Heart-Healthy Diet Directory
For a healthy heart, diet is very important. A diet filled with sugar, salt, and fat can do irreparable damage to your heart. Fish are rich in omega-3s, vegetables and fruits provide vitamins and minerals, whole grains bring fiber to your diet, and a bit of red wine in moderation can also help your heart. Your doctor can help you determine if there are foods you should avoid or certain foods you should eat more of. Follow the links below to find WebMD's comprehensive coverage about how to eat a heart-healthy diet, what foods are best and worst for you, and much more.
Medical Reference
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Getting Results From a Heart-Healthy Diet
After you make heart-healthy lifestyle changes, how fast can you expect results? And what type of benefits will you reap?
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Diet and Heart Failure
For people with heart failure, following a healthy diet is important.
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Pritikin Principle Diet Review: Plant-Based Foods for Weight Loss?
WebMD takes a look at the Pritikin Diet, one of the first popular diets aimed at reducing and even reversing heart disease.
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Healthy Eating for People With Heart Disease
For a person with heart disease, proper nutrition is essential to managing symptoms and preventing further complications. Read tips for a heart-healthy diet.
Features
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6 Simple Steps to Keep Your Heart Healthy
A healthy heart -- and a healthier you -- starts today with these quick tips.
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8 Ways to Make Your Diet More Heart-Healthy
Lifestyle changes can make a big difference for your heart.
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All About Olive Oil
More and more people are cooking with olive oil, perhaps because Mediterranean cuisine is in vogue, or because of the oil's distinctive flavor, or its potential health benefits. How about all of the above?
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Which Fats Are Good or Bad for Your Heart?
Some types of fat are better for your heart than others. Find out what they are and how much is enough.
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Slideshows & Images
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Slideshow: 20 Foods That Can Save Your Heart
The top foods for heart health go beyond cholesterol busters to edamame, nuts, salmon, even coffee. Cooking tips and pictures show how to work new foods into your diet.
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Slideshow: DASH Diet for Heart Health -- Lowering Blood Pressure and Cholesterol
Eat right for a healthy heart. See how the DASH diet can help you keep your blood pressure and cholesterol under control.
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Slideshow: 10 Food Swaps for Heart-Wise Dining
Cream cheese, sausage, even muffins can be heart-healthy -- with smart changes in what you buy and how you cook.
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Slideshow: What’s The Nordic Diet?
Are you looking for a new way to eat healthy? The Nordic diet might be just the ticket. WebMD guides you through what’s in it and how it might be good for you.
Quizzes
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Quiz: Myths and Facts About Your Heart Health
Do you know how to keep your heart healthy? Take this quiz and find out.
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Seafood Quiz: Omega-3s, Mercury, and the Truth About Fish
Take this quiz about fish to see how much you know about omega-3s, raw fish, nutritional values, mercury levels, and wild vs. farm-raised fish.