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Order or download our Eat Better booklet to get guidance on eating healthier and reducing your risk of heart and circulatory diseases.
- Healthy Eating
Eating a healthy diet can help reduce your risk of...
- Healthy Eating
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- A Balanced Diet
- The Eatwell Guide
- Foods to Eat Less Often and in Small Amounts
Everyone should aim for a well-balanced diet. Strict diets are hard to sustain long term and may not provide the balance of nutrients you need. Healthy eating isn’t about cutting out or focusing on individual foods or nutrients. It’s thinking about your whole diet and eating a variety of foods in the right amounts to give your body what it needs. T...
The Eatwell guide, the UK’s food guide, shows what kind of foods you should eat, and how much, to have a healthy, balanced and more sustainable diet. Click on the image above for a full-size view of the Eatwell guide.
Saturated fat
Too much saturated fat can increase blood cholesterol levels and increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. Replacing animal fats such as butter with plant-based oils like olive oil and vegetable oil can help you reduce how much saturated fat you eat. 1. Learn more about simple swaps you can make to reduce how much fat you eat.
Salt
Eating too much salt can increase the risk of developing high blood pressure. Having high blood pressure increases the risk of developing coronary heart disease. If you prefer salty foods, try squeezing some fresh lemon juice onto your food instead of adding raw salt. 1. Learn more about simple swaps you can make to reduce how much salt you eat.
Sugar
Too much sugar can increase the risk of weight gain and tooth decay. To reduce how much sugar you take, try doing it slowly over time instead of making a big sudden change. You can, for example, use half a teaspoon less sugar in your tea everyday instead of immediately switching to unsweetened tea. 1. Learn more about simple swaps you can make to reduce how much sugar you take.
- Monday. Breakfast: Porridge made with skimmed milk and one sliced banana on top. Discover 5 ways to brighten up your breakfast. Lunch: Lentil and vegetable soup, tinned or try our easy carrot and parsnip soup recipe (pictured); two slices of wholemeal bread with spread (spreads based on vegetable, olive or sunflower oil will be unsaturated so a better choice for your heart than butter).
- Tuesday. Breakfast: Two slices of wholegrain toast with spread, one boiled egg and a sliced medium tomato. Lunch: Our carrot and parsnip soup (use leftovers if you made Monday’s recipe, or make fresh with extra portions to freeze); two slices of wholemeal bread with spread.
- Wednesday. Breakfast: No-added-sugar muesli with skimmed milk, topped with one sliced banana. Lunch: Jacket potato with half a can of reduced-sugar-and-salt baked beans; a portion of salad.
- Thursday. Breakfast: Two slices of wholegrain toast with spread, sliced or mashed banana, and a serving of fat-free Greek-style yoghurt. Lunch: Egg, tomato and cucumber wholemeal bread sandwich.
Adult weekly meal plan. What can 5% free sugars and 30g fibre look like? This menu simply shows one way of meeting the fibre and free sugar recommendations, as well other UK food and nutrient based dietary guidelines (e.g. energy, salt, saturated fat, 5 A DAY, fish) - it is not, however, the only or definitive approach.
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Dietary advice to help lower your cholesterol (and triglycerides*) and help keep your heart healthy OCCASIONALLY. BEST AVOIDED POTATOES, BREAD, RICE, PASTA . AND OTHER STARCHY CARBOHYDRATES BEANS, PULSES, FISH, EGGS, MEAT AND OTHER PROTEINS FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
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The 5 key parts of a heart healthy eating pattern are to eat: 1. Plenty of vegetables, fruits and wholegrains 2. A variety of healthy protein sources especially fish and seafood, legumes (such as beans and lentils), nuts and seeds. Smaller amounts of eggs and lean poultry can be included in a heart healthy diet.
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Heart Healthy Foundation Diet As well as including more heart healthy fats, reducing saturated fats and achieving your 5-a-day, there are other improvements you can make to build strong heart healthy foundations. Have a look at the options below and see which improvements you would like to make. Please note: portion sizes will vary depending
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