Tuesday 3 September 2024 at 7pm BST
Nutritional Interventions for High Cholesterol and Cardiovascular Disease
with Dr Sundhya Raman, Founder and Director of My Wellness Doctor
Hosted by Rohini Bajekal, Nutritionist & Board Member of Plant-Based Health Professionals UK
(CPD Accredited by the CPD Certification Service for 1 CPD hour and CME accredited for the LM MOC)
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is our number one cause of morbidity and mortality in the UK and globally, yet 90% of all CVD is preventable through improved lifestyle choices, particularly nutrition. We will cover the particular role of cholesterol in driving our risk, what lowers and raises cholesterol and how our diets affect our risk at every stage of disease.
What will I learn from this webinar?
- Understand the evidence for the role of cholesterol in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease.
- Appreciate the importance of dietary factors in both raising and lowering cholesterol.
- Be aware of International Consensus Guidelines on dietary patterns for cardiometabolic health.
- Learn how nutritional interventions compare with medical interventions for cardiovascular outcomes.
About the speaker
Dr Sundhya Raman is the founder and director of My Wellness Doctor, a Lifestyle Medicine consultancy. With degrees in Pharmacology, Physiology & Medicine from London, and a PhD in Genetics & Epigenetics from Oxford, she is also a qualified Lifestyle Medicine physician.
Dr Raman has extensive clinical and research experience, including work in cancer genetics at Yale and Alzheimer’s research in London. She is the Lifestyle Medicine lead at the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society and has developed a cholesterol-lowering programme. Her expertise is featured in national media, and she regularly speaks on lifestyle medicine and healthy aging.
Instagram: @mywellnessdoctor.co.uk
Facebook: @drsundhyaraman
Website: mywellnessdoctor.co.uk
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This webinar lasts one hour including a Live Q&A.