Heart health guidance shifts focus from individual nutrients to overall diet quality

A healthy, balanced dietary pattern, rather than one focused on individual nutrients or foods, is key to maintaining heart health, according to a scientific statement issued by the American College of Cardiology and published in JACC. Diets should include minimally processed plant-based foods and healthy fats and proteins while limiting foods high in refined starches, added sugars, sodium or unhealthy fats, as well as highly processed foods of poor nutritional quality.

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