Heart Health
Eating for heart health
Dietary choices can raise or lower your heart disease risk. Here are the foods you should choose and those to avoid.
- Reviewed by Howard E. LeWine, MD, Chief Medical Editor, Harvard Health Publishing
As the saying goes, you are what you eat, and that's especially true when it comes to heart health. Dietary choices can influence your weight, blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and blood sugar levels — all factors that can determine your risk for heart disease, heart attack, and stroke.
So when it comes to diet and heart health, what foods should you eat more of, less of, or not at all? Here's what a Harvard nutritionist and cardiologist suggest.
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About the Author
Matthew Solan, Executive Editor, Harvard Men's Health Watch
About the Reviewer
Howard E. LeWine, MD, Chief Medical Editor, Harvard Health Publishing
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