How to Prevent Congestive Heart Failure
Adjusting your diet. When you have heart failure, what you eat and drink can definitely affect the health of your heart. Try to lose weight if you are overweight to reduce the extra burden on your heart. Do not have too much salt in your diet, as salt may cause water retention. For example, don’t add extra salt to food once it’s on the table, and reduce the amount used in cooking. Reduce your sodium (salt) intake. Sodium causes your body to retain fluid.
