Heart Healthy

The phrase heart-healthy diet often conjures up images of steamed rice and vegetables, a platter of baked fish, lots of pasta—easy on the sauce, please—and only dreams of fried onion rings. ❋ M.D. Walter C. Willett (2005)

To make your long-term heart-healthy diet and weight loss really work, you first need to internalize this dietmake it work for you. ❋ Ph.D. Dede Bonner (2009)

As a video featuring hopeful gastrointestinal-disease stories played on a big screen, the un-squeamish crowd dove into a heart-healthy, but tasty, meal consisting of salad, sea bass, spinach, and polenta. ❋ Unknown (2011)

While fish contains heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids, consumers should also round out their diet with whole grains and fruits and vegetables, experts say. ❋ Unknown (2011)

He uses olive oil, which is an unsaturated heart-healthy fat, and he avoids butter, stick margarine and any other hard fats. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Other ways to reduce saturated fat: replace butter with olive and canola oils, which contain good amounts of heart-healthy monounsaturated fats; choose lean meats, poultry, fish and beans instead of higher-fat meats; select nonfat or low-fat milk and yogurt in place of whole-milk versions; eat full-fat cheeses sparingly. ❋ EatingWell (2011)

Pile that burger up with vibrant colors such as bright, leafy baby spinach for a good source of vitamins and antioxidants; juicy red tomato slices rich in lycopene, decreasing the risk of heart disease and some cancers; and heart-healthy avocados. ❋ Holly B. Clegg (2012)

Fish is a great heart-healthy addition to any diet. ❋ M.D. James Beckerman (2011)

Conveniently, margarine was available as a pretty tasty alternative, and many people felt that they were doing something heart-healthy by making the switch. ❋ M.D. James Beckerman (2011)

"The American Heart Association has endorsed Idaho potatoes as a heart-healthy food." ❋ Unknown (2011)

With only 100 calories per medium-sized potato, sweet potatoes offer an array of nutrition with zero fat and cholesterol, making them heart-healthy as well as budget-friendly. ❋ LIVESTRONG.COM (2010)

Susan Collins won't support Paul Ryan's panacea budget, even though it invents a KFC Doubledown that is heart-healthy. ❋ Eliot Nelson (2011)

But he's the first to admit that he falls short of living a perfect heart-healthy life. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Vegetable oil and whole grains give it a slight edge in the “heart-healthy” department. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The bake is something a bit like baked rice pudding, made with heart-healthy oatmeal that is baked in a casserole dish with cottage cheese, milk, eggs, sugar and spices. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Three pudgy middle aged men sitting around a table and another man in his late 20's with the body of a greek god [eating eggs] and a big-ass steak. old fart number 1:Damn, aren't you worried about your cholesterol there? young man: (sigh) nope, my blood pressure and [lipid] profiles are fantastic... old fart number 2: You will see by the time you get to my age. young man: there is no connection between dietary [chol]... old fart number 3: You are going to kill yourself. You need to be on a heart [healthy diet], it's what my doctor had to put me on. Conversation steers towards old men discussing the statins and Viagra that their doctors put them on...The older men continue to eat their crappy processed "food". ❋ TheDink (2011)

[oh man], i have been [working out] so much, and eating right, but [i think i'm] having a healthy heart attack. ❋ Obesiverse 2 (2017)