Heart Healthy Gift Ideas

If your family member or friend recently had a heart surgery or procedure, you might be searching for a heart healthy gift idea to help them in their recovery. Whether it’s a nutritious snack box or a comforting blanket, a small gesture can show you care. Here are some Heart Healthy Gift Ideas for inspiration!

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DIY Heart Healthy Gift Basket

Does your family member or friend enjoy sports? Are they a foodie or enjoy the outdoors? Create a gift basket of goodies featuring their hobbies and/or interests!

Sports Fan: Their favorite team’s t-shirt, a beanie, a picture of the guys from a recent game, sports team blanket, gift certificate to a sporting goods store

Stress Relief: non-slip socks, chapstick, comfy hoodie, magazine subscription to Men’s Health, Popular Mechanics, Motor Trend or Sports Illustrated, playing cards

A Heart Healthy, Low Sodium Gift Basket

Fellow Registered Dietitian, Rebecca Stib, started Nutritious Gifts to create healthy and nutritious gift packages to send to loved ones with particular conditions such as heart disease. This Gift Basket Features RD-Approved snacks and treats. Find out more here: Heart Healthy Gift Baskets.

Share your Health and Healing Journey

One of my dear client’s husband introduced me to CaringBridge, a free online tool for sharing health updates, news, and inspirational and thoughtful messages to your loved one. You can also post journal entries about your road to recovery. I thought it was a wonderful tool to help send support and well-wishes, share updates, and coordinate care. According to CaringBridge, “Your personal CaringBridge website is designed to rally your family and friends together, to offer you support when and how you need it”.

It also gives you the capabilities to put together a meal train. A meal train can be a helpful way to assist your loved on the road to recovery. Family, friends, and co-workers can sign up to prepare a heart-healthy meal. It can help lessen the worry about what and how to eat and focus more on getting better!

Heart Healthy Cookbooks

Open Heart Surgery Recovery Coffee Mug

Original Body ReBuilt Engine T-Shirt

Comforting Blanket with Positive and Healing Words

I Heart Guts Heart Plush

This adorable heart plush not only shows you care, but can also be used as a heart pillow for the unsuspecting sneeze!

Audible Membership

Audiobooks, podcasts, or your favorite series all at your fingertips (or headphones!). An Audible Membership can be a great gift for readers and non-readers to dive in to a captivating story, and hopefully, take a bit of the aches and pains away (even just for a bit!)

Water Bottle

Hydration is important both prior to surgery and after. Unfortunately, dehydration can sometimes occur post-surgery and can play a role in hospital readmissions. By drinking water and unsweetened beverages, this risk can be reduced.

Do you have a Heart Healthy Gift idea that should be added to the list or that meant a lot to your loved one? Share in the comments below!