We are so glad that you visited our site! We are currently moving our recipes and information from our previous site and we hope you will find usefull the information we have already posted. We will be posting daily new and informative information to help you deal with Congestive Heart Failure. There are a half of million newly diagnosed cases of Congestive Heart Failure a year. We will be bringing informative articles, recipes, videos and more regarding CHF.
We struggle to find support groups designed to minister to those suffering from CHF. We ask if you know of a support group meeting in your area that you would let us know so that it may be posted in our Support Group area.
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For several months I have been noticing and dealing with a lot of fluid build up again. I had made a new effort at limiting my fluid intake, walking and exercise with little benefit. I took the initiative to ASK my doctor if it is possible to grow a tolerance to my diuretic, furosemide, which [...]
Here are a few sure fire ways to help you reduce salt in your diet. Some are just plain common sense if we would only use it.
1) Always use “Reduced Sodium” or “No-Salt” products. This not only includes what we season our food with such as Mrs. Dash and other salt substitutes, but in our [...]
Holiday Nut Roll
8 cups flour
1 pkg. dry yeast
1 stick Fleischmans unsalted Margarine
5 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. salt substitute
2 cups of warm milk
Filling:
1 lb. ground nuts (walnuts are best)
1 1/2 - 2 cups golden raisins
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 Fleischmans unsalted Margarine
1 cup milk, hot
1 lemon rind
Combine all filling ingredients and beat well.
Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup [...]
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You should check your weight every day, when you wake up. Try not to miss even one day. When your dealing with heart failure the scale can be the key to tell you [...]
If your on heart meds, many of you probably wonder what all the different medications you take do. Here is a simple explanation of the most common heart meds..
Beta-Blockers
Beta Blockers lower blood preassure. They also slow down the heart rate. That way your heart doesn’t have to work as hard. Most importantly they lower your [...]
If your like me Thanksgiving dinner is my favorite meal holiday of the season. There is no more emphasis put on a meal through out the year then on Thanksgiving dinner. Early on in November we start to crave the turkey and trimmings and the pumpkin pie. In fact, I am getting hungry just typing [...]
I recently purchased some FRESH Mozzarella cheese for a homemade pizza and was please to notice it was only 25 mg of sodium for a one ounce serving. For awhile I was actually making my own home made cheese but it was just too much work.
I will soon be putting up the recipe for my [...]
By far the most popular page on our website has been that of our Portabella Mushroom Burger Sandwich. This is a low sodium, heart healthy recipe that you will just love!
You can check it out here.
On my next several posts I would like to try and deal with some of the emotional problems I have experienced having Congestive Heart Failure. I think there is a whole range of problems that we experience that others just don’t seem to understand. For example, most people don’t understand that CHF is a chronic [...]
Due to an unbelievable amount of spamming, I have found it necessary to close this blog to comments. I think it is a sad state that someone can’t keep a simple website up without hundreds if not thousand trying to infiltrate it with their garbage. Anyway, no more comments accepted. I will however be posting [...]
