41 Foods That Are Bad for Your Heart

3 Rotisserie chicken

The same goes for supermarket-roasted birds—they often contain far more sodium and saturated fat than your typical home-cooked poultry products if you purchase them fully seasoned and with skin on.

Roast your own at home (try our Ultimate Roasted Whole Chicken recipe!) to control the amount of added sodium, or seek out an unseasoned chicken and remove the skin to trim down on saturated fat.

4 Ketchup

You should shake up your condiment strategy, as many store-bought ones are loaded with added sugar and/or sodium.

“Ketchup is very high in sodium as well,” says Juan Rivera, MD, a cardiologist in Miami, Florida, chief medical correspondent for Univision Network and the author of The Mojito Diet.

Just two tablespoons contain 320 milligrams of sodium—14 per cent of the way to your daily suggested limit of 2,300 milligrams, recommended by the American Heart Association. Plus, it boasts eight grams of sugar per two tablespoon serving.