1. Check out 

My Life Check and the Simple 7. The online assessment from the American Heart Association takes just a few minutes, and you will know where you stand on your road to good health. Then practice the action plan to live a heart-healthy life because no one achieves heart health by accident.

My Life Check and the Simple 7

2. Explore a website

The American Heart Association’s Simple Cooking with Heart provides videos with quick tips and techniques to help you learn new cooking skills. Making small changes in your diet is important to your heart health. If you’re ready to start cooking at home, AHA provides dozens of recipes and pointers to ease you into the kitchen. The recipes are simple and nutritious, and each has a preparation video so you won’t miss a step.

Simple Cooking with Heart

3. Check Out This App

Digifit iCardio – iOS and Android – This app functions as a heart rate monitor, activity tracker and health trainer.

4. Try the featured recipes

Chocolate lovers will enjoy the dessert made with a “secret ingredient”: fiber-rich chickpeas. Also, try the delicious soup, salsa and salad dressing ideas on your way to heart-healthy eating.

Chickpea Chocolate Cake
More Pulse Recipes

Mexican Chicken Soup (Courtesy of American Heart Association)

Black Bean Salsa (watch a video of this recipe being made)
More bean recipes

Quick Salad Dressings (Courtesy of American Heart Association)
(photo courtesy Scott Sherrill-Mix)