Post-Heart Attack Eating

Glad you're ok! That's so scary!

Studies have recently come out showing the Mediterranean diet is one of the best for heart disease. It's also effective against diabetes and depression.

It's the most satisfying for eating healthy and still getting lots of yummy food.

Info on Mediterranean diet.

Crackin

Drink Red Wine. Its good for your heart

Thanks. It was a frightening and painful ordeal.

I'm a big fan of garlic, onions, mushrooms, green onions, and lots of others in food. I used to be better with dried herbs, but have sort of lost my touch, and I'm not very creative in blending the flavors mentally before I try it.

The Med diet looks great. I used to enjoy a red Beaujolais (sp?) back in the day, but I think most people drink a Chianti with dinner, right?

A BIG irksome thing for me is not having chips and salsa to eat with the football game. Too much sodium and whatnot in the salsa AND chips. There are several different ways of making salsa on this board, so I'll have to try them and how to make a low sodium, blah, blah, blah, guacamole. Once I find some no-sodium chips I'll be all set.

Look at the different Mrs. Dash flavors. I have a friend who has to cut fats and salt. I roasted pecans for him and used one of the Mrs. Dash flavors. He loved it.

I use it in potato soup that I make for him, as well. I've started using it a little myself, but I do add a wee bit of salt.

I use fat free 1/2 and 1/2 for cream soups and don't add any salt. Not salt free, but it's not too bad, if you don't use a ton of it.

He's made mustard greens with Mrs. Dash only and served them to me. They were darn good. I was shocked.

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How bad did it hurt?

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On a scale of 1 to 10 it was about an 8. Varied a little, and morphine and nitro sprays didn't help at all. You could tell it wasn't indigestion, though it was in the same place you would feel heartburn. It just started out of the blue when I got to work. The put a stent in and ballooned the other side. Had a 100% blockage on the left side somewhere and 99% on the other.

All I could think of was no smoking, no more gumbo, no more jambalaya, no full-blooded ice cream, no smoking, no fast foods, no cheap-n-fast eats, no Popeye's, no tasso or pickled pork, no smoking...but since then I've seen SOME good stuff, but not much. I cook a lot with olive oil (when I cook) and I was told that even though it was one of the good oils I still had to cut back on it.

Mrs Dash. It's been years since I've heard that. Will grab some ASAP.

And didn't know how to make my own chips...will try the corn tortilla route if there isn't too much sodium.

And will grab a red wine, too, ASAP.

You know, this is almost exciting because I'm going to be learning new cooking techniques and stuff.

Keep the suggestions coming! Thanks everyone!

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papa d

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Wassup papa D??

Just finished my oatmeal with dried cranberries added in...tasty!

And I will NOT give up Coca-Cola products!!

Had my heart attack almost 6 years ago - got used to the bland foods, but after completing rehab was able to eat an occasional tastey meal in moderation.

Good luck - do go through coronary rehab if that's available for you.

Congrats on making it. Smoked chicken breasts, smoked pork loin, various baked fish and green veggies over rice cooked in chicken broth. It ain't all bad----can't help with the tobacco but it gets better. Stopping beats the alternative. Good luck!