Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, and your diet has a significant impact on your risk. Products from the Campbell Soup Company include salsa, tomato sauce, vegetable juices, snack foods and soups, and its Healthy Request line of soups may be healthier for your heart than other canned soups. Eat Campbell's soup in moderation as part of a balanced diet, and consult your doctor if you have concerns about your heart health.
Healthy Request Choices
Varieties of Campbell's soups include chunky, microwaveable, condensed, low-sodium and Select Harvest, with extra vegetables. The choices, which are lower in calories and unhealthy nutrients such as saturated fat and sodium, are labeled Healthy Request. These include chunky sirloin burger and clam chowder, Select Harvest Mexican-Style Chicken Tortilla, condensed cream of mushroom and chicken noodle and microwaveable chicken noodle. Some higher-fat or higher-sodium choices, which are less healthy for your heart, include regular chicken noodle and fiesta nacho cheese, which are high in sodium and saturated fat.
Heart-Check Mark
The labels of Healthy Request soups from Campbell's display the Heart-Check Mark symbol, which is part of an initiative by the American Heart Association to make it easier for consumers to choose healthy products in grocery stores. Saturated fat and cholesterol can raise levels of bad LDL cholesterol in your blood and increase your risk for heart disease, and Healthy Request soups have less than 1 g saturated fat, 20 mg cholesterol and 0.5 g trans fats per serving.
Weight Control
Obesity increases your risk for heart disease, and some soups from Campbell's support a calorie-controlled eating plan to prevent weight gain or help you lose weight. Calories from smooth liquids, such as beverages, may promote weight gain because they are not very satisfying, but chunky soups tend to make you feel full on fewer calories so that you can lose weight, according to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Campbell's Healthy Request soups contain no more than 140 calories per 1 cup serving.
Other Information
A high-sodium diet can lead to high blood pressure and increase your risk for heart disease as well as stroke or kidney disease, and Campbell's heart-healthy soups have up to 50 percent less sodium than its regular soups. A high-fiber diet may support a healthy blood pressure, according to the Linus Pauling Institute Micronutrient Information Center, so emphasize Healthy Request soups with more fiber, such as condensed vegetable beef, with 3 g per serving, or chunky savory vegetable, with 4 g.
