Quiz: Do You Know How to Eat Your Way to a Healthier Heart?

Whether you're ordering at a restaurant or combing through the fridge, your choices could be putting your heart at risk. But food isn't the enemy. In fact, a healthy diet can be one of the most effective weapons against heart disease. Take this short quiz to see how much you know about a heart-healthy diet.

1. Which of these foods can help lower your risk of heart attack?

a. Nuts
b. Fish
c. Soybeans
d. All of the above

2. Which of these steps is MOST likely to lower your cholesterol levels?

a. Choosing foods low in cholesterol
b. Choosing foods low in saturated fat
c. Choosing foods high in fiber
d. Choosing foods low in polyunsaturated fat

3. Monounsaturated fats, such as olive oil, can actually be good for your heart. True or false?

True
False

4. Scanning the list of ingredients on a box of low-fat cookies, you see "partially hydrogenated vegetable oil" near the top. What should you do?

a. Buy them -- they're healthier than most snacks
b. Put them back -- they could be bad for your heart
c. Keep reading -- other ingredients are much more important

5. One or two glasses of wine each day can be good for the heart. True or false?

True
False

6. How do fruits and vegetables help prevent heart disease?

a. By protecting arteries from injury
b. By lowering cholesterol levels
c. By lowering blood pressure
d. All of the above

Last updated Sep 25, 2009

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