What If Food Was Prescribed Before Pills? | Dr. Monica Aggarwal on The Exam Room Podcast
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 12 April 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
One out of four people will die from heart disease in the U.S. But what would happen if they were referred to a nutritionist instead of just being given a pill prescription? Cardiologists think countless lives could be saved. More than half of doctors believe a healthy diet is as good or better than any medication they could prescribe.
Dr. Monica Aggarwal has researched the effect that a healthier diet can have on preventing and reversing heart disease. She joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll to discuss her findings and how many lives could be saved with a food-first approach.
As it stands now, cardiologists send fewer than one in 10 patients to a nutritionist.
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Dr. Monica Aggarwal
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Website: https://www.drmonicaaggarwal.com
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Chuck Carroll
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| 0:00.0 | A surgeon came up to me and said, hey, I want to talk to you about this case. |
| 0:04.9 | He's on the ketogenic diet and he lost 100 pounds. |
| 0:07.7 | And I said, okay, I'm sure happy to talk to the ketogenic diet. |
| 0:10.5 | And he said, what do you think of that diet? |
| 0:12.3 | And I said, well, let me ask you, what's the ideology for the console? |
| 0:15.1 | And so, oh, that person needs four vessel bypass. |
| 0:21.8 | Welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:25.6 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:28.6 | Thank you so very much for raising your health IQ with us in more than 130 countries |
| 0:33.2 | and healthy cities coast to coast in the US. |
| 0:36.7 | Let's see, we did fruit towns last time, so why not go the veggie route today? |
| 0:42.2 | Spuds Florida, burnt corn, Alabama, cucumber, West Virginia. |
| 0:47.6 | We appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 0:51.7 | This is episode 28 of season five, number 327 overall. |
| 0:58.2 | One out of every four people will die from heart disease in the United States. |
| 1:02.9 | That is a grim statistic, one out of four. |
| 1:07.0 | Yet, fewer than one out of 10 patients will be referred to a dietician by their cardiologist. |
| 1:13.8 | Now, how do we know that? |
| 1:15.6 | Because the cardiologists themselves have said so. |
| 1:20.4 | And with heart disease being one of the most preventable chronic diseases, |
| 1:24.9 | those numbers just don't seem to add up. |
| 1:28.4 | Now, a doctor who participated in the survey of cardiologists is here with us today. |
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