Heart-healthy eating focuses on foods, not nutrients, from the Harvard Heart Letter
Debate about what constitutes a heart-healthy diet has been simplified, thanks to three nutrition experts whose advice is summarized in the November 2011 issue of the Harvard Heart Letter. The focus is on foods you should eat, not nutrients you shouldn’t.
“For most people, getting more of what’s missing will have a larger benefit than limiting certain nutrients,” says Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, a cardiologist at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital and associate professor at the Harvard School of Public Health.
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