We have expert cardiovascular nutritionists and functional medicine practitioners who can assist with improving your cardiovascular health, from blood pressure, atherosclerosis, cholesterol management, inflammation and more.

Functional Medicine for Cardiovascular Health

We marry the principles of nutrition, lifestyle management, and functional medicine to create personalised healthcare solutions for you. With heart-related conditions ranking among the leading causes of death globally, there’s never been a more crucial time to focus on proactive and preventive healthcare measures. Whether you’re grappling with coronary artery disease, high blood pressure, arrhythmias, or other cardiovascular concerns, our specialist cardiovascular nutritionist practitioners can support you.

Nutrition plays a pivotal role in cardiovascular nutritionist health, acting as both a preventive measure and a therapeutic tool. An appropriate diet for cardiovascular health can help regulate blood pressure, improve lipid profiles, and reduce inflammation, all key factors in maintaining a healthy heart. Our cardiovascular specialists also help with weight management, further lowering the risk of developing heart-related conditions. In essence, good nutrition is a cornerstone for cardiovascular well-being, offering a proactive approach to heart health that complements medical treatments.

Functional medicine offers a holistic approach to cardiovascular health, addressing the root causes rather than merely treating the symptoms. By utilising comprehensive functional lab tests and in-depth blood chemistry analysis, our functional medicine practitioners can identify underlying imbalances and nutritional deficiencies that contribute to heart-related issues. This enables the creation of personalised treatment plans that may include targeted nutritional supplementation, lifestyle modifications, and other integrative therapies. The goal is not just symptom relief but long-term cardiovascular well-being.

Cardiovascular Nutritionist
Danny With Client Consultation - Cardiovascular Nutritionist

What is the best diet for cardiovascular health?

Nutrition plays a pivotal role in cardiovascular health, acting as both a preventive measure and a therapeutic tool. An appropriate diet for cardiovascular health can help regulate blood pressure, improve lipid profiles, and reduce inflammation, all key factors in maintaining a healthy heart. Our cardiovascular nutritionists also help with weight management and body composition further lowering the risk of developing heart-related conditions. In essence, good nutrition is a cornerstone for cardiovascular well-being, offering a proactive approach to heart health that complements medical treatments.

The “best” diet for cardiovascular health can vary among individuals due to factors like age, medical history, and lifestyle. We strive to find what is most appropriate to you and what is realistic from a practical perspective as well.

Dietary strategies such as the traditional Mediterranean diet, the DASH diet, plant-based and balanced diets have been well studied, providing insight into the importance of diet for cardiovascular health. Our nutritionists specialising in cardiovascular health, can help you navigate the most appropriate diet for you based upon the latest research.

What are the main causes of cardiovascular disease?

Poor Dietary Habits
Poor Dietary Habits
Physical Inactivity
Physical Inactivity
Tobacco Use
Tobacco Use
Excessive body fat
Excessive body fat
Excessive Alcohol
Excessive Alcohol
Chronic Stress
Chronic Stress

Whilst these areas are well-established in the literature as the main modifiable causes of cardiovascular disease. Why is it that when you see a large proportion of Cardiologists and Doctors, the primary treatment is pharmaceutical medications, and you are almost discouraged from thinking that improving your nutrition and lifestyle could influence your risk?

We believe that by working on the modifiable causes of cardiovascular disease, this can bring about long-term improvements in both your cardiovascular health, but health in general lowering your overall health risk and improving longevity.

Many conventional treatments are focused on treating one particular imbalance. Whilst there can certainly be value in this for managing risk, ignoring what lead you to that point in the first place will often lead you to heavy and growing reliance on medications and the development of other conditions and symptoms.

Of course, you have non-modifiable risks such as genetics/family history, aging, gender, and ethnicity. However, even with these, so called non-modifiable risk factors are all influenced by our nutrition and lifestyle choices. The non-modifiable risks load the gun but our nutrition and lifestyle habits pull the trigger.

Stethoscope With Heart - Cardiovascular Nutritionist

Functional Medicine Lab testing for cardiovascular health

Functional lab testing offers a nuanced and comprehensive approach to understanding cardiovascular health, serving both preventive and therapeutic roles. Unlike conventional tests that often focus on isolated markers like cholesterol levels or blood pressure, functional lab testing aims to evaluate the interplay among various biological systems.

Here’s how it can be useful:

Using a Functional Medicine approach, our cardiovascular nutritionist specialists explore your health history, broader symptoms, nutrition, and lifestyle to determine what testing might be most appropriate for your cardiovascular optimisation journey.

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