Five Simple Changes You Can Make Today towards a Healthy Heart Diet

Choosing a healthy eating plan is a great way to lose weight, feel more energetic, and reduce your risk of disease. Consider some of the following tips for adapting to your new way of life — try one or two a week until you’ve completed all.

1. If you now eat 1 or 2 vegetables a day, add a serving at lunch and another at dinner.
2. If you don’t eat fruit now, or have only juice at breakfast, add a serving to your meals or have it as a snack.
3. Gradually increase your use of fat-free or low-fat dairy products to 3 servings a day. For example, replace one cup of soda with a cup of fat-free or low-fat milk per day. Try a yogurt with some fruit as a snack.
4. Read food labels to choose those lowest in saturated fats and trans fats. Specifically, check the label on margarine and salad dressing. Some margarines are now trans-fat-free and there are a large variety of salad dressings that contain virtually no saturated of trans fats.
5. Treat meat as a part of your meal, instead of the focus. Try limiting meat to 6 ounces a day (2 servings—a single serving is the size of a deck of cards). If you now eat large portions of meat, cut them back gradually—by a half or a third at each meal. In addition, decrease the amount of meat in dishes by replacing a portion with beans (they provide great protein).

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