Lately , more and more people are diagnosed with heart diseases ; some of them are not so serious and what it is even more curious is that the prevention is quite at hand for everyone .  The doctors recommend a specific lifestyle that can help us stay protected by all this kind of affections . One of the most important things is your eating plan . What you eat , influences your hole body but especially some substances are direct linked with your heart and  your heart health depends on them .



If you want to have a healthy heart , you should consider the advices given by doctors . First of all , 8% or even 10% of the total calories a person eats per day must be from saturated fats , less than 30% must come from the fat you eat each day . You should also keep the intake of dietary cholesterol at 300 milligrams and you have to limit your sodium intake at 2400 milligrams per day . Another important issue is the number of total calories that you eat each day : you should eat enough calories to maintain your weight and to reduce your cholesterol level .

One of the most recommended aliments is chicken because it provides you with a lot of good proteins and also it contains less fat than the rest of the red meat . There are a lot of healthy heart chicken recipes that you can try . One recipe of this kind is : Chicken and Garbanzo Bean Soup . For this , you need the following ingredients : 2 cups of sliced carrots , 1 cup of garbanzo beans , 1 onion , 1 boneless chicken breast , 1 spoon of fresh marjoram and one of dried marjoram , black pepper , 1 can reduced – sodium chicken broth , 2 cups water and 1 cup fresh spinach or escarole . In a pan , combine the  carrots , beans ,fennel , onion  and chicken pieces . After add the dried marjoram , pepper and the water . Cook the soup for 3 hours . Then remove the chicken and slice it into bite-size pieces and put it back into the soup. In the end add the spinach and fresh marjoram .



Another good example is Chicken Breasts with Mushroom Cream Sauce . The ingredients are : 2 boneless and skinless chicken breasts , fresh pepper , ¼ teaspoon salt , canola oil , 1 shallot , 1 cup sliced mushroom caps , 1 glass white wine , 2 spoons cream and some minced fresh chives . First of all , you have to cook the chicken in a pan after you have added the oil , salt and pepper till it’s golden and then put it on a plate . In the pan , add the mushrooms , add the wine and cook it till the wine is almost evaporated . Add the cream , chives and in the end add the chicken and cook it for about 1 minute .



Healthy heart chicken recipes are easy to cook , are tasty and you do not have to eat dishes that you can not enjoy and above all you will eat something that you like and that keeps you and your heart healthy .