This Cardiologist Eats 90 Grams of Fiber a Day—Here’s Why
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🗓️ 5 August 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Fiber might just be the best defense against heart disease -- and you're probably not getting enough (even if you're plant-based). Cardiologist Dr. Danielle Belardo says she eats 90 grams of fiber per day. That's more than three times the recommended minimum amount for women. And she says eating more fiber can not only protect your heart, it can reverse heart disease -- even in people who have had a heart attack or stroke!
Dr. Belardo joins Chuck Carroll to break down what most people (and even some doctors) get wrong about heart health. She shares how much fiber you actually need, why some people feel bloated when they add beans or greens, and how to increase fiber intake without the discomfort.
Dr. Belardo also shares why she encourages her patients to use MyFitnessPal to easily track fiber and nutrient intake.
On this episode of The Exam Room, you'll learn:
- How much fiber you actually need in a day
- The best sources of fiber (that actually taste amazing!)
- How to use MyFitnessPal to get more fiber in your diet
- How to increase your fiber intake without the gas and bloating
- What fad diets get wrong about cholesterol and heart health
- What studies show about fiber's impact on heart disease
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the exam room. |
| 0:04.0 | My concern is like how much of that bell can I unring because I mean getting up to 420 and only being 5 5.5. |
| 0:11.0 | I mean, I was pounding some calories. |
| 0:14.0 | You know what? There's a ton you can do. |
| 0:16.0 | And that's the magic is that the combination of dietary and lifestyle changes, exercise, eating a |
| 0:21.5 | healthier diet, as well as for certain individuals, people who have coronary artery disease, |
| 0:25.9 | their guideline directed medical therapy, you know, the combination of both, you can really |
| 0:30.5 | change the trajectory in the course of someone's outcomes as they age by getting them on the right |
| 0:36.8 | path. Of course, the earlier, the better. |
| 0:38.5 | But that's why it's never too late. |
| 0:40.2 | It has to be emphasized enough. |
| 0:41.8 | I think sometimes people also think once they're diagnosed with heart disease, that that's it. |
| 0:45.5 | It's just medications and they're just relegated to that's it for the rest of their life. |
| 0:51.2 | But actually, no, we have enough clinical trials that show us this. |
| 0:56.5 | Welcome to the exam room podcast, brought to you by the Physicians Committee. Hi, I'm the weight |
| 1:01.8 | loss champion Chuck Carroll, raising health IQs coast to coast and around the world. Hi to the exam room. |
| 1:08.0 | He's listening in Albany, New York, Carmel, Indiana, and Burnaby, British Columbia. |
| 1:14.1 | Wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 1:18.5 | This is episode 63 of season 8, number 662 overall. |
| 1:23.8 | And today we are going to learn why loading up on fiber can be one of the best ways that you can protect yourself from heart disease. |
| 1:32.4 | And helping to raise our health IQs is a cardiologist who eats an astonishing 90 grams of fiber every single day. |
| 1:40.5 | And you might be saying 90 grams. |
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