I love, love fresh fruit and vegetables, and eating them when they're in season and taste the best is joyful. There are new ones every month. I appreciate peaches and blueberries and strawberries so much more when I eat the real thing, grown locally, rather than the bland thing shipped thousands of miles off-season. Even the frozen blueberries I put in yogurt or oatmeal are pretty tasteless, even though they are more nutritious than anything that comes in a can or box are already made into something other than what it is naturally.

Also, if you read the books by doctors about what to do to slow the progression of heart diseases or prevent it, they ALL emphasize what Michael Pollen says: "Eat real food. Not too much." Marion Nestle's books are good, too.

I do not like books that create false hope by doctors who are selling supplements or the same book over and over with different titles. Even so, I have found value in all of these, and you can probably find them at your local library:

Mark Hyman, MD's information about eating is sound (except extreme detox diets). Try "Food: What the Heck Should I Eat?"

I mentioned Marion Nestle, a professor of nutrition, and should have mentioned this book by her: "What to Eat."

These two books have good information, too (the co-author of the second one has a PhD in nutrition, but calls himself Dr. Jonny, and Sinatra is controversial with some people, and he sells supplements -- at reasonable prices, though):

"The 30-Day Heart Tune-Up: A Breakthrough Medical Plan to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease" by Stephen Masley (This is one of those titles that I alluded to. Irresponsible. Yet the info is largely helpful. Also, as someone who has written a published book, I can tell you it's the marketing people who choose and push the titles, not usually the author.)

"The Great Cholesterol Myth Now Includes 100 Recipes for Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease: Why Lowering Your Cholesterol Won't Prevent Heart Disease-and the Statin-Free Plan that Will" by Jonny Bowden and Stephen Sinatra

IMPORTANT disclaimer:
DO NOT change your medication based on information in ANY book without consulting with your doctor or at least getting a second opinion from a physician face-to-face.

Hello @soloact, Yes, fresh fruit and vegetables are very good. We generally will go to a fruit stand hoping to get fresh and very tasty fruit while is season. It's rare that we find very flavorful fruit in stores. There usually picked green and ripen in warehouses, not too good, I haven't heard of these books but only purchased low sodium cookbooks on Amazon. One I really like is, 500 Low Sodium Recipes, by Dick Logue. I have even attempted making my own bread and biscuits following some of the recipes in the book along with some on Youtube.