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What foods repair your heart?

Heart-Healthy Foods: Shopping List Eat less saturated fat. Cut back on fatty meats and high-fat dairy products. ... Cut down on sodium (salt). Read the Nutrition Facts label and choose foods that are lower in sodium. ... Get more fiber. Eat vegetables, fruits, beans, and whole grains to add fiber to your diet.

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When it comes to your heart, what you eat matters. Follow these tips for heart-healthy eating: Eat less saturated fat . Cut back on fatty meats and high-fat dairy products. Limit foods like pizza, burgers, and creamy sauces or gravy. Cut down on sodium (salt) . Read the Nutrition Facts label and choose foods that are lower in sodium. Look for foods labeled “low sodium” or “no salt added” — like some canned soups, canned vegetables, packaged meals, and snack foods. Get more fiber . Eat vegetables, fruits, beans, and whole grains to add fiber to your diet.

Take this list with you the next time you go food shopping.

Vegetables and Fruits

Eat a variety of vegetables and fruits — including options that are fresh, frozen, canned, or dried.

Fresh vegetables like tomatoes, cabbage, and carrots

Leafy greens for salads, like Romaine lettuce, spinach, and kale

Canned vegetables that are low in sodium

Frozen vegetables without added butter or sauces, like broccoli or cauliflower

Fresh fruits like apples, oranges, bananas, pears, and peaches

Canned, frozen, or dried fruit without added sugars

Farmers markets are great places to buy vegetables and fruits that are in season. Find a farmers market near you.

Dairy

Look for fat-free or low-fat options.

Fat-free or low-fat (1%) milk

Fat-free or low-fat plain yogurt

Fat-free or low-fat cheese or cottage cheese

Soy milk with added calcium, vitamin A, and vitamin D

Whole Grains

For products with more than 1 ingredient, make sure whole wheat or another whole grain is listed first in the ingredient list. Look for products that say 100% whole grain.

Whole-grain bread, bagels, English muffins, and tortillas

Whole-grain hot or cold breakfast cereals with no added sugar, like oatmeal or shredded wheat

Whole grains like brown or wild rice, quinoa, or oats

Whole-wheat or whole-grain pasta and couscous

Proteins

Choose a variety of foods with protein.

Seafood — fish and shellfish

Poultry — chicken or turkey breast without skin, or lean ground chicken or turkey (at least 93% lean) Lean meats — like pork shoulder, beef sirloin, or lean ground beef (at least 93% lean)

Beans, peas, and lentils — like black beans and garbanzo beans (chickpeas)

Eggs

Unsalted nuts, seeds, and nut butters, like almond or peanut butter

Tofu

Healthy Fats and Oils

Replace saturated fat with healthier unsaturated fats like seafood, nuts, seeds, avocados, and oils. Try these healthy swaps: Vegetable oil (canola, corn, olive, peanut, safflower, soybean, or sunflower) instead of butter for cooking

Low-fat or light mayonnaise instead of full-fat mayo

Oil-based salad dressings like balsamic vinaigrette or Italian instead of creamy dressings like ranch Vegetable oils are usually healthy choices — just avoid coconut and palm oils, which are high in saturated fat. And margarine and other soft spreads may have less saturated fat than butter — check the Nutrition Facts label and look for options with less saturated fat.

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Can I eat egg omelette everyday?

Most healthy people can eat up to seven eggs a week without affecting their heart health. Some choose to eat only the egg white and not the yolk, which provides some protein without the cholesterol.

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Eggs have been in the news a lot — again. It seems like every few years, questions arise about these meals in a shell. Are they good or bad for you? What about their protein and cholesterol?

Looking at the nutritional breakdown, one egg contains roughly 75 calories, 5 grams of fat, 6 grams of protein, 0 carbohydrates, 67 milligrams of potassium, 70 grams of sodium and 210 milligrams of cholesterol. Eggs are also a great source of vitamins A, D and B12, as well as choline, which is a nutrient that's essential in many steps of metabolism. Except for its cholesterol content, one egg is a healthy option for breakfast lunch or dinner. Research shows that the cholesterol in eggs doesn't seem to negatively affect the human body compared to other sources of cholesterol. For example, eggs typically are eaten with other foods high in salt, saturated fat and cholesterol, such as bacon, cheese and butter. These foods are known to increase the risk of heart disease, and they should be eaten sparingly. Most healthy people can eat up to seven eggs a week without affecting their heart health. Some choose to eat only the egg white and not the yolk, which provides some protein without the cholesterol.

Here's how eggs stack up nutritionally in dishes that feature eggs:

Calories Fat

(grams) Protein

(grams) Sodium

(milligrams) Cholesterol

(milligrams) 2 Scrambled Egg Whites 34 0 7 110 0 2 Fried Eggs 184 14 12 94 420 Denny's Western Omelette 700 46 38 2,180 760 McDonald's Big Breakfast 760 48 28 1,530 485 Eggs can be a good addition to a healthy, well-balanced diet. Just watch out for those high-calorie, high-fat extras like cheese, bacon and butter.

Anne Harguth is a dietitian in Waseca, Minnesota.

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