Patient/caregiver was educated on measures to be considered for compliance with heart healthy diet as follows: While picking meat, choose to have your meat cooked fresh versus processed/cured/smoked/cold cut deli. Strictly avoid all processed/cured/smoked/cold cut deli meats such as, hot dogs, sausages, ham, corned beef, bologna, salami, bratwurst, blood sausages, jerky meats, smoked fish, caviar, and liverwurst, as loads of salt are added to them during the processing and curing. Even while choosing to eat [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on measures to be considered for compliance with heart healthy diet as follows: Herbs such as, parsley, mint, basil, rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, cilantro, curry leaves, lemongrass, oregano, dried fenugreek leaves, and sage could also add flavor to the food and contribute to reducing craving for salt and unhealthy extra fats. Prefer having your vegetables, plain & fresh, baked or boiled versus fried, without any heavy cream added. Avoid or observe moderation [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on measures to be considered for compliance with heart healthy diet as follows: While picking cooking oil, choose from healthier vegetable oils such as, avocado oil, olive oil, peanut oil, sunflower oil, canola oil, safflower oil and soybean oil for cooking against butter, lard, coconut oil, coconut milk, palm oil, margarine, and cocoa butter, which are rich in unhealthier saturated fats. Avoid consumption of deep-fried foods and snacks such as, egg rolls, [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on measures to be considered for compliance with heart healthy diet as follows: Many sauces and salad dressings contain a lot of flavor additives that are rich in sodium. Among condiments, avoid or observe strict moderation with products very high in salt content, such as, soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, and ketchup. You can rely more on lemon juice, vinegar, or vinaigrette for dressing and flavoring, which can reduce the need for adding [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on measures to be considered for compliance with heart healthy diet as follows: Salt is also heavily added in snack items, such as, chips, cheese popcorn, crackers, nuts, trail mixes, pretzels, and granola bars, to enhance the flavor. Avoid these high salt content snacks and make choices for healthier & low sodium content snacks, such as, some fresh fruit, roasted nuts without added salt, air-popped popcorn, a cup of yogurt, fresh raw [...]