17 | Healing Hearts: A Clinician's Guide to the Cardiac Diet

Exam Room Nutrition: Where Busy Clinicians Learn About Nutrition

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Join Colleen and the heart dietitian, Kiran Campbell, as we unpack the basics of a heart-healthy diet. Having a cardiac event is life-changing, not only for the patient, but for their loved ones too. Telling the patient to "just follow a cardiac diet" is not helpful and doesn't lead to lasting changes that will protect the patient from having a recurrent cardiac event. In today's episode, we break down the components of a cardiac diet so that you can help your patient choose their food wisely and make changes that are sustainable.
You'll learn:

• How to ask the right questions that will guide your nutrition recommendations
• The different types of fats and which one's are cardioprotective and which ones the patient should limit.
• The American Heart Association's recommendation for daily sodium intake and which foods are high in sodium that the patient needs to be aware of
• The role fiber plays in heart health and which foods you should recommend your patients eat more of.

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Resources and Articles ===================================

https://www.lipid.org/TearSheets - patient and clinician fact sheets

https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-lifestyle/lifes-essential-8 - direct patients to this awesome American Heart Association tool/quiz which can help patients better understand what they can do to improve heart health.

https://www.lipidjournal.com/article/S1933-2874(23)00185-X/fulltext - recently updated guidelines (June 2, 2023) from the National Lipid Association

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