National Eating Healthy Day is Wednesday, November 4

Nov 02, 2015

It's Easy to Eat Healthy!

Eating healthy can help reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke, and it may be easier than you think. You don’t have to give up all the foods you love. Just focus on making smart, healthy choices at home, work, restaurants and the grocery store.

Here are some great tips from the American Heart Association:

• Choose wisely, even with healthier foods. Ingredients and nutrient content can vary.
• Look for the AHA’s Heart-Check mark in the grocery store to easily identify foods that can be part of an overall healthy diet. Learn more at heartcheck.org.
• Compare nutrition information on package labels and select foods with the lowest amounts of sodium, added sugars, saturated and trans fat, and no partially hydrogenated oils.
• Watch your calorie intake. To maintain weight, consume only as many calories as you use up through physical activity. If you want to lose weight, consumer fewer calories or burn more.
• Eat reasonable portions. Often this is less than you are served.
• Prepare and eat healthy meals at home. You’ll have more control over ingredients and portion sizes.
• Eat a wide variety of foods to get all the nutrients your body needs.

Check out our Live Well Eat Well content for our recipe center, nutrition resources and more!