Cardiac Diet
The cardiac diet emphasizes food such as vegetables, whole grains, and oily fish. These foods are beneficial for heart health. The diet limits processed food that is high in sugar and salt and these increase the risk of heart disease.
A cardiac diet is a heart-healthy diet that focuses on reducing sodium, fat, and cholesterol intake. The diet concentrates on reducing foods containing saturated fats and trans fat and substituting them with mono and polyunsaturated fats. It advocates increase intake of complex carbs, soluble fibre and omega 3 fatty acids. Eating certain foods can increase your heart disease risk. Once you know which foods to eat more of and which foods to limit you will be on your way towards a heart-healthy diet.