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Heart Happy Foods

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California walnuts are lightly roasted, pressed, and filtered to produce a rich, nutty flavor and velvety texture that will shine through in your salad dressings. Read More >

Heart Happy Foods

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Fats in your diet

HDL - (Good) Cholesterol

LDL - (Bad) Cholesterol

Monounsaurated	Polyunsaturated	Saturated	Hydrogenated - “Trans-Fat”
Very healthy	Not quite so healthy	Pretty unhealthy	Very unhealthy
Effect on Blood Cholesterol
Great!	Not quite so great!	Not at all great!	Awful!
Lowers LDL	Lowers LDL	Raises LDL	Raises LDL
Raises HDL	Lowers HDL	Raises HDL	Lowers HDL
Foods
Almonds, peanuts, pecans	Fatty fish (tuna, salmon, trout)	Meat, poultry, dairy	Most pre-packaged
Prepared Foods
Peanut Butter, Almond Butter, Oils: Olive, Canola, Peanut, Breakfast Cereals, Avocados	Seafood, Walnuts, Flaxseeds, Oils: Safflower, Sunflower, Canola	Coconut, Palm Oils, Oils: Coconut, Palm	Frozen Foods, Dry Mixes, Many Snack Foods, Crackers, Cookies, Cakes, Fried Fast Food, Chips
Acceptable % Daily Calories
10-15%	10%	7-10% max	0%