Heart Health and Food Choices

Dietary choices can protect your heart from disease as you age.
The Mediterranean Diet offers suggestions for food substitutions to improve your heart health:

• eat meals based on plants: fruits and vegetables, whole grains, beans and nuts
• substitute herbs and spices for flavor instead of salt
• restrict meat intake to a couple of times per month, and eat chicken or fish twice a week
• substitute olive or canola oil for butter
• choose low-fat/fat-free options for dairy

Source:  Mayo Clinic, Mediterranean Diet

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