podcast
19 Mar 2019
On this episode, I invite fellow doctor and friend Dr Ayan Panja, General Practitioner, super generalist, lifestyle medicine enthusiast and co-founder of Lobe Medical back to the podcast to talk about eating and lifestyle for our heart health.
Eating for your heart as a concept, is not about food like a pill - but diet is an important consideration for protecting and promoting our heart health and it’s why I ultimately believe that nutrition training is vital for all medics to grasp an understanding of, as well as the general public.
Listen up because it’s not just people in their 50’s and 60’s that need to be listening to this episode - it’s actually relevant for all generations - because looking after your heart is a life long process.
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A quote from my conversation with Dr Ayan:
Weve talked about inflammation a lot - and I hear that word a lot on your podcasts - because as we know that drives a lot of conditions. Cardiovascular disease is definitely partly inflammatory - we know that. And the thinking is, that this sort of reaction that your vessel wall has - to try and heal itself from this injury - creates this inflammatory cascade, and rather than just having local inflammation, triggers systemic inflammation in your whole cardiovascular system. And that can put your blood pressure up, and cause narrowing of arteries elsewhere in the body as well - in other arteries, not just the ones around your heart.
Dr Ayan Panja
As Dr Ayan mentions on the podcast - unfortunately someone has a heart attack around every 7 minutes in the UK. Wouldnt it be great if we could reduce that number by making one or two little changes in our lifestyle - such as eating more nuts, eating more fish, exercising a bit more, relaxing a bit more, reducing stress levels.“Supergeneralist” Dr Ayan Panja has been practising medicine for 20 years qualifying from Imperial College School of Medicine. He has been an NHS GP partner for the last 15 years, and for several years worked for BBC World News as a health expert and a presenter. Dr Ayan is passionate about general practice, health communication and preventive medicine. He co-founded and lectures on the RCGP accredited course called “Prescribing Lifestyle Medicine” Link:(www.lobemedical.co.uk).
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