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Healthy Heart Tip: Heart Health & Father's Day

Heart Research UK Healthy Heart Tip, written by the Health Promotion and Education Team at Heart Research UK

In the lead up to Father’s Day in the UK, Heart Research UK wanted to shine the spotlight on the heart health of the men reading these tips, or the men in your life. Coronary heart disease generally affects more men than women and it’s important to be aware of this. It’s common for men to not prioritise their health until it stops them from living their life. This Father’s Day, why not make a commitment to yourself or support a father figure in your life to take positive steps that contribute to the health of their hearts? Here are some ideas!

A heart healthy breakfast
Treat yourself or the fatherly figures in your life to a heart healthy breakfast. Instead of a greasy fry-up why not provide a breakfast full of omega-3 such as poached egg, smoked salmon and avocado on multi-seeded toast? It’s easy to make, healthy and delicious!

A healthy gift
Father’s Day usually means buying gifts which tend to be not so heart healthy, like chocolates and alcohol. Choose a heart healthy gift option like an active day out such as paintballing, paddleboarding or even a set of cooking classes you can attend together to inspire you both to cook more from scratch.

Take up a healthy hobby together
Use Father’s Day as an opportunity to engage your dad or fatherly figure in a healthy hobby together, this could be walking, running, sailing or even climbing. Everyone can benefit from being more active and you could buy lessons for an activity as a gift and make it something you do together long-term, which will also benefit your heart health.

To help keep your heart healthy, why not try out some of the Healthy Heart recipes from the Heart Research UK website

Heart Research UK
Proud to stand out from the crowd, Heart Research UK is the charity dedicated to your heart. They inspire and invest in pioneering medical research, ground-breaking training and education, and in communities to improve their heart health for themselves. For over 50 years they have driven advancements in the prevention, treatment and cure of heart disease to benefit patients as soon as possible.