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What is a safe, effective, and inexpensive way to reduce the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and dementia? What we eat is a key part of the answer.

In this podcast, David T. Nash, MD, discusses the role of diet and exercise in cardiovascular disease prevention. Dr Nash is Clinical Professor of Medicine at Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, New York. The author of more than 250 peer-reviewed clinical articles, Dr Nash has practiced cardiology in Syracuse for over 50 years. He is a Fellow of the National Lipid Association. Here, Dr Nash offers simple specific guidelines that may be helpful to your patient.


• Decrease saturated fat intake (ie, beef, full-fat cheeses, baked goods, palm oils)
• Add more soluble fiber to your diet (ie, with products containing psillium), including:

  • Bran Bud cereals, Kashi Go Lean (yellow box has 4 g per serving) (for every 1 g of soluble fiber you eat, you can reduce LDL levels by about 1%)
   • Fruits, including apple, oranges; beans; brown rice; guar gum; pectin
   • Plant stanol ester found in Benecol Margarine
   • Nuts, including almonds, pistachios, and walnuts
   • Soy products (eg, tofu)

The Protocol Diet From Dr Jenkins in Canada


This diet is appropriate for motivated patients, those who have had adverse reactions to drug therapy, and individuals who prefer a non-drug approach. One study showed that the Protocol Diet lowered LDL as much as a 20-mg dose of lovastatin.

1.2 g of plant sterols
8 g of soluble fiber
16 g almonds (1/2 oz)
16 g of soy protein

Other approaches to cardiovascular health


• Lower blood pressure with dark chocolate
• Use grapeseed oil to raise HDL levels (about 1 to 2 oz/d in salads, cooking, etc)


• Exercise daily, 30 to 60 minutes, to help lower high blood pressure and reduce lipid levels and obesity


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What is a safe, effective, and inexpensive way to reduce the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and dementia? What we eat is a key part of the answer. For one thing, doctors can suggest an appropriate diet to motivated patients, or to those who prefer a non-drug approach.

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