Heart Healthy Eating

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• Eating Out the Heart Healthy Way
  Eating out lets you relax while someone else cooks. While some restaurants serve meals high in fat and salt, there are things that you can do to make healthier choices.
• Eggs: Good or Bad?
  I love eggs but I hear contradicting reports about them, and don't know whether they are good or bad for your health. Does the good cholesterol in them outweigh the bad.Eggs and other sources of protein in a fairly low-fat diet are good for you.
• Go Greek for Better Heart Health (Weight Wise eNewsletter)
  The monounsaturated fat found in olive oil is the primary source of dietary fat in traditional Mediterranean cuisine, and this difference is believed to contribute significantly to its citizens' better heart health.
• Healthy Dips (Weight Wise eNewsletter)
  Low-fat dips like baba ghanoush, yogurt, and fresh salsa can replace full-fat, sour cream-based or cheese dips. Herbs, spices, chives, lemon, smoked salmon, and roasted peppers are some of the healthiest flavour-boosting ingredients to try.
• Healthy eating for shift workers
  Altered meal times, lack of healthy food options for sale outside of regular work hours, and fatigue are all challenges of shift work.
• Heart Healthy Eating
  You can help lower your risk for heart disease by following Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating.
• Heart Healthy Eating with Health Check® (Weight Wise eNewsletter)
  A food information program for Canadians from the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Helps Canadians to identify foods that can be part of a healthy diet, based on Canada's Food Guide.
• Heart-Healthy Recipes
  Recipes for Heart Healthy Eating
• Love Those Legumes (Your Health Magazine)
  Weight control with legumes
• Lovin’ Lunch!
  One way to make sure the lunches you pack actually get eaten is to involve your kids in the process. For example, share menu ideas with them and challenge them to try a new food every week.
• Nutrition Guidelines for Congestive Heart Failure
  Congestive heart failure is a condition in which the heart can't pump enough blood to meet the needs of the body's other organs.
• Rich Sources of Omega-3 Fats
  Other than eggs, nuts and fish, are there any other sources of healthy, omega-3 fats.
• Top 10 Tips for Heart Healthy Eating
  Choose lower fat foods from Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating.
• Trans Fats and Heart Health
  Dietary fat is an important source of energy in the meal plan. Certain types of dietary fat can influence the risk of coronary heart disease.
• Weight Control and Heart Disease
  It matters where your body stores its excess fat. People who carry most of their fat around their stomachs have a higher risk of having heart disease and diabetes than those who carry it around their hips.