Healthy Living

Welcome to our new section on HEALTHY LIVING. All the information is Canadian, current and has been developed and approved by Heart and Stroke Foundation medical experts. Please scroll down the page and click on the topic of your choice.

 Lobbying against trans fats 

Healthy Eating

• Basic principles
• Cooking
• Eating out
• Fats, oils, dietary cholesterol
• Fibre, whole grains, carbohydrates
• Salt
• Snacking
• Vegetables and fruit
• Vegetarian diet

Physical Activity

• Basic principles
• Adult needs
• Children's and youth's needs
• Heart Walk Work Out
• Seniors' needs
• Tips to get active
• Types and amounts

Recipes

• Appetizers and snacks
• Breakfasts
• Desserts & baked goods
• Kid-friendly meals
• Main course: fish & seafood
• Main course: meat
• Main course: poultry
• Main course: vegetarian
• Salads
• Soups
• Heart&Stroke cookbooks  

Healthy Living Features

• Healthline articles
• Nutrition columns
• Gardening columns

Healthy Weight

• Basic principles
• Assess your weight
• Achieve and maintain a healthy weight
  

Heart and Stroke Position Statements

• Hormone replacement therapy
• Low carb diets
• Obesity
• Public Access to Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs)
• Schools and Nutrition
• Schools and Physical Activity
• The Built Environment
• Tobacco
• Trans fatty acids

• The Heart&Stroke food and restaurant information program
• Shopping and Nutrition Facts Table

He@lthline

• Free Heart&Stroke e-newsletter
• Free Heart&Stroke e-newsletter for parents

Family Health

• Eating together
• Healthy weight in children and youth
• Physical activity needs of children and youth
• Kid-friendly meals
• Your kids and tobacco

Other Resources

• Blood Pressure Action Plan
• Eat well. Live longer. Simple steps to making healthy choices 
• Get Active for Life
• Healthy Habits, Healthy Weights
• Heart-healthy eating guide for your family 
• Webcast - 30 tips to eating smarter everywhere 
• Your health, your weight: simple steps to making healthy choices