Heart-healthy, low-fat dietA heart-healthy, low-fat diet is my idea of ​​the best nutritional diet, especially because the Heart disease is the number one killer of people in the United States. Cardiovascular diseases are very common in my family. I lost both grandparents, paternal and maternal, due to heart disease. My father has a serious heart disease and my mother and brother are both hypertensive and need treatment; so I know I am particularly vulnerable to this disease. For many years I ate whatever I wanted without regard to the nutritional value of the junk I put in my mouth. About six years ago, at age 44, I found myself feeling tired all the time. I had no energy and couldn't even walk around the mall without getting out of breath. I also started having a lot of aches and pains. Even though my blood pressure was in the normal range, my cholesterol levels were not. I am only five feet tall and weighed 148 pounds at the time. I felt like I was carrying around a ton of bricks. I decided to make a change and started making good, healthy decisions about what I was putting in my mouth. I gave up fried foods, overly processed foods (especially those containing trans fats), high-sugar foods and liquids, and paid particular attention to my sodium intake. I started reading food nutrition facts on everything that had one. Some might say I've become a sucker for food labels, but I think it's crucial to understand what you're putting in your mouth. Actually, it didn't take long, I memorized the nutritional values ​​of many of the food products I buy regularly. Of course, if I'm interested in a new product, I still read the nutrition facts for that product. I stick to the oven...... middle of paper......data.self.com/foods-000998000000000000000.htmlhttp://nutritiondate.self.com/tools/calories-burnedhttp://www. sparkpeople .com/resource/main.asphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthy_dietNutrition information labels on Kellogg's All-Bran cereal, Yoplait yogurt, flaxseed oat bran, and whole-wheat pita bread and fat-free milk Barber's Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology Third Edition by Eldra Pearl Solomon (page 255) Works Cited http://nutritiondata.self.com/foods-000998000000000000000.html http://nutritiondata.self.com/ tools/calories-burned http://www.sparkpeople.com /resource/main.asphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthy_diet Nutrition information labels on Kellogg's All-Bran cereal, Yoplait yogurt, flax oats and on wholemeal pita bread and on fat-free milk Barber's Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology Third Edition by Eldra Pearl Solomon (page.255)