Food plays an important part in our life. You may be eating plenty of food, but your body may not be getting the nutrients it needs to be healthy because you are eating the nutrient-poor foods. More than often, we make wrong choices of foods too. The author mentioned that a healthy diet is a diet that helps to maintain or improve overall health. He said that healthy eating means eating a variety of foods that give us the nutrients we need to maintain our health. We are encouraged to eat more fruits, vegetables, and food with whole grains and healthy protein which are good for our hearts and eat less food with added sugar, calories, and unhealthy fats.
Know more about healthy eating from this book, about the comprehensive information on nutrition, calorie, fat and cholesterol contents of various foods, and recipes that are good for your heart. The author also mentioned that heart-healthy eating, along with regular exercise or physical activity, can lower your risk of heart disease and stroke.