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title: "Exploring the Effectiveness of Popular \"Heart Health\" Supplements"
date: 2025-05-21T12:13:00-04:00
author: Jonese Austin
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[Health & Sexuality Info](/health-info)# Exploring the Effectiveness of Popular "Heart Health" Supplements

Many supplements claim to improve heart health, but are any of them actually helpful?

This article discusses six common supplements: fish oil (Omega-3 EPA/DHA), Coenzyme Q10 “CoQ10,” red yeast rice, vitamin D, fiber, and phytosterols. For each entry, Baylor Scott & White hospital lists risks and side effects, recommended intake, and foods in which the supplement naturally occurs.

The supplements vary in effectiveness. Fiber, red yeast rice, and phytosterols can help lower cholesterol, even though natural food sources and supplements have different impact. Fish oils and CoQ10 can aid people with preexisting heart conditions. Fish oils also support the heart health of people with coronary heart disease, and CoQ10 supports the heart health of people with congestive heart failure. In contrast, studies have shown no benefit to vitamin D supplements.

Overall, it’s important to speak with our health care provider about our heart health and if certain supplements may be helpful. We can get the highest quality by choosing supplements that have a USP stamp or that have been tested by independent organizations.

> Remember, dietary supplements are just that—supplements. Supplements cannot replace a healthy diet, so be sure to think about your total diet first before strolling down the supplement aisle. The nutrients in foods cannot all be isolated, replicated into a pill and have the same effects when compared to their whole food form.

[Read the full article ](https://www.bswhealth.com/blog/the-truth-about-popular-heart-health-supplements)

SOURCE: Baylor Scott & White Health • LAST UPDATED: February 3, 2023

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## Do Heart Health Vitamins Work?

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A healthy, balanced diet will almost always do more for heart health than vitamins and supplements.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/do-heart-health-vitamins-work)

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## Herbal Supplements for the Heart and Metabolic Health

How to use herbs as powerful medicine to help your heart and metabolic health

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## Five Tips to Handle Holiday Stress

Top five tips from the American Heart Association to help you manage holiday stress and maintain your heart health.

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Top five tips from the American Heart Association to help you manage holiday stress and maintain your heart health.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/5-tips-to-handle-holiday-stress)

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SD gives advice to people who struggle with staying active and discusses the relationship with her health and her work as a therapist.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/stories-conversations/my-story-staying-active-for-my-mental-health)

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## Trying to Stay Healthy

SD discusses the steps she takes to maintain a healthy lifestyle, such as excercising and getting enough sleep.

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SD discusses the steps she takes to maintain a healthy lifestyle, such as excercising and getting enough sleep.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/stories-conversations/my-story-trying-to-stay-healthy)

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## Common Myths about Heart Disease

Debunking ten common misconceptions about heart disease

![Heart Health Myth](data:image/png;base64,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)

Debunking ten common misconceptions about heart disease](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/common-myths-about-heart-disease)

[Stories & ConversationsWatch

## Having to Learn about PMS on My Own

XY addresses how she first learned about PMS and what she found in her own research. She discusses treatments she tried for her PMS and cramps.

![My Story: Having to Learn About PMS on My Own](data:image/png;base64,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)

XY addresses how she first learned about PMS and what she found in her own research. She discusses treatments she tried for her PMS and cramps.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/stories-conversations/my-story-having-to-learn-about-pms-on-my-own)

[ResourcesRead

## An Overview of Pregnancy and Infant Loss

This March of Dimes article discusses conditions that may result in the loss of a pregnancy or a newborn, health disparities in pregnancy loss, and helpful tips for coping with loss.

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This March of Dimes article discusses conditions that may result in the loss of a pregnancy or a newborn, health disparities in pregnancy loss, and helpful tips for coping with loss.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/an-overview-of-pregnancy-and-infant-loss)