounts of low-fat or reduced-fat dairy products
- Make sure you are eating two to three serves of oily fish weekly (fresh or canned)
- Eat moderate amounts of unprocessed meat, poultry and game
- Include wholegrain cereals, breads, pasta, noodles and rice in your diet
- Use unsaturated margarine spreads and low saturated fat dairy spreads
- Cook with a variety of polyunsaturated and monosaturated oils
- Snack on unsalted nuts and seeds
- Stick to foods that are labelled 'no added salt', 'low salt' or 'salt reduced'
- Eat foods that are enriched with omega-3s and fish oil supplements
- Stick to water as your preferred drink
- Avoid foods that contain trans fat such as deep-fried food, take-away and commercially baked goods such as cakes, pies and biscuits
- Choose take-away meals with the Heart Foundation Tick, as these Tick approved take-away foods and meals are free from trans fats.
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