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After more than 20 years as a cardiac dietitian at the Cleveland Clinic, Julia Zumpano would rather talk about what to add to your plate than what to take off it. Here she covers the fats worth eating more of, where to find them, and easy ways to work them into meals you're already making.
Julia Zumpano has been a cardiac dietitian at the Cleveland Clinic for over 20 years, and her answer to the saturated fat debate is simpler than the headlines make it sound. Cutting saturated fat only helps if what you replace it with is actually better, and she walks through what that swap looks like on a real plate.
Julia Zumpano has been a cardiac dietitian at the Cleveland Clinic for over 20 years, and her answer to "is this food good for me" is almost never about one food. It's about the pattern you build over time, and she breaks down what that actually looks like, no perfect meal plan required.
I tried the strict cut-this-out diets first, and none of them lasted because they felt like punishment. What actually stuck was eating more like people around the Mediterranean, olive oil over butter, more vegetables and fish, less processed stuff, nothing fully off limits. This is the post about why small, boring swaps you actually keep up with beat the perfect plan you abandon in three weeks.
