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Nutrition Resources for Patients
Resources to help people follow a heart healthy eating pattern in their daily lives.
Poor diet is the leading risk factor for heart disease. There is a widespread misunderstanding that most Australians follow a healthy diet, when in reality most of them are not meeting the Australian Dietary Guidelines.
The resources below encourage and make it easy for patients to include the Heart Foundation’s heart healthy eating tips in their daily routine.
Resources for patients
Eating well to protect your heart (2020)
This resource outlines what a healthy eating pattern looks like. It also includes tips for healthier food choices and ways to prepare healthy meal
This resources is a a visual guide to how to eat well for a healthy heart, including how to put together a healthy plate.
Recipes
The Heart Foundation has a long history with providing consumers with heart healthy recipes, they are a practical translational tool, ensuring it is easy to put our heart healthy eating pattern into every-day use. Many of our recipes also come with recipe videos, or tips tricks and substitutions to ensure healthy eating is made easy.
Discover recipes hereRecipe booklets
These recipe booklets help patients to plan heart healthy meals. There are separate booklets for the different seasons. They also cover a wide range of ingredients and different types of foods.
Recipe booklets hereFor more information on healthy eating patterns, visit our Healthy Eating Patterns page.
MyMarathon
MyMarathon
MyMarathon
The fundraising race where you set the pace. Run, jog or walk MyMarathon at your own pace during October....
Heart Health Check Toolkit
Heart Health Check Toolkit
Research Directory
Research Directory
Roast chicken with onion, cherry tomato and pine nut stuffing
Roast chicken with onion, cherry tomato and pine nut stuffing
Fruit, vegetables and heart health
Fruit, vegetables and heart health
Fruit, vegetables and heart health
How to boost your fruit and vegetable intake to help protect your heart. ...
Strawberry fields oats
Strawberry fields oats
Strawberry fields oats
Medical tests for heart disease
Medical tests for heart disease
Medical tests for heart disease
Learn about the common tests your doctor may want you to have to diagnose your heart condition....
Key Statistics: Cardiovascular Disease
Key Statistics: Cardiovascular Disease
Statistics and information on Cardiovascular disease in Australia. ...
Key healthy eating messages for heart attack recovery
Key healthy eating messages for heart attack recovery
Key healthy eating messages for heart attack recovery
Eating healthy foods can help you recover and reduce your risk of more heart problems. ...
Beef recipes
Beef recipes
Beef recipes
Find heart healthy beef recipes....
Mental health and heart disease
Mental health and heart disease
Mental health and heart disease
Having a mental health condition can have a negative impact on your heart health and increase your risk of heart disease....
Baking recipes
Baking recipes
Baking recipes
Find heart healthy baking recipes ...
Create your fundraiser at Do it for Heart
Create your fundraiser at Do it for Heart
Create your fundraiser at Do it for Heart
Become a Heart Foundation fundraiser, do it for heart and make a real difference to your community....
Smoking and tobacco regulation
Smoking and tobacco regulation
There are still more than 20,000 deaths caused by smoking every year....
Exercises to do at home
Exercises to do at home
Exercises to do at home
All you need to know about keeping active during COVID-19....
Keeping your heart healthy
Keeping your heart healthy
Keeping your heart healthy
Keeping your heart healthy is something you can work on every day. ...
Are you at risk of heart disease?
Are you at risk of heart disease?
Are you at risk of heart disease?
There is no single cause for any one heart condition, but there are risk factors that increase your chance of developing one. ...
What is coronary heart disease?
What is coronary heart disease?
What is coronary heart disease?
Coronary heart disease (CHD) or coronary artery disease occurs when a coronary artery clogs and narrows because of a buildup of plaque....
Key Statistics: Heart attack
Key Statistics: Heart attack
Statistics and information on heart attack in Australia...
Vegetarian lasagne
Vegetarian lasagne
Vegetarian lasagne
Reading food labels
Reading food labels
Reading food labels
Nutrition information panels and ingredients lists are a good way of comparing similar foods so you can choose the healthiest option....
More Australians die of Heart Disease than any other cause.
More Australians die of Heart Disease than any other cause.
More Australians die of Heart Disease than any other cause.
And the heartache lasts a lifetime. But you can help the Heart Foundation fund life-saving research to keep more families together....
The Heart Foundation Community
The Heart Foundation Community
The Heart Foundation Community
We need your opinion, experience and skills to help us improve the heart health of all Australians. ...
WEBINAR | Heart Health Checks: the critical role of the practice nurse
WEBINAR | Heart Health Checks: the critical role of the practice nurse
WEBINAR | Heart Health Checks: the critical role of the practice nurse
This webinar discusses the role of practice nurses in conducting heart health checks...
Cardiac Rehabilitation for Health Professionals - Patient Resources
Cardiac Rehabilitation for Health Professionals - Patient Resources
Action Plans
Action Plans
Action Plans
Recovery is a long journey, so having a plan makes a huge difference. Using an action plan gives you a step-by-step guide to improving your lifestyle....
Lamb recipes
Lamb recipes
Lamb recipes
Find heart healthy lamb recipes....
Aboriginal heart health
Aboriginal heart health
Aboriginal heart health
Visit the St Vincents Hospital NSW and Heart Foundation Aboriginal heart health website for more information...
Breakfast tacos
Breakfast tacos
Breakfast tacos
Clinical resources: Coronary heart disease and mental health
Clinical resources: Coronary heart disease and mental health
The prevalence of depression is high in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD)....