Hello and welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition.

We have a really important topic to discuss with you in continuation with National Heart Health Month.

On today's episode, we're going to be talking all about women's heart health.

And as the title for today's episode says, heart disease is the number one cause of death for women.

I'm Melanie Beasley, and it's my passion to help women take charge of their health through real food

nutrition. As a registered dietitian for over 35 years,

I've seen food trends come and go and watch the science evolve as to what foods are recommended

for heart health versus what foods are best avoided. I'm ashamed to say I've actually taught

some things, which I later found out was a bunch of hooey.

So we're going to be discussing the most up-to-date dietary recommendations for heart health

that may be different from what you've been told in the past.

And joining me today is registered dietitian Brandy Burrow.

And it's always fun to see you.

Always great to be here. Thanks for having me, Mel.

And I am excited for this topic today because I think it's one that's overlooked a lot, especially

when it comes to women's health. Yep, I agree. Heart health for women. Not a lot of people are

talking about it. And there are so many misconceptions about what's the best diet for your heart.

So I'm excited to

clear up some of those misconceptions. There's still the echo of three decades that women,

when they come in, are still fearful of. So I want to talk about that. Yeah, definitely. It's a

difficult message to unwind. Yeah. of course. It's your health.

Maybe you tuned in today because this topic hits home for you. Maybe you've been diagnosed with high cholesterol or maybe high blood pressure.

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