Eating a Heart-Healthy Diet
When you have heart failure, what and how you eat affects your heart health. Eating a heart-healthy diet can help you feel better and manage your symptoms.
Select each item for more information.
- Fruits
- Vegetables
- Whole-grains
- Low-fat dairy products
- Skinless poultry and fish
- Nuts and legumes
- Non-tropical vegetable oils
Aim to eat a diet that's rich in
- Fruits
- Vegetables
- Whole-grains
- Low-fat dairy products
- Skinless poultry and fish
- Nuts and legumes
- Non-tropical vegetable oils
- Saturated and trans fats
- Sodium
- Red meat (if you do eat red meat, compare labels and select the leanest cuts available)
- Sweets and sugar-sweetened beverages
Try to limit these
- Saturated and trans fats
- Sodium
- Red meat (if you do eat red meat, compare labels and select the leanest cuts available)
- Sweets and sugar-sweetened beverages