Heart Health Matters. (Reversing Heart Disease, an outpatient experiential program, is a non-invasive treatment option that combines four lifestyle components– Nutrition, Fitness, Stress Management, and Love and Support– to slow, stop and even reverse the progression of coronary artery disease.)

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in Western countries, representing almost 30% of all deaths worldwide. Evidence shows the effectiveness of healthy dietary patterns and lifestyles for the prevention of CVD. Lifestyle factors, including nutrition, play an important role in the etiology of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD). We will give you the essential nutritional information on dietary patterns, individual food items, and nutritional supplements for reducing CVD risk factors.

Proving nutrition therapy for varying conditions and symptoms

• Cerebrovascular Disease: Depending on the patient’s risk profile, nutrition therapy may focus on improving the lipid profile, managing hypertension, controlling diabetes, and/or emphasizing weight management.
• Coronary Artery Disease: Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) are surgical treatments for occluded or nearly occluded coronary arteries, performed by your medical doctors. Patients treated with PTCA or CABG should follow the recommended long-term nutrition therapy for coronary artery disease. An RD can provide therapeutic options & recommendations to reduce intake of cholesterol-raising nutrients and balance energy intake with physical activity to achieve and maintain a healthful weight.
• Disorders Of Lipid Metabolism- Hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia (eg, elevated plasma triglycerides) and dyslipidemia (elevated triglycerides and low HDL-C that may or may not include an elevated LDL-C). : Proving adjustment to current dietary intake to transition intake towards a “Cardioprotective Dietary Patterns”.
• Hypertension (HTN) : Since individuals with hypertension are often asymptomatic, it is a dangerous disease that silently damages the heart and arteries and can cause myocardial infarction, heart failure, stroke, and end-stage renal disease. A Healthy diet, weight control, and regular exercise are all lifestyle treatments with great potential for improving blood pressure control and reducing the need for medication in individuals with hypertension.
• Heart Failure: HF is a chronic, progressive condition in which the heart muscle is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs for blood and oxygen. This can result in fatigue, shortness of breath, fluid accumulation, lack of appetite or nausea, & malnutrition. Nutrition education can help minimize HF symptoms. Moreover, targeted nutrition interventions that provide adequate calories, proteins, and nutrients while limiting fluid and sodium can improve HF patient outcomes.
• Myocardial Infarction (MI) aka. Heart Attack:Although nutritional factors may influence inflammation and endothelial function, the major strategy for prevention of a first or subsequent MI is reducing major risk factors by lowering LDL cholesterol levels, ceasing smoking & controlling blood pressure