Sep 07 2024 16 mins
Welcome to my podcast. I am Doctor Warrick Bishop, and I want to help you to live as well as possible for as long as possible. I’m a practising cardiologist, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and the creator of The Healthy Heart Network. I have over 20 years as a specialist cardiologist and a private practice of over 10,000 patients.
Dr. Warrick Bishop interviews Dr. Rebecca Luong, an accredited practicing dietitian with a special interest in sports and cardiometabolic health. Dr. Luong discusses her background and how she became interested in dietetics, combining her love of food with a desire to help people improve their health. The conversation focuses on cardiometabolic health, including the importance of diet in managing conditions like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes.
Dr. Luong emphasizes the value of analyzing dietary patterns rather than just individual nutrients, and she highlights healthy dietary approaches like the Mediterranean, DASH, and Nordic diets. The discussion covers the role of carbohydrates, glycemic index, and limiting processed foods high in fat, salt and sugar. Dr. Bishop and Dr. Long agree they will continue the conversation in a future episode to discuss protein, fat, and the relationship between diet and frailty.
Takeaways:
- Rebecca Luong is an accredited practicing dietitian with a special interest in sports and cardiometabolic health. She is also the co-founder of Heartful Flavors.
- Rebecca's journey into dietetics started with a bachelor's degree in food science and a master's in nutrition and dietetics. She then pursued a PhD in diet and cardiometabolic health.
- Cardiometabolic health refers to the cluster of risk factors like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high blood sugars, and abdominal adiposity that are predictive of heart disease and diabetes.
- In her research, Rebecca looked at the impact of overall dietary patterns, not just single nutrients, on cardiometabolic and frailty outcomes.
- For individuals with prediabetes or high blood sugar, Rebecca recommends a carbohydrate-controlled approach, aiming for 30-45g of carbs per meal and 0-30g for snacks.
- Rebecca emphasizes the importance of considering both the amount and type of carbohydrates, favoring low glycemic index and whole grain options over refined and high glycemic foods.
- Healthy dietary patterns like the Mediterranean, DASH, and Nordic diets are recommended for cardiometabolic health as they are low in saturated fat, sodium, and high in vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and fish.
- Limiting intake of discretionary, highly processed foods high in fat, salt, and sugar is also an important part of these heart-healthy dietary approaches.
- Rebecca plans to discuss the role of protein and fat, particularly in relation to frailty, in a future interview.
- Overall, Rebecca's approach emphasizes the importance of a holistic, food-based dietary perspective for optimizing cardiometabolic and healthy aging outcomes.
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