A Dietitian's Guide to Heart-Healthy Meals
A Dietitian's Guide to Heart-Healthy Meals
Your heart is a very important muscle. The heart’s job is to pump blood and carry oxygen all throughout your body via a “highway” of blood vessels (arteries and veins). Following a few simple nutrition tips can help keep your heart strong and keep blood vessels clear of blockages. Margaret Junker, a registered dietitian in UC Davis Health’s Preventive Cardiology Program, offers this simple guide to eating heart-healthy meals and answers some of the most common questions she gets from patients.
Read more about starting a heart-healthy diet: https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/health-wellness/qa-are-there-good-and-bad-foods-in-a-heart-healthy-diet/2024/02
Additional resources for healthy eating:
Brain Food for Brain Health: https://youtu.be/qa7zGZmiLNk
“Life’s Simple 7” for Heart Health: https://youtu.be/zKLaF2SS1v0
Tips to Boost Your Immune System: https://youtu.be/SQTF60lp8Uo
Organic Food: Worth the Hype? (Podcast): https://youtu.be/m6bW5VObt1Y
How to Cook “Flavor-Bombed Tofu Tacos”: https://youtu.be/-4vcGeqbnKE
Good Food is Good Medicine blog: https://health.ucdavis.edu/blog/good-food
See the latest news from UC Davis Health: https://health.ucdavis.edu/newsroom
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0:00 What is a heart-healthy diet?
1:44 Daily recommended servings of fruits and vegetables
2:58 Heart-healthy sources of protein
4:35 The difference between good and bad fats
6:38 What are the best oils to use for cooking?
7:38 How to reduce sodium in your diet
11:07 Is a vegan or vegetarian diet essential for heart health?
12:07 Encouraging kids to eat heart-healthy meals
The information in this video was accurate as of the upload date, 2/21/24. For information purposes only. Consult your local medical authority for advice.
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Wait, she said frying? 🤦🏼♀️ that’s the WORST!
I’m a diabetic and when I eat bananas, it definitely spikes my blood sugar. So, for me, pineapple & bananas are off limits. The body converts natural sugar just like refined sugar. I’m not a doctor, I just let my blood sugar meter determine what’s good for me to eat.
Canola oil is healthy???
This woman is living proof that these folks are like religious fundamentalists. There is no good research to support any of the claims she is making. This isn’t science. The best thing you can do to protect your heart is stop listening to people who continue to make dietary claims that they can’t back up with numbers–show me the research for these claims and I will show you crap research. Basic biology 101 is all you need to know this woman’s recommendations are dangerous to your health.
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