Heart Healthy Substitutions

Eating meals that are heart healthy sounds boring and bland, but in reality, this can be quite the opposite! A few substitution tips to heart healthy include including adding more fresh produce, skipping the salt, cutting back on sugar, and cooking with whole grains.

Here is a recipe for a Heart Healthy Blueberry Smoothie (Heart Healthy Blueberry Smoothie Recipe | Allrecipes):

Ingredients:
1 cup blueberries
¾ cup pomegranate juice
½ cup low-fat plain Greek-style yogurt
½ cup skim milk
½ cup rolled oats
¼ cup granular sucralose sweetener (such as Splenda)
2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions:
Bleed all ingredients together in a blender until smooth (about 2 minutes).

To find more suggestions for heart healthy eating tips, check out the Winter 2021 edition of the Healthy You magazine, starting on page 12. You can access this magazine on the HU Portal under Personnel > Benefits > Wellness Handouts or by going to the home page of umr.com. On the right side of the page, click on the Healthy You Magazine tile. You do not need to be enrolled in the HU Health Plan to access this informational magazine. Healthy reading.