What a cardiologist eats in a day for better heart health

As a cardiologist, Dariush Mozaffarian saw firsthand the devastating role that poor nutrition played in his patients’ health. He saw that it had an impact on heart attacks, strokes and weight gain. He saw patients who were handed prescriptions and sent home — without any guidance on how to improve their diets. And he saw patients who wanted to eat better but couldn’t afford to.