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5 Healthy Habits for Black Americans Living With Heart Failure

To keep your heart healthy, try to limit foods high in sodium, unhealthy fats, and cholesterol.

Marisa Taylor KarasSarah Gupta, MD
Written by Marisa Taylor Karas | Reviewed by Sarah Gupta, MD
Updated on January 19, 2025

Certain healthy habits may help manage and slow the progression of heart failure. A healthy lifestyle may also help reduce heart failure symptoms in your everyday life. In this video, learn the recommended healthy habits for people with heart failure from Pilar Stevens-Haynes, MD, Cardiologist at South Nassau Community Hospital in Oceanside, New York, and David Anstey, MD, MPH, Cardiologist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.  

You can read more here about living with and managing heart failure here.

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Additional Medical Contributors (2)
  • Pilar Stevens-Haynes, MDDr. Stevens-Haynes is the Director of Non-Invasive Cardiology at South Nassau Community Hospital.
    • D. Edmund Anstey MD, MPHD. Edmund Anstey, MD, MPH, is a cardiologist practicing in New York City.
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