Eating for Heart Health

The food that you eat can have a big effect on the health of your heart. To promote health, the Heart Foundation recommends consuming a healthy diet containing a variety of foods from all food groups. 

Heart Healthy Nutrition Tips

• Eat 2 serves of fruit each day
• Eat a variety of different coloured vegetables each day
• Eat the skin of fruits and vegetables where possible
• Select wholegrain breads & cereals
• Choose reduced fat varieties of milk, cheese and yoghurt
• Choose products  labelled “no added salt”, “low salt” or “reduced salt”
• Trim fat from meat and remove the skin from chicken prior to cooking
• Choose healthier cooking methods such as grilling and stir-frying
• Limit take-aways and eating out
• Snack on unsalted nuts
• Avoid or minimise alcohol intake
• Drink water
• Exercise regularly: Being physically active helps the heart to become stronger
• Quit smoking: Smoking reduces the amount of oxygen in your blood, and damages the walls of your blood vessels