Foods for Heart and Gut Health: Build Your Grocery Cart
Fiber, healthy fats and polyphenols do double duty for your heart and your gut. Here are the foods to keep in your cart, plus how to add fiber without bloating.
Science-backed nutrition and lifestyle strategies to protect women’s heart health.

Fiber, healthy fats and polyphenols do double duty for your heart and your gut. Here are the foods to keep in your cart, plus how to add fiber without bloating.

First-time stroke rates in adults ages 20 to 54 rose about 83% between 1993 and 2020 — even as rates in older adults fell. Here’s what’s driving the shift, the warning signs people dismiss as stress, the risk windows specific to women, and the numbers to check now.

A high cholesterol breakfast works through two levers: soluble fiber and smarter fat swaps. Here’s what actually moves your LDL, the doses that matter, and make-ahead templates you’ll repeat all week.

Hit your fiber goal at dinner with one repeatable formula — one legume, one whole grain, and two or more vegetables — plus a four-week ramp-up plan that keeps bloating out of the picture.

There is no single anti-inflammatory dinner. It is a pattern: an omega-3 protein, a fiber-rich base, and colorful vegetables. Here is the heart-healthy formula to build it yourself in 30 minutes.

The daily habits for longevity that research actually supports — movement, food, sleep, connection, purpose, and stress relief — plus how to start with the one you need most.

You don’t need 10,000 steps to live longer. Research links three to five one-minute bursts of vigorous daily movement to substantially lower death rates. Here’s what the science shows, what it can’t do, and five realistic ways to build short bursts into an already busy day.

Sitting, short sleep, and skipped breakfast can all nudge your cholesterol — but not equally. Here’s what the evidence actually says, plus the one fiber fix worth roughly 7 to 10 mg/dL off your LDL.

High protein and healthy cholesterol are not opposites. This high-protein meal plan shows how much protein you actually need, which protein sources help lower LDL, and how to build a fiber-rich week your heart can use.

Brown rice is the floor, not the ceiling. See how barley, bulgur, oats, and other high fiber whole grains compare, which grain fits your health goal, and how to raise your fiber without bloating.