How do diet and medications play a role in Cardiovascular Disease?

Love Your Heart: A Cleveland Clinic Podcast

Many patients have questions about diet and medications – and cardiovascular disease risk factors. Preventive Cardiology dietitian Julia Zumpano, RD, LD, and Dennis Bruemmer, MD, PhD, Director of the Center for Cardiometabolic Health, discuss modifiable risk factors – and how diet and lifestyle plays a big role. What diet has the greatest success in preventing heart disease? When are medications needed and why? They cover the types of diet, medications, and their approach to care of the patient (and family) and the importance of individualizing the patient’s treatment plan.