Having a Healthy Heart is eating smart on a Healthy Diet

All of the food you eat effects the health of your heart. Learn which foods our heart smart and try to include them as a regular part of your healthy diet.

In order to keep your LDL and your risk for heart disease low, you should start on the Healthy Diet.

The Healthy Diet is an eating plan that can help keep your blood cholesterol low and decrease your chance of developing heart disease.

Remember: the Healthy Diet is fine for the whole family, including children from the age of 2-4 onward.

Children under 2 years of age should NOT follow the Healthy Diet - they need more fat to provide enough calories for growth and development.

You should eat less than 300 milligrams of cholesterol a day and no more than 2400 milligrams of sodium a day on a Healthy Diet.

The recommendations for saturated fat and total fat are based on the percentage of calories you eat; the actual amount that you eat will vary depending on how many calories you eat.

To get an estimate of the amount of calories, grams of saturated fat and fat to help you lower your blood cholesterol on the Healthy Diet.