Eating for cardiometabolic health | Andrea Glenn, PhD, RD

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Dec 27, 2022

Research dietitian Andrea Glenn explores the DASH, Nordic, Mediterranean, and Portfolio diets, and what they share in common. The conversation tackles carbohydrates, saturated fat, canola versus olive oil, protein choices, plant sterols, and whether a plant-predominant diet needs to be completely plant-exclusive.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

The Proof Podcast - Science Based Conversation

01:40 • 3min

Is There a Rainstorm in Byron Bay?

04:54 • 3min

What's Dr. Jenkins and Frank Hu Having in Common?

07:37 • 2min

The Interest in Dietary Patterns

09:47 • 2min

Is There a Halo Effect to Low Fat Foods?

11:40 • 2min

Cardio Metabolic Health

13:50 • 3min

Cardio Metabolic Health

16:29 • 2min

Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension

18:41 • 2min

Portfolio Dietary Patterns

21:09 • 2min

Portfolio Diet and Cardiovascular Disease

23:22 • 2min

The Ultimate Dietary Pattern for Strokes?

25:34 • 3min

What Does a Mediterranean Diet Really Mean?

28:31 • 2min

Is the Mediterranean Diet Associated With a Good Health Outcome

30:12 • 2min

Cardiometabolic Benefits of Mediterranean Diets

32:30 • 3min

The Nordic Diet and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors

35:24 • 2min

How Do You Adjust for Body Weight?

36:57 • 2min

The Benefits of Plant Predominant Diets

38:34 • 2min

The Role of Carbohydrates in Cardiometabolic Health?

40:52 • 2min

Are Carbohydrates a Cause of Type 2 Diabetes?

43:10 • 2min

Type 2 Diabetes and Dietary Patterns

45:14 • 2min

Type 2 Diabetes - Is There a Difference Between Treating and Preventing Diabetes?

46:48 • 2min

The Low Carb Diet and Cardiometabolic Health

49:10 • 3min

How Important Is Fat to Metabolic Health?

51:48 • 3min

The Benefits of Focusing on a Dietary Pattern

54:26 • 2min

The Pro Metabolic Diet

56:04 • 3min

Is a High Saturated Fat Diet a Good Diet for Long Term Health?

58:56 • 2min

Is a Low Fat Vegan Diet Really Good for Cardiovascular Health?

01:00:52 • 4min

Canola Oil and Blood Glucose

01:04:33 • 3min

Is Extra Virgin Olive Oil the Best Option?

01:07:43 • 1min

The Best Food Supplements in the World - Emil

01:09:09 • 6min

Is Higher Animal Protein Really Related to Type 2 Diabetes?

01:14:54 • 3min

Cardiometabolic Help - Is There a Difference Between Animal and Plant Protein?

01:17:55 • 2min

Plant Sterols and LDL Cholesterol

01:20:05 • 3min

Plant Sterols and Cardiovascular Disease

01:22:56 • 2min

Is the Portfolio Diet a Good Cardiometabolic Diet?

01:24:27 • 2min

Plant Predominant vs Plant Exclusive?

01:26:44 • 3min

Is There a Difference in Cardiometabolic Health?

01:29:49 • 3min

Cardiomenabolic Health and Dietary Patterns

01:32:37 • 3min

Can Australia's Dietary Guidelines Be Improved?

01:35:14 • 3min

Plant-Based Diets

01:38:04 • 3min

Are There Any Foods That You Think Are Good for Cardio Metabolism?

01:40:41 • 2min

How to Support the Science Based Conversation Podcast

01:42:39 • 3min

Episode #240. There’s a lot of noise about cardiometabolic health: claims that certain diets will work miracles, and hype that specific foods must be avoided at all costs. Research dietitian Dr Andrea Glenn joins me today to get to the core of which dietary patterns will actually improve your cardiometabolic health outcomes.

We discuss:

Intro (00:00)
Andrea Glenn on dietary patterns (07:31)
Which country has the best dietary guidelines today? (11:35)
What is cardiometabolic health? (13:15)
Similarities and differences between the DASH, Nordic, Mediterranean, and Portfolio Diets (16:31)
Can the Portfolio diet lower your risk of having a heart attack or stroke? (21:29)
The compositions of plant predominant diets and the demonization of carbohydrates (37:05)
Are DASH, Nordic, Mediterranean, and Portfolio diets good for preventing and managing diabetes? (44:32)
The worst and the best sources of fat (50:27)
Is the pro-metabolic diet legitimate? (54:19)
Is canola oil healthy? And is it better than olive oil? (01:03:39)
The effects of protein according to studies (1:11:05)
What are plant sterols? (1:17:20)
Plant predominant versus plant exclusive (1:22:36)

To stay in the loop with Dr Andrea Glenn, you can connect with her on Twitter. Learn more about Dr Glenn and read her research papers here.

Discover more insights and dozens of supporting studies in the full show notes.

Enjoy, friends.

Simon

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