The Best and Worst Diets for Your Heart

DOZENS OF DIETS are touted as "best," but it's easy to lose track of the fact that healthy eating needs to be about overall wellness, not just weight loss.

- Leslie Finlay

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, so we asked Norman E. Lepor, MD, a cardiologist at Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, for the best-and worst-diets for your heart.

Best: the Mediterranean Diet