Diet Plan for Patients of Heart Diseases

Risk of heart disease, heart attack, and stroke can be lowered by maintaining healthy weight and adopting a heart-healthy diet plan. The diet chart for heart patients should include food that is good for the heart, as well as rich in nutrition, but must be appetizing food.

A healthy diet can be helpful in reducing your risk of developing coronary heart disease.

The key to a healthy heart diet is to have food good in antioxidants and high fiber as well which is also low in fat.
Fill your platter with more whole foods such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains, low fat milk products, nuts, healthy oils, and foods rich with protein such as fish, legumes and skinless poultry.
For cooking, use little amounts of heart friendly oils like olive, corn, safflower, soybean, peanut, sesame and canola oils.
Make use of fewer processed foods and low sodium diet. Limit high-fat foods (like red meat, cheese and baked goods) and high-sodium foods (such as canned or processed foods).
Drink about 1 to 2 liters of water daily, until and unless your doctor asks to limit fluids.

The patient is advised to follow the Diet provided below strictly with care and dedication. This will help to maintain your heart healthy and provides relief from the complication and its related symptoms.

Vegetables
To Consume	To Avoid
Potatoes Tomatoes Lemon Broccoli Sweet Potatoes Spinach Asparagus Bell Peppers Onions Garlic Beans Pumpkin Zucchini Peas Carrots	Canned Vegetables (due to high sodium) Vegetables with creamy sauces Fried or baked vegetables
Use Vegetables in the form of Salads, Soup, and slightly Cooked or steamed.
Fruits
To Consume	To Avoid
Apples Cherries Apricot Avocadoes Raspberries Strawberries Blackberries Blueberries Oranges Bananas Cantaloupe Red Grapes Black Grapes Grapefruit Peaches Kiwi Squash Pomegranate	Canned fruit in heavy syrup Frozen fruit with added sugar
Use Fruits, Fruit Salad and Fresh juice.
Non-Veg
To Consume	To Avoid
Lean Meat Cold water fish like mackerel, salmon, sardines, tune, trout and herring Skinless chicken	Red meat Canned and Smoked fish Organ meats like liver Breaded Meats
Legumes
To Consume	To Avoid
Lentils, Soybeans Chickpeas
Spices
To Consume	To Avoid
Turmeric Fenugreek Cardamom Cumin Coriander Cinnamon Black Pepper	Table Salt
Other Foods
To Consume	To Avoid
Oatmeal (steel-cut or regular) Whole-wheat flour Whole-grain bread High-fiber cereal Whole-grain pasta Brown rice Buckwheat Barley Flax seeds Olive Oil Nut Oil Canola Oil Margarine Soybeans and soy products Walnuts Cheese Low fat milk Yogurt Eggs Legumes Flaxseed Chia Seeds Dark Chocolate	White, refined flour Muffins Buttered popcorn Doughnuts Biscuits Cakes Egg noodles Corn bread White bread Frozen waffles Quick breads Chips Pies High-fat snack crackers Butter Cookies Bacon fat Cocoa butter Non Dairy Creamers Palm Lard Full fat milk Sausages

Along with other healthy habits, it can slow or even partially reverse the narrowing of the heart's arteries and help prevent further complications.

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Diet Plan for Patients of Heart Diseases

Vegetables

To Consume

To Avoid

Fruits

To Consume

To Avoid

Non-Veg

To Consume

To Avoid

Legumes

To Consume

To Avoid

Spices

To Consume

To Avoid

Other Foods

To Consume

To Avoid

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