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Dr. Joel Kahn - The Gut-Heart Connection • Paleo vs. Low-Fat Vegan Diet • Top Heart Health Foods

Episode 96

This week's featured guest is Dr. Joel Kahn, a cardiologist and founder of the Kahn Center for Cardiac Longevity. He's launched a campaign to prevent 1 million heart attacks through healthy living. Joel is the #1 bestselling author of The Whole Heart Solution and Dead Execs Don't Get Bonuses.

In this episode, we discuss:

You can detect heart disease early on and reverse it
We have so far to go before hospitals become health centres
The gut-heart connection
Probiotics have been shown to lower blood pressure & cholesterol
How toxic food negatively effects your artery function
The paleo diet vs. the low-fat vegan diet... how can both be healthy?
The only diet that helps clean up your arteries is plant-based low-fat
The 3 things Joel recommends to each of his patients
The rate of heart disease has dropped over the last 30 years but has now plateaued
Most people who have heart disease, don't know it
Early detection of heart disease... 3 strategies
Heart healthy foods are often red in colour
TMAO causes a blockage in your arteries and messes with your HDL (good cholesterol)
Is Splenda disrupting your gut microbiome?
Splenda can be metabolized in your body into ammonia and formaldehyde... scary!

Podcast Episode Details

Dr. Joel Kahn - The Gut-Heart Connection • Paleo vs. Low-Fat Vegan Diet • Top Heart Health Foods