For Good Heart Health Eat a Variety of Foods To obtain the nutrients and other substances needed for good health, vary the foods you eat.
Foods contain combinations of nutrients and other healthful substances.
No single food can supply all nutrients in the amounts you need. To make sure you get all of the nutrients and other substances needed for health, choose the recommended number of daily servings from each of the five major food groups displayed in the Food Guide Pyramid . Our Mended Heart Members Wiley Embry has long carried the torch in the battle against heart disease. In 1996, he carried the Olympic torch as it made its way to Atlanta for the Centennial Olympic Games. He is alive thanks to a donated heart, which is why he helps others cope with heart disease through his work with Mended Hearts and the American Heart Association.