Heart Healthy With Reduced Appetite

If you want to have a healthy heart, you have to learn how to eat a heart healthy diet. All the food you eat affect your heart health. Learn the foods that are heart smart and try to include it as a regular part of your diet.

Consult your doctor for an eating plan that is best suited to your dietary needs. If you are the average health, you may be able to follow the Food Pyramid eating plan.



No matter which meal plan you follow, the following guidelines are recommended:

• Total fat intake should be less than 30 per cent of total daily calories.

• Aspan polyunsaturated fatty acids should be no more that 10 per cent of total daily calories.

• Monounsaturated fatty acids make up the rest of total fat intake, about 10 to 15 per cent of total daily calories.

• Cholesterol intake should be no more than 300 milligrams per day.

• Sodium intake should be no more than 3000 milligrams per day.

• Be careful with the chemicals in your food such as caffeine, MSG, and other food additives.