Delicious Recipes for a Healthy Heart
Get ready to join HealthCentral's Healthy Heart Cooking Club (don’t worry, it’s free) for meals and snacks that skip the unhealthy fats and favor the flavor.
It’s a fact: Everyone feels better when they eat well. And if you have a heart condition, you know your diet can have a real impact—not just on how you feel, but on the ability of your ticker to, well, tick. Enemy number one in the battle against heart disease is cholesterol. Your doctor has probably urged you to keep your cholesterol numbers in check by cutting down on unhealthy fats—primarily the trans fats and saturated fats found in cheese, butter, processed foods, and some meats. According to the American Heart Association, swapping these fats for healthy ones (monounsaturated and polyunsaturated) can lower your LDL, or bad cholesterol, levels and boost your overall heart health. If you need 2,000 calories a day, no more than 120 of them should come from saturated fat (that’s roughly 13 grams per day for those keeping score at home).
So how can you cut down on bad fats without totally ignoring your desire for mouth-watering meals? Allow us to introduce the HealthCentral Healthy Heart Cooking Club: A collection of delicious dietitian-created recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. All you need is a little time (in some cases just 15 minutes) and some basic kitchen essentials, and you’re on your way to adopting a healthier way of eating, compliments of the chef: You!
HealthCentral Healthy Heart Cooking Club recipes were created by registered dietician Chelsey Amer with nutrition information based on data from the USDA National Nutrient Database.
