Table Talk

Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death globally, but can nutrition play a role in reducing its prevalence? The UK National Health Service has identified CVD as the single biggest condition where lives can be saved over the next decade. It says, often, cardiovascular disease can be prevented by leading a healthier lifestyle. It is worth making that point again, the biggest cause of death in the world can be prevented through lifestyle choices.   It begs a couple of questions: how did we end up here in the first place? And what is preventing us from fixing it? It is obviously complex, something we don’t shy away from on this podcast, but perhaps we need to look again at the science and what people are being advised to do.   What advice can modern nutritional science bring, with its understanding of macronutrients and whole-diet approaches?    And how important can diet be in reducing our personal risk factors? Thomas Sander, Emeritus Professor of Nutrition & Dietetics, King's Col