The Cardiac Nurse Clinician is teaching a group of clients with heart failure about self-management of their disease. What dietary advice should the Nurse Clinician give to clients with severe heart failure until edema resolves?
a) Encourage increased intake of red meat.
b) Avoid the intake of canned fruit and fruit juices.
c) Avoid the intake of processed and commercially prepared foods.
d) Encourage increased intake of vegetables with natural sodium.
Answer: Avoid the intake of processed and commercially prepared foods.