Your Heart: The Best Heart-Healthy Foods

American Heart Association: “The American Heart Association Diet and Lifestyle Recommendations,” “What is the Mediterranean Diet?” “Know the flax (and the chia): A little seed may be what your diet needs,” “Whole Grains, Refined Grains, and Dietary Fiber,” “The Benefits of Beans and Legumes,” “Soy-rich foods like tofu may help lower heart disease risk.”

Roxana Ehsani, spokesperson Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, registered nutritionist dietician, Las Vegas.

Mayo Clinic: “Omega-3 in fish: How eating fish helps your heart,” “Nuts and your heart: Eating nuts for heart health,” “Flaxseed and flaxseed oil.”

International Journal of Molecular Sciences: “Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidant Activity in Different Types of Berries.”

Jerlyn Jones, spokesperson Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, registered nutritionist dietician, Atlanta.

Nutrients: “Cardiovascular Health Benefits of Specific Vegetable Types: A Narrative Review.”

JRSM Cardiovascular Disease: “The effect of green leafy and cruciferous vegetable intake on the incidence of cardiovascular disease: A meta-analysis.”

USDA: “Why is it important to eat vegetables?”

Food & Nutrition Research: “Carotenoids: potential allies of cardiovascular health?”

Cleveland Clinic: “Obesity & Heart Disease,” “How Much Oatmeal Do You Need to Eat to Lower Your Cholesterol?”