326: The link between nutrition and cardiovascular disease

<div>Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death globally, but can nutrition play a role in reducing its prevalence?<br> <br> The UK National Health Service has identified CVD as <a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/cardiovascular-disease/">the single biggest condition where lives can be saved</a> over the next decade.<br> <br> It says, often, cardiovascular disease can be prevented by leading a healthier lifestyle.<br> <br> It is worth making that point again, the biggest cause of death in the world can be prevented through lifestyle choices.  <br> <br> It begs a couple of questions: how did we end up here in the first place? And what is preventing us from fixing it?<br> <br> 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.  <br> <br> What advice can modern nutritional science bring, with its understanding of macronutrients and whole-diet approaches?   <br> <br> And how important can diet be in reducing our personal risk factors?<br> <br> <strong>Thomas Sander,</strong> <strong>Emeritus Professor of Nutrition &amp; Dietetics, King's College London<br> </strong><br> Thomas Sander is a scientist who has spent his career working in the field of human nutrition.<br> <br> He was appointed to the established chair in Nutrition and Dietetics at <a href="https://www.kcl.ac.uk/">King's College London</a> in 1994 from which he retired at the end of September 2014. <br> <br> He remains involved in research and publishing as well as TV, radio and consultancy.<br> <br> <strong>Thomas Butler, Senior Lecturer Nutrition and Health, Edgehill University.<br> </strong><br> Dr Tom Butler joined the faculty in 2020 following previous appointments at the <a href="https://www1.chester.ac.uk/">University of Chester</a> and <a href="https://www.mmu.ac.uk/">Manchester Metropolitan University</a>. Tom completed his undergraduate degree in Human Biology at the <a href="https://www.hull.ac.uk/">University of H