Welcome to my podcast. I am Doctor Warrick Bishop, and I want to help you to live as well as possible for as long as possible. I’m a practising cardiologist, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and the creator of The Healthy Heart Network. I have over 20 years as a specialist cardiologist and a private practice of over 10,000 patients.
The episode features a discussion between doctors Warrick Bishop and Jason Kaplan about lifestyle choices to prevent heart disease. Dr. Kaplan shares that he follows a mostly plant-based diet and engages in regular exercise like swimming and yoga. He noticed improvements in his cholesterol and biomarkers after changing his diet. The doctors discuss research showing that a low-fat plant-based diet can potentially reverse coronary artery disease. They emphasize educating patients so they have the tools to make heart-healthy lifestyle changes.
An interesting point discussed is research by Dean Ornish in the 1990s that used angiography to show regression of plaque in patients following a plant-based diet, providing evidence that diet can potentially reverse heart disease progression.
Takeaways:
- Jason Kaplan follows a mostly plant-based diet and has seen improvements in his LDL cholesterol levels, inflammation markers, and triglycerides.
- Both Jason and Dr. Bishop aim to educate people on lifestyle changes that can prevent heart disease and reduce the need for medical interventions like stents and bypass surgery.
- Dean Ornish's research from the 1990s showed regression of plaque in coronary arteries through lifestyle changes including a plant-based diet.
- Aerobic exercise and getting adequate sleep are important parts of Jason's routine for heart health.
- Moving towards a plant-based diet can be challenging but making gradual changes a few nights a week is a good starting point.
- The blue zones like Loma Linda and the Mediterranean diet involve predominantly plant-based eating patterns.
- Olive oil, nuts, legumes, whole grains are components of the Mediterranean diet associated with heart benefits.
- Reviewing studies like PREDIMED can provide more evidence for plant-based diets and heart health.
- Virtualheartcheck.com.au is mentioned as a website people can use to assess their heart disease risk.
- The podcast aims to educate listeners on preventing heart disease through lifestyle.
Australia, like the rest of the western world, has a heart problem.
Over 9 million people around the world die from heart disease every year.
Every 10 minutes, someone in Australia suffers a heart attack. And 21 lives are lost daily because of it.
The devastating fact in all of this is…
Almost every one of those cases could have been prevented.
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