NHLBI Cookbooks and National Nutrition Month®

March is National Nutrition Month® which focuses attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating habits. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has several cookbooks you can use now and throughout the year that are good for your heart and taste buds.

These recipes help you cook with less saturated f*at, cholesterol, total f*at, and sodium, and have fewer calories per serving than those with higher f*at. Each recipe gives the calories per serving plus levels of key heart related nutrients.

	Keep the Beat: Heart Healthy Recipes from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute You don't have to lose flavor to "keep the beat." Enjoy more than 100 heart healthy, taste-tested recipes sure to please. In addition, the whys and hows of heart healthy eating are covered in a 24-page introductory section, including how to keep the "heart" in old family favorites, fast facts on fiber, f*at, and salt, and the importance of balancing calorie intake with calories used in physical activity. Order item #2921. ONLY $4.00 each.
Delicious Heart Healthy Latino Recipes Learn to cook some of your favorite traditional Latino dishes in a heart healthy way. This bilingual cookbook contains 23 tested recipes that cut down on f*at, especially saturated f*at, cholesterol, and sodium but not on taste. These delicious recipes are destined to become family favorites. Order item #4049. ONLY $3.00 each.
	Heart Healthy Home Cooking African American Style Get this great resource for community members or patients, with favorite African American dishes that are prepared in ways to protect against heart disease and stroke. Includes 20 tested recipes such as spicy southern barbecued chicken and sweet potato pie. Order item #3792. ONLY $3.00 each.

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