Heart-Healthy Diet Tips for Soul Food and Comfort Food

When you search heart-healthy recipes online, you might not always see the comfort food of your own family represented in the results. Often, nutrition advice caters to a white and middle-class audience. Sure, people of all races can eat kale, quinoa, and salmon. However, Black Americans should not have to choose between abandoning their family’s favorite foods and taking care of their heart.

“This is the way I remember my grandmother's recipes. This is the way I can enjoy my mother's recipes, and it's not something that I particularly plan to get rid of or to abandon. I want to maintain those memories,” says David Anstey, MD, cardiologist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

Why trust our experts?

Written by:

Lauren Smith, MA

Lauren Smith, MA, has worked in health journalism since 2017. Before joining GoodRx, she was the senior health editor and writer for HealthiNation.

Reviewed by:

Sanjai Sinha, MD

Sanjai Sinha, MD, is a board-certified physician with over 20 years of experience. He specializes in internal medicine.

Our editorial standards

Meet our experts