Foods Your Heart Will Love
Here are 20 foods with the attributes doctors say are best for preventing heart disease. The reason these foods make the grade? Each one has no cholesterol and is:
Note: Beta-carotene is usually expressed on food charts in units of vitamin A, the form it and other carotenoids takes after being digested. The beta-carotene values given below have been calculated from the Vitamin A values for the foods.
|
Food |
Serving Size |
Fiber (g) |
Fat (g) |
Vitamin A (IU) |
Vitamin C (mg) |
Vitamin E (mg) |
|
Apple |
1 med |
3 |
.5 |
|
8 |
.8 |
|
Apricots |
3 med |
2 |
.4 |
921 |
111 |
|
|
Black Currants |
1 cup |
4.4 |
.5 |
|
203 |
1.1 |
|
Blackberries |
1 cup |
7.2 |
.6 |
|
31 |
.9 |
|
Broccoli |
1/2 cup, cooked |
2 |
.3 |
361 |
58 |
|
|
Brussel sprouts |
1/2 cup, boiled |
3.4 |
.4 |
187 |
48 |
|
|
Butternut Squash |
1/2 cup baked |
2.9 |
.1 |
2,377 |
15 |
|
|
Cantaloupe |
1 cup cubed |
1.3 |
.5 |
1,715 |
67 |
|
|
Carrots |
1 |
2.3 |
.1 |
6,744 |
7 |
|
|
Chick-peas |
1/2 cup |
7 |
1.4 |
|
5 |
|
|
Grapefruit |
1/2 fruit |
.7 |
.1 |
|
47 |
|
|
Green peas |
1/2 cup, boiled |
2.4 |
.2 |
|
11 |
|
|
Papaya |
1/2 fruit |
2.6 |
.2 |
|
94 |
|
|
Passionfruit |
5 med |
1.7 |
.7 |
233 |
30 |
|
|
Raspberries |
1 cup |
6 |
.7 |
|
31 |
|
|
Red bell pepper |
1/2 cup chopped |
.8 |
.1 |
949 |
95 |
|
|
Spinach |
1/2 cup boiled |
2 |
.2 |
2,454 |
9 |
|
|
Strawberries |
1 cup |
3.9 |
.6 |
|
84 |
|
|
Sweet Potato |
1 |
3.4 |
.1 |
8,285 |
28 |
|
|
Wheat germ |
1/4 cup |
3.7 |
3 |
|
|
4 |
Information obtained from