Diet and Precarsions

Dear Doctor, I'm a heart patent. I'm 42 years old. Height 5 feet 4 inches.  I have 2 Blocks in both sides of my heart. My doctor perform angioplasty and install 4 stents in both sides of the heart. Now I'm cure and my health sounds good. I need which type of food i have to take? What should I do? What should Not? You did a great job through this Site. Thank you very much.
With Regards,
K Usha Rani.

[Renee Radenberg]

A Heart Healthy diet would be the best type of diet to help with Heart disease, and to stay healthy overall. A Heart Healthy diet means a moderate fat diet to lower the fat content of your foods and increase ‘good’ fats to benefit your body. Moderate fat diet means = use polyunsaturated (omega 3, corn oil, nuts, etc) fats and monounsaturated (olive oil, canola oil, peanut oil, etc) fats, no saturated fats (high fat snack foods, butter, fat spreads) and no trans fats. Eat low fat meats (chicken, fish, loin of pork) or non-meat sources (soy products, nuts), low fat vegetarian combinations (rice & beans, pasta & beans, low fat cheese & pasta), low fat dairy and substitute dairy products (skim milk, 1% milk, low fat yogurt/cheeses, low fat soy milk/soy yogurt), use plant oils, non trans-fat margarines, and eat a lot of fruits and vegetables. Eat daily high fiber breads and cereals (oatmeal). You need about 1800-2000 calories per day (lower end of portion sizes). Portion sizes are important and daily balanced diet of proteins, carbohydrates and fat. That equals to approximately 2-3 servings of protein sources (6-7oz.-total), 3 servings of dairy (16 oz.-total), 3 fruits, 3 vegetables (1/2 cup each serving), and 6-7 servings of grain (1 slice of bread or 1/2 cup of cereal each). Walking is also the best form of exercise and you can simply do that by increase walking to 1/2 hour a day. That 1/2-hour can be broken up through the day, 10 minutes here and 20 minutes there. Hope this helped to give you some ideas.