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introduction

What’s good for your heart is great for your taste buds! The recipes in this
cookbook show that you don’t have to lose flavor to eat nutritious foods.
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Keep the Beat Recipes: Deliciously Healthy Dinners contains 75 heart healthy
recipes. More than two-thirds of these recipes were created for the National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) by a Culinary Institute of America-
trained chef and a James Beard Foundation award-winning registered dietitian.
The remaining recipes come from popular NHLBI cookbooks—Keep the Beat
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Heart Healthy Recipes from the NHLBI, Heart Healthy Home Cooking African
American Style, and Delicious Heart Healthy Latino Recipes.

Keep the Beat Recipes: Deliciously Healthy Dinners is part of a planned series
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of new “Keep the Beat ” cookbooks from the NHLBI.
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eating for health

Staying healthy can be a challenge, but lifestyle changes like eating healthfully
and being physically active can help lower your risk for heart disease and other
conditions.
One way to eat a healthy diet is to choose a variety of foods. Variety matters
because no food has all the nutrients that your heart and the rest of your body
need. A healthy eating plan is one that:
• Emphasizes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free or low-fat milk
and milk products
• Includes lean meats, poultry, fish, beans, eggs, and nuts

• Is low in saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, sodium, and added sugars

Also, think about what you drink—choose nonalcoholic, low/no-calorie options
such as water, skim milk, iced tea, club soda, diet soda, and sparkling beverages
as a substitute for regular, sweetened beverages.

When it comes to eating healthfully, portion size also matters. The recipes in this
cookbook are designed to give you a satisfying portion, while helping you stay
within your calorie limits.

viii deliciously healthy dinners