one of the ways to keep your heart healthy is via good nutrition we give you a list of foods that are especially good for your heart and eating more of these along with an active lifestyle will ensure that you are taking good care of your tickerheart healthy food fatty fish such as mackerel salmon trout tuna contain omega 3 fatty acids such as dha that reduce overall inflammation tendency of the body including blood vessels thereby reducing triglycerides blood pressure reduced blood clotting and better immunity a study published by the journal of cardiovascular pharmacology 2009 states that it is useful for patients with known coronary disease to consume omega 3 fatty acid supplements 1 gramday or 12 meals week of fatty fish as a preventive actionheart healthy recipescod with orangesingredients 4 oranges four thick pieces cod fillet fish 2 thinly sliced red onion you can also use regular onion if you are unable to find red onionmethod cut and peel two of the oranges and collect the juice of both the oranges in a cup separately now take the rest of the two oranges and dice them into small square pieces take the four pieces of cod fillet fishes and slightly saut them in a pan with two tablespoons of olive oil over mediumhigh heat season it with salt and pepper and cook it for 5 to 8 minutes now place it on a platter and garnishheart healthy recipesflaxseed crusted salmon tofu serves 34 4 salmon fillets 4 small slabs of tofu cup ground flaxseed cup whole wheat bread crumbs 1 tbsp dried herbs parsley basil oregano tsp salt and 1 tsp freshly ground black pepperdirections preheat oven to 200c cover a baking sheet with foil mix the ground flaxseed salt pepper and breadcrumbs with herbs in a dish place the fillets tofu on this coat all sides evenly pressing gently place the crusted fillets on baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes or until you can flake the fish with a fork in case of tofu bake for 78 minutes serve with a salad very rich in omega 3 from salmon and flaxseedheart healthy recipesgrilled mackerelingredients olive oil salt to taste 1 lemon zest juice 2 fresh mackerel 600 gms potatoes 1 tsp wholegrain mustard 1 tbsp white wine vinegar 1 red onion finely sliced 1 fennel bulb finely sliced 1 cup parsley roughly chopped and freshly ground black pepper to tastemethod preheat your grill to a mediumhigh heat clean the mackerel and get rid of all the rib bonessqueeze a few drops of lemon juice and a sprinkling of zest over mackerel well and sprinkle them with olive oil now place the mackerel skin side up for at least five minutes make sure to turn its side when you are half way through the grilling process for salad boil the potatoes and cut them in half place the potato