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In this season of giving, give yourself, your family and your friends a gift from the heart - heart-healthy holiday foods, says a spokesman for the American Heart Assn.

Maintaining a heart-healthy diet during the holidays is easy, according to the American Heart Association. By following the AHA’s newly revised dietary guidelines, nearly everyone can enjoy traditional holiday hors d’oeuvres, stuffings and desserts that are low in sodium and cholesterol.

Diseases of the heart can be attributed to a diet high in fat, sodium and cholesterol, according to Stanley Tucker, . M.D., president of the American Heart Association, Virginia Affiliate. “By reducing the intake of such substances,” says Dr. Tucker, “and by maintaining the proper weight, exercising, and not smoking, the incidence of heart disease is greatly reduced.”

The American Heart Association has issued revised dietary guidelines for the normal, healthy adult in maintaining a healthy heart:

1. Total fat intake should be less than 30 percent of calories.

2. Cholesterol intake should not exceed 300 mg. per day. (Revised: Guidelines formerly specified choles

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