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Measures to be Considered for Compliance with Heart Healthy Diet Recommendation-2

Patient was educated on measures to be considered for compliance with heart healthy diet recommendation as follows: Choose soups made of lean meat and fresh vegetables. Try using low fat alternatives versus heavy cream, while making soups. Prepare all your soups a day ahead before consumption. Refrigerating them overnight and removing any extra fat that floats to the top the following morning, can help reduce consumption of unhealthy fats. Significant portion of our daily salt/sodium [...]

Measures to be Considered for Compliance with Heart Healthy Diet Recommendation-1

Patient was educated on measures to be considered for compliance with heart healthy diet recommendation as follows: Pay close attention to food labels. Focus upon choosing foods low in saturated fat, trans fats, and LDL cholesterol. Look for food items with the label rich in unsaturated fat and HDL cholesterol. Also, look for food items with the label reduced salt or no added salt. Dairy products, such as, buttermilk, cottage cheese, and processed cheese are [...]

Guidelines for Heart Healthy Diet-2

Patient was educated on guidelines for heart healthy diet as follows: Heart healthy diet aims to cut down consumption of food sources high in sodium content. This diet also aims at making choices for low sodium alternatives on the foods we consume and preparation products we use for cooking. When buying food products, always read the nutrition labels to note for the sodium content in each serving of the food item. As a benchmark, foods [...]

Nurse Teaching on Guidelines for Heart Healthy Diet-1

Patient was educated on guidelines for heart healthy diet as follows: Heart healthy diet essentially deals with observing strict moderation with intake of all the dietary sources at risk to enhance the blood pressure and worsen the heart function, such as, sodium/salt and cholesterol/fats. Heart healthy diet plan deals with promotion of intake of all the dietary sources that potentially are known to improve blood pressure control and promote better cardiac function, such as, low [...]

Indications for Heart Healthy Diet-2

Patient was educated on indications for heart healthy diet as follows: Atherosclerosis: Individuals with abnormally high blood lipid levels can present with fatty deposits in the blood vessels, which can contribute to increased risk for atherosclerosis & hypertension. The fatty deposits in the blood vessels can also obstruct free flow of blood along the blood vessels, which can compromise delivery of nutrients and oxygen to the vital organs. Heart healthy diet recommendation with reduced intake [...]