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Health Encyclopedia: Information On Keeping A Heart Healthy Diet Unsaturated Fats, Low Fat Diets
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Introduction
Heart-Healthy Goals. The goals of a heart-healthy diet are to eat foods that help obtain or maintain healthy levels of cholesterol and fatty molecules called lipids. You can achieve this by:
- Reducing overall cholesterol levels and low-density lipoproteins (LDL), which are harmful to the heart.
- Increasing high-density lipoproteins (HDL), which are beneficial for the heart.
- Reducing other harmful lipids (fatty molecules), such as triglycerides and lipoprotein(a).
Any diet should also help ...
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Expert & Community Posts
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February 5: Start a Food Journal
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