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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: Nutrition & Cardiovascular Health
Description: Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. [@chutkaMD]
Guests: Stephen Kopecky, M.D.
Guest: Tara Schmidt, M. ED, RDN, LD
It’s a well-accepted fact that diet plays a significant role in the development as well as prevention of cardiovascular disease, a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the U.S. The typical U.S. diet results in a predisposition to obesity, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia; all risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Fortunately, diet is a potentially reversible risk factor. As health care clinicians, its our responsibility to assess our patients’ diet and make recom...