How well are you treating your heart? Do you think that you make heart-smart choices every time that you open the fridge or sit down at a restaurant table? In the quiz below, you'll be tasked with choosing the most heart-healthy option for each group of ingredients or meals. Give it a go, and find out how much your heart loves you back!
While both contain heart-healthy fats, half an avocado has fewer calories and less total bad fats than two spoonfuls of peanut butter. Avocados also boast more fiber and potassium than peanut butter.
Blue cheese on toast
Fried eggs on toast
Avocado toast
Peanut butter toast
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What's the best for your heart health?
Yogurt is great for your heart regardless of your preferred consistency, however Greek yogurt has the added bonus of containing almost twice as much protein as regular yogurt, as well as half the sugar.
Regular yogurt
Chocolate pudding
Greek yogurt
Strawberry shortcake
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What's the best for your heart health?
Both red and white wine have plenty of health benefits, such as an improvement in glucose regulation.
White Wine
They're both as good as the other
Red Wine
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What's the best for your heart health?
Choosing white meat over red meat is already a step in the right direction, however fish is even better than chicken due to the presence of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids.
Pork
Chicken
Fish
Beef
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What's the best for your heart health?
Both coffee and tea are miles healthier than sugar-sweetened drinks. However, while coffee-drinkers may decrease their chance of heart disease by around 20%, tea-drinkers may actually decrease it by up to 36%.
Tea
Coca Cola
Orange Soda
Coffee
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What's the best for your heart health?
The raw vegetables in a salad can often have more fiber than their stewed counterparts and typically contain less sodium.
What's the best for your heart health? (or least bad)
The heart-healthy angel on your shoulder is whispering to skip the lot, however if you really had to pick one, you should go for the French fries. This is because they contain 323 calories per 100 grams, while 100 grams of chips will set you back 532 calories... Don't even get us started on corn dogs and deep pan pizza!
If possible, you should always opt for meat that has been unprocessed, which is why hamburgers made with fresh ground beef are usually the best option.
Cheeseburgers
Hamburgers
Hot Dogs
Salami
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What's the best for your heart health?
Anything canned or pickled is usually going to be extremely salty, which is why fresh fruit will always be a healthier choice. However, strawberries are even better than bananas since they contain plenty of heart-loving polyphenols.
Canned Pineapple
Strawberries
Pickled Capers
Bananas
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What's the best for your heart health?
While both brown rice and quinoa are full of fiber and B vitamins. But quinoa is higher in protein, iron and magnesium.
Spaghetti
Brown rice
Quinoa
White rice
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What's the best for your heart health?
Due to their high salt content, beef jerky and cottage cheese aren't too great for your heart. On the other hand, both kale and spinach are great for you, but spinach has the added bonus of being almost twice as nutrient-dense as kale.
A 2017 Danish study found that people who eat a small amount of chocolate daily were at a reduced risk of developing atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeat), no matter what type of chocolate they eat.
They're both as good as each other
Dark chocolate
Milk chocolate
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