CASE DISCUSSION
The Important Role of Nutrition in Heart Health
Presented India by Shraddha VyasViews
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Case Description
Nutrition plays a vital role in maintaining heart health, influencing various aspects of cardiovascular well-being. Consuming a heart-healthy diet, such as the Mediterranean or DASH diet, can significantly reduce the risk of heart disease. A diet low in saturated and trans fats helps lower LDL...
Case Summary
- The presentation focuses on the critical role of nutrition in maintaining heart health, emphasizing that coronary vascular diseases are a leading cause of death in India, followed by diabetes, cancer, and respiratory illnesses. Risk factors identified include high saturated fat intake, processed foods, hypertension, unhealthy habits (smoking and alcohol), family history, post-menopausal status, and sedentary lifestyles combined with stress.
Speaker Profile
Shraddha Vyas
Clinical Nutritionist, Diabetes Educator, HyderabadFree-lance Nutritionist and Health expert since 2018. Strongly believe in treating patients with customized individual diet plans based on ayurvedic personality analysis, balancing of tridoshas, and choosing of food groups as per age, gender, and metabolic status of patients. Have dealt with patients involving PCOD, Thyroid, Diabetes, Post-operative, Post-radiotherapy, Covid and Post-covid, Menopause and skin disease cases like Eczema and Psoriasis
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