: conducive to a healthy heart and circulatory system
heart-healthy exercise
a heart-healthy diet

Examples of heart-healthy in a Sentence

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Seasonal fall produce can boost a heart-healthy diet. Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 19 Sep. 2025 Instead, Berger recommends focusing on maintaining a heart-healthy lifestyle and routine screenings to identify early disease during this time. Lauryn Higgins, Time, 17 Sep. 2025 Both were funded by the Almond Board of California, though experts note the findings are consistent with decades of evidence showing nuts are heart-healthy. Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025 Drinking water can help as part of a broader plan for cardiovascular health that includes other heart-healthy lifestyle approaches. Mark Gurarie, Health, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for heart-healthy

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of heart-healthy was in 1980

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“Heart-healthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heart-healthy. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

Medical Definition

heart-healthy

adjective
: conducive to a healthy heart and circulatory system
heart-healthy exercise
a heart-healthy diet
Sales of fish-oil supplements—one source of heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids—are booming and poised to climb even higher.David Bjerklie et al., Time
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