Try these herbs and spices to season your food instead of salt. This resource lists herbs and spices with suggested food pairings.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Read this booklet for tips to improve heart health, including knowing your risk, being physically active, controlling blood pressure, and maintaining a healthy weight.
Browse handouts and recipes for the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diet. Topics include getting more potassium, staying on track, and meal tracking for different calorie levels.
Wondering how your kids can help in the kitchen? Here are ideas for younger and older children!
Read how to perform common food prep techniques, including zesting lemons and wrapping eggrolls.
This website features more than 100 recipes from around the world created for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health. Download cookbooks, get cooking tips and check out healthy eating video clips.
Browse through a variety of healthy Latino, African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Vietnamese, and Filipino Community recipes.
Find 23 traditional and tasty Latino recipes with reduced fat, cholesterol, and sodium in this bilingual cookbook. PDF | 2.66 MB
What do your numbers mean? Learn about cholesterol and its health effects, plus ways to improve your cholesterol levels.
This cookbook shows how to prepare and enjoy tasty recipes that are good for your heart and your health. PDF | 8.11 MB
These recipes offer a healthier version of traditional Filipino dishes.
Learn about overweight and obesity, including causes, treatment, prevention, and more.
Learn the basics about blood pressure and how to know if yours is in a healthy range.
Details a sample walking program designed to increase cardiovascular health and lower blood pressure.
Healthy recipes for you and your family. Happy cooking!
Choosing and preparing foods that are lower in salt and sodium may help prevent or lower high blood pressure. Find a list of foods to choose more often and less often.
Follow this heart healthy eating plan to lower your cholesterol.
Raise awareness about heart disease in women - the risks, the causes, and the ways women can keep their hearts healthy.
Discover the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) eating plan to gain better control of high blood pressure. See a week's worth of sample menus and recipes, which feature plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and other foods that are heart healthy and lower in salt/sodium.
Read about the difference between servings and portions, and find out how much portion sizes have grown over the past 20 years.
Browse through heart healthy dinners, family meals, Latino recipes, and more!
From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), find tips for reducing dietary sodium and salt.
See how you can choose and prepare foods that are lower in sodium.
Learn how to reduce your chances of having a heart attack or stroke by reducing your sodium intake. Includes healthy food choices, cooking ideas, information on shopping and reading food labels.
Find favorite African American recipes, including mac and cheese, okra, jambalaya, and barbecue chicken, prepared using heart healthy food substitutions.