heart-healthy

[ hahrt-hel-thee ]

adjective

1. conducive to cardiovascular health:

   heart-healthy cooking.

Word History and Origins

Origin of heart-healthy¹

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

Those same Maple and Brown Sugar packets bear an FDA-approved seal proclaiming them heart healthy.

From The Daily Beast

Science shows the low-fat diet to be BS, and yet the American Heart Association keeps touting it as the ‘heart healthy’ choice.

From The Daily Beast

The program currently endorses 889 foods as “heart-healthy.”

From The Daily Beast

I saw in the soil of his heart healthy and swelling germs of compassion, affection, fidelity.

From Project Gutenberg