What you eat and how you prepare it can help reduce your risk of stroke and heart disease. The right diet can help control your cholesterol levels and blood pressure and can help you feel better and have more energy.
Our suggestions will help you prepare tasty dishes without overdoing the salt, sodium, cholesterol and saturated fat.
If you have diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, your doctor may have special recommendations.
- Tips for Eating Out
- Healthy Cookbooks from the American Heart Association
- More Diet and Nutrition Resources
To find out where you stand with Life's Simple 7®, take the My Life Check® Assessment. In just a few minutes, you can get your own personal health score and life plan to help you reduce your risk of stroke.
Our fact sheets on stroke treatments, prevention, warning signs and recovering provide helpful information. Print them out and fill in questions to ask your doctor.