3 Keys to Heart Health Nutrition
You'll find many tips throughout this web site to help you with heart healthy eating, shopping, cooking, and meal planning. All the information is designed to help you follow these three keys to heart healthy eating:
- Reduce the total amount of fat in your diet, especially saturated fat and trans fatty acids.
- When you do eat foods with fat, evaluate the type of fat it contains. Look for foods that contain monounsaturated fat and polyunsaturated fat. For more information on the difference between good and bad fats, visit www.healthyfats.ca.
- Increase the amount of fibre in your diet, especially soluble fibre.