Tim Phillips Show, 4/8/26

Want to eat healthier, but don’t know where to start? With all the information about food and nutrition out there, it can be confusing, but the American Heart Association (AHA) is trying to make it easier. They recently updated their dietary guidelines for heart-healthy eating, streamlining their recommendations into nine easy-to-follow steps.

Research has previously shown that eating good-for-you foods is linked to a lower risk of heart attack, disease and stroke, but with cardiovascular deaths on the rise, the AHA is tweaking their recommendations. Now they focus on what should be avoided, as well as what to eat for the best diet for your heart.

The AHA now advises cutting three items from diets: ultra-processed foods, foods with high sodium levels, and added sugars.

They emphasize eating minimally processed foods and avoiding ultra-processed ones like sugary drinks, processed meats, packaged snacks and sweetened cereals.

Protein choices are important, too, with the AHA recommending healthy non-processed sources like legumes, nuts, fish, low-fat dairy, and lean unprocessed meats.

One of the biggest changes this year is the alcohol recommendation, which urges current drinkers to limit their intake and non-drinkers to not start at all.

The American Heart Association’s new nine-step dietary guideline for 2026:

Adjust calorie intake and physical activity to achieve and maintain a healthy body weight

Eat plenty of vegetables and fruit, and choose a wide variety

Choose foods made mostly with whole grains, not refined grains

Choose healthy protein sources (regularly eat more fish and seafood, “shift from meat to plant sources”)

Choose sources of unsaturated fat instead of saturated fat

Choose minimally processed foods over ultra-processed foods

Minimize intake of added sugars

Choose foods low in sodium

If you don’t drink alcohol, don’t start. If you drink, limit alcohol intake

Source: NY Post

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