Key healthy eating messages for heart attack recovery
Eating healthy foods can help you recover and reduce your risk of more heart problems.
This style of eating is naturally low in saturated and trans-fat, salt and added sugar and rich in unsaturated fats, along with wholegrains, fibre and antioxidants.
The Heart Foundation recommends that people with existing heart disease, including those recovering from a heart attack, should follow the Heart Healthy Eating Principles with some key changes:
- Choose reduced fat and unflavoured milk, yoghurt and cheese
- Consume less than seven eggs per week
- Include 2-3 grams of plant sterols per day from fortified food products (special varieties of margarine, milk, yoghurt and breakfast cereals) to assist in lowering LDL cholesterol levels
- If you consume red meat (like beef, pork, veal and lamb) – eat no more than 350g per week.
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