Health Tip: What's a Heart-Healthy...

Health Tip: What's a Heart-Healthy Diet?

(HealthDay News) -- A heart-healthy diet focuses on plenty of healthy, high-fiber foods while avoiding foods that are high in fat, salt, sugar and cholesterol.

The womenshealth.gov website offers these specifics:

• Eat plenty of fruits, vegetables and whole-grain foods.

• Eat fat-free or low-fat cheese, milk and yogurt.

• Choose lean proteins, such as eggs, nuts, dried beans, lean meats and poultry without skin.

• Choose healthier unsaturated fats, such as those found in nuts, fish and vegetable oils.

• Avoid saturated and trans fats, found in fried and processed foods, fatty meats and baked goods.

• Limit foods high in cholesterol, sodium and sugar.