Navigating a Barbecue with High Blood Pressure

Living with certain health conditions, such as high blood pressure, can make navigating certain situations a little more difficult than usual. Family outings and get-togethers, for example barbecues, can become rather nerve racking. How do you navigate a barbecue when you are following a restrictive diet for high blood pressure? Luckily, you can still eat […]

High Blood Pressure Adjustments to Favorite Recipes

One of the first things that people think about when they are diagnosed with high blood pressure is: “What can I eat”? The answer is actually pretty simple, but can seem complicated in the beginning. You can still eat lots of things, including your favorite recipes; you just have to make the recipes healthier. Yes, […]

High Blood Pressure Diet: What Should I Do?

Learning more about what you should be eating to lower your blood pressure is an important first step.  To know how to follow a high blood pressure diet, you can follow some simple steps to make your meal planning easier. If you are currently suffering from high blood pressure or hypertension, then you should consider […]

High Blood Pressure Diets: Eating More Potassium is Important to Your Meals

In a world where salt is going out of fashion, balance is the key to keeping your high blood pressure diet in check. Too much salt can increase high blood pressure and heart problems risk for the average person.  But in a recent study, information was revealed that indicated balancing your salt and potassium intake […]

Cardiac Diet Meal Plan: 5 Tips to Try

Did you just find out that you have a need for a cholesterol diet menu plan?  Do you have high cholesterol? Not sure what LDL or HDL means? Did your doctor just tell you to stop eating salt and red meat? And you don’t know how that can happen because you love meat? And you […]

How to Prevent Heart Failure

What Is Heart Failure? This week in my Web search, I found an interesting resource called the Mayo Clinic health letter.  The June 2011 topic was about heart failure.  Because it is strongly related to heart problems and I feel your risk can be improved by following a heart healthy menu plan, I thought it […]

Cardiac Diet for a Lifestyle of Heart-Healthy Meals

Following a healthy heart-smart Cardiac Diet plan is one of your greatest weapons in the fight against heart disease. If you already suffer from heart disease or if you are at risk for developing heart problems then the foods and liquids you consume each day play an important part in the health of your heart. […]

The American Heart Association Diet

The American Heart Association Diet is part of the overall health awareness provided by the American Heart Association.  March is heart awareness month and the purpose is to make every single person aware of the dangers of cardiovascular diseases and strokes and how to make some simple lifestyle changes that will insure the health of […]

Heart Healthy Menu

A good heart healthy menu may also be classified as a low fat/low cholesterol diet.  The body needs a certain amount of cholesterol to promote good health but too much of the wrong kind of cholesterol will cause damage to your heart and other organs.  Cholesterol comes from the foods you eat and it is […]

Love Your Heart – Eating a Low Sodium Diet

One of the components of heart healthy eating is to eat a low sodium diet and one that meets the cardiac diet menu guidelines. Eating a low sodium diet can be tricky, so here are some tips – 1.  Learn what sodium is on the nutrition label. When you read a nutrition label, there is […]