Drug Topics August 4, 2024
Lifestyle changes—including eating fruits, vegetables, and whole grains—can help patients, especially those with diabetes or hypertension, improve outcomes.
Robert Ostfeld, MD, ScM, director of preventive cardiology at Montefiore Health System and professor of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York sat down with Drug Topics ahead of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology Congress on CVD Prevention to discuss the role that dietary patterns and nutrition decisions play in living a healthful lifestyle.
Drug Topics: What specific nutrients or dietary patterns have been shown to benefit patients with hypertension and diabetes, and how can this information be incorporated into patient counseling?
Robert Ostfeld, MD, ScM: That’s a very important question. A healthful diet, of course, can very...