Best and Worst Foods for Heart Failure

Sources Medically Reviewed on 12/02/2020 Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD on December 02, 2020
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SOURCES:
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: "25 Heart-Healthy Cooking Tips."
American Heart Association: "Added Sugars," "Fish and Omega-3 Fatty Acids," "Get the Scoop on Sodium and Salt," "Healthier Condiments," "Healthy Cooking Oils," "The Benefits of Beans and Legumes," "Whole Grains, Refined Grains, and Dietary Fiber."
CardioSmart: "Red and Processed Meats Increase Risk for Heart Disease."
Cleveland Clinic: "12 Heart-Healthy Foods to Work into Your Diet," "Alcohol & Your Heart Health."
Hackensack Meridian Health: "Choosing the Right Proteins for a Healthy Heart."
Harvard Medical School: "Choosing oils for cooking: A host of heart-healthy options," "Say cheese?" "Seafood suggestions for heart health," "The sweet danger of sugar."
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: "Eating fried foods tied to increased risk of diabetes, heart disease," "Nuts for the Heart."
Johns Hopkins Medicine: "Alcohol and Heart Health: Separating Fact From Fiction."
Journal of the American Heart Association: "Consumption of Fried Foods and Risk of Heart Failure in the Physicians' Health Study."
Mayo Clinic: "Omega-3 in fish: How eating fish helps your heart."
Mount Sinai: "Heart failure - fluids and diuretics."
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: "Mixing Alcohol with Medicines."
Penn Medicine: "Heart Healthy Tips on Cooking with Herbs and Spices."
USDA: "Nutrients and health benefits."
UCSF Health: "Diet and Congestive Heart Failure."
Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD on December 02, 2020
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