“Food Smarts” features Janet Bond Brill, PhD, RDN, FAND, LDN—a nutrition and fitness expert, writer, speaker, spokesperson, consultant and educator. Dr. Brill follows two main philosophies—interpreting science so that patients can understand it easily…and preventing heart disease. In this video series, Dr. Brill joins Bottom Line President Sarah Hiner to discuss the misinformation that exists in the nutrition field today as well as the diet and lifestyle steps we all can take to reduce the risk for cardiovascular disease. “It’s a lifestyle disease—change the lifestyle, you will prevent the disease.”
In her book, Dr. Bond Brill talks about plant sterols and psyllium seed husk—which can dramatically lower LDL (“bad”) cholesterol.
Many adults recall being forced by their parents to finish all the food on their plates when they were children. Maybe we need to rethink that strategy.
Most people are aware that their cholesterol levels play an important role in determining how heart-healthy they are, but there’s more to it than that.
