Healthier, Faster Grocery Shopping (NAPSA)—Anapple a day may keep the doctor away, but so can other fruits and vegetables, whole grains and certain antioxidants. So which foods should you add to your shopping list? Doctors say answering that question could be key to protecting your heart health. Heart disease is the number one killer in the U.S., with up to 2,500 Americans dying from the condition each day. Doctors say people can control their risk of heart disease by exercising regu- larly, getting regular checkups and eating a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol. That’s where the right shoppinglist comes in. To help people select hearthealthy groceries, the American Heart Association now has an online grocery list builder. The free, innovative tool helps people save time by making it easier for them to select products certified to be low in saturated fat and choles- terol and conveniently identified by A new online grocery list builder can help people shop for hearthealthy foods. Deli meats Desserts Frozen foods Fruits and vegetables Meat and poultry Pasta, sauces and grains Seafood Snacks A separate category, called “My Items,” allows you to add other household items, such as spices or the American Heart Association’s red-and-white heart-check mark. bottled water, to yourlist. tool at heartcheckmark.org. Once barded with information,” said Penny Kris-Etherton, R.D., Ph.D., You can access the easy-to-use there, click on “Create your list today,” then browse through the more than 850 products and click “Add to list.” A box called “Your Grocery List” shows yourlist of foods. When youre done, just print the list and take it with you when you go shopping. You can select items by product manufactureror these categories: Beverages Breads Breakfast foods Canned soup e Dairy case “With all the messages in grocery stores, consumers are bom- professor of nutrition at Pennsylvania State University. “The simple heart-check mark from the American Heart Association makes it easy for them to cut through the clutter and reliably find the nutritious foods they’re lookingfor.” The online tool, she added, makes healthy shopping evenfaster. For more information about the American Heart Association’s Food Certification Program and the heart-check mark, visit heartcheckmark.org. Note to Editors: Although this story is evergreen and may be used at any time, it may be especially appropriate during March, which is nutrition month.
