Small habits repeated over years matter more for heart health than short bursts of effort. These articles cover realistic daily habits and what current research says about alcohol and cardiovascular health.

Most heart-health advice fails for a simple reason: it asks for too much, too fast. Extreme diets and rigid exercise plans produce short bursts of motivation followed by burnout.

For years, “a glass of red wine is good for your heart” was treated as near-settled science, often cited alongside the so-called French Paradox.