{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Watchman News","provider_url":"https:\/\/watchman.news\/sv","author_name":"Admin","author_url":"https:\/\/watchman.news\/sv\/author\/admin\/","title":"Tracing the Decline in American Heart Disease Mortality - Watchman News","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"AwWg4ItiW8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/watchman.news\/sv\/2026\/04\/tracing-the-decline-in-american-heart-disease-mortality\/\">Tracing the Decline in American Heart Disease Mortality<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/watchman.news\/sv\/2026\/04\/tracing-the-decline-in-american-heart-disease-mortality\/embed\/#?secret=AwWg4ItiW8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"\u201dTracing the Decline in American Heart Disease Mortality\u201d &ndash; Watchman News\" data-secret=\"AwWg4ItiW8\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/watchman.news\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>","description":"Every 34 seconds, someone in America dies from heart disease.1 That pace continued in 2023, claiming 915,973 lives \u2014 more than cancer and accidents combined. After decades of medical advances, heart disease still dominates the death chart. The question is no longer whether we can treat it, but whether we've been addressing the wrong causes all along.  While death rates dipped slightly from the year before, heart disease continues to touch many families in a way that few other conditions do. What makes heart disease so dangerous isn't just how common it remains \u2014 it's how slowly and silently it develops. It's a long biological process that unfolds over decades.  That long timeline lines up with a major change in the modern food supply. In my research paper, Seed Oils as a Hypothesized Contributor to Heart Disease: A Narrative Synthesis, I explain that heart disease was uncommon before the 20th century and rose sharply only after industrial seed oils became a dominant dietary fat.2  This pattern points to a slow dietary driver \u2014 not bad genes or inevitable aging \u2014 that accumulates damage for decades before symptoms appear. When a disease takes decades to show itself, the cause usually does too. Policy is finally beginning to reflect that reality. In January 2026, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2025\u20132030, marking a major reset in nutrition guidance.3  Full-fat dairy and natural fats are no longer framed as threats, and the guidance now emphasizes getting fats from whole foods like meat, eggs, and dairy rather than industrial products. This is a meaningful shift toward addressing root causes instead of surface markers.  What makes this moment important is that it coincides with documented declines in heart disease death rates, raising a key question: which changes actually moved the needle, and which simply managed damage after it was already done. To understand how seed oils fit into the long arc of heart disease, I walk through the evidence step by step in my paper, which you can read in full below.         &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; Click Here Click Here","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/media.mercola.com\/ImageServer\/public\/2025\/July\/full-version.jpg"}