Omega-3 fatty acids may improve your heart health and help you ward off heart disease.

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics suggests these sources:

• Oils from soybeans, flaxseed and canola.
• Walnuts or walnut oil.
• Fatty fish, including salmon, mackerel, lake trout, sardines and albacore tuna (choose varieties packed in water).
• Eggs labeled as containing omega-3 fatty acids.