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What can you not eat with a heart stent?
Limit your consumption of high-fat foods, such as red meat, cheese, and baked goods. Reduce your consumption of bad fats, which can increase the amount of harmful LDL (bad) cholesterol in your bloodstream and reduce the amount of beneficial HDL cholesterol.
How do I care for my heart after angioplasty?
To keep your heart healthy after angioplasty, you should:
- Quit smoking.
- Lower your cholesterol levels.
- Eat a healthy diet that is low in saturated fat.
- Maintain a healthy weight.
- Control other conditions, such as diabetes and high blood pressure.
- Get regular exercise.
- Take medications as prescribed by your doctor.
Can I eat chicken after angioplasty?
Fish and poultry without the skin are excellent choices because they have less saturated fat than red meat. Just remember to cook them in healthful ways—broiling, baking and poaching—and avoid high-fat sauces and gravies.
Can heart stents move?
One concern shared by many patients is if the stent will be able to move around in the arteries once it has been inserted. In short, the answer is no. Once a stent is opened in an artery, the tissue cells of the artery wall begin to grow over the stent. The stent becomes a part of the artery wall and cannot move.
Can we drink milk after angioplasty?
Also, note that you can include low-fat varieties of milk and yoghurt in your angioplasty recovery diet. Make sure to eat egg whites instead of egg yolks, which are high in cholesterol. This one’s a no-brainer. Fried foods are one of the most important foods to avoid after angioplasty.
Can heart patients drink milk?
The Heart Foundation recommends that milk, yoghurt and cheese can be eaten as part of a heart-healthy diet, but most of the fat in the diet should come from fish, nuts and seeds, and healthy oils. Choosing unflavoured milk, yoghurt, and cheese also helps limit the amount of added sugar in your diet.
What are the side effects of angioplasty?
The risks associated with angioplasty and stents include:
- allergic reactions to medication or dye.
- breathing problems.
- bleeding.
- blood clots.
- infection.
- kidney damage.
- re-narrowing of your artery, or restenosis.
- rupture of your artery.