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Taking a Pulse Check on Heart Health

Consumers are educating themselves and investing to protect the body's key organ, today and tomorrow.

January 16, 2025

Richard Ortega, Associate Editor, WholeFoods Magazine

Industry experts discuss the current landscape, explore today’s support options, and find out which trends will dominate heart-health space in 2025.

Avocados Linked to Lower CVD Risk

April 4, 2022

Marissa Fox

Dallas, TX—A large, prospective study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association has linked eating two or more servings of avocados a week to lower cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. This study is noted as the first to report the benefits between avocado consumption and cardiovascular events, such as...

New Blood Pressure Guidelines Will Put More People in Risk Pool

November 17, 2017

Rachel Schier

Under new guidelines instituted by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology, high blood pressure, which was once defined as 140/90 millimeters of mercury or greater, is now 130/80. The new recommendation stems from the results of a federally-funded study, called “Sprint,” published in The New England...

AHA Releases New Fish Oil Supplementation Guidelines

April 12, 2017

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

The American Heart Association has released new direction regarding fish oil supplementation that is inclusive of an updated 2002 Scientific Science Statement, Fish Consumption, Fish Oil, Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease. The new advisory that has been published, Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid (Fish Oil) Supplementation and the Prevention of...