A Little-Known Plant Compound Reduced Heart Disease Deaths by 27% ... and Your Diet Is Almost Certainly Not Giving You Enough

The Habit Healers · Jul 31, 2026 · 26m

Cocoa flavanols may be the most important compound in your diet that you have never measured. In a 2026 biomarker study of more than 30,000 adults, fewer than one in four people reached the intake linked to a 27% reduction in cardiovascular death, and the heaviest fruit and vegetable eaters barely did better than everyone else.

In this episode of The Habit Healers Podcast, I walk you through why “eat five servings of fruits and vegetables a day” was never designed to tell you whether you are getting enough flavanols, and what that gap may be costing your heart, your brain, your blood sugar…