018: Dr. Joel Kahn – Prevent & Reverse Heart Disease With Plants, Stop Fearing Flax & Soy, Whole Grains Are Healthy
The Ultimate Health Podcast
Jesse Chappus
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2015
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
Today's show features Dr. Joel Kahn, The Holistic Heart Doc. He is a cardiologist on a mission to get people eating more plants. As the author of The Whole Heart Solution, Joel is well versed in the numerous health benefits of consuming a plant-based diet. As an MD with a holistic focus, Joel is a pioneer, setting the stage for other doctors to follow.
In this episode, we discuss:
- How Joel became America's Holistic Heart Doc
- Heart disease is preventable & reversible with a healthy lifestyle - A plant-based diet is a huge part of this
- Hospitals are generally feeding patients junk food
- Meat promotes diabetes and inflammation
- Slow and steady wins the race when it comes to eating more plants
- Is a vegan diet ideal for all stages of life?
- Are healthy fats living up to all the hype?
- Can plants provide us with all of our essential fatty acids (AFA, EPA & DHA)
- More flax and soy = more health, more longevity, less prostate cancer, breast cancer and heart disease
- Should sea salt be considered a health food?
- Are grass fed, pasture raised meats actually good for you?
- Gluten... should we embrace whole grains?
- Coconut oil has no role in a healthy diet
- 6 steps to decrease your heart attack risk by 90%
- Some supplements you should consider
- Joel's morning routine and what he does to ensure a solid sleep
- Blocking blue light at night will increase melatonin production
Related Links:
Dr. Joel Kahn - The Whole Heart Solution (book)
Follow Dr. Joel Kahn on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
John Robbins - Diet For A New America (book)
Forks Over Knives (documentary)*
Dr. Kim A. Williams (The New York Times)
Dr. Michael Greger - The Saturated Fat Studies: Buttering Up the Public (YouTube)
The Forks Over Knives Plan (book) United States/Canada
Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine (PCRM)
Marni Wasserman - Plant-Based Diet For Dummies (book)
Sugar, Gluten, Paleo, Vegan: 3 Doctors Debate The Best Way To Eat
Dr. William Davis - Wheat Belly (book)
Dr. David Perlmutter - Grain Brain (book)
Related Shows:
068: Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn Jr. – Prevent And Reverse Heart Disease (minicast)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the with my co-host |
| 0:13.0 | My name's Jesse Chappas and I'm here with my co-host |
| 0:17.0 | Marty Wasserman. |
| 0:19.0 | Today we have guest Dr Joel Kahn on the show. Joel is a cardiologist with a really |
| 0:27.1 | unique perspective on health. He lives a plant-based lifestyle and |
| 0:32.0 | promotes that for his patients to help heal from disease and prevent |
| 0:38.4 | disease in the first place. |
| 0:40.8 | It's so amazing to have a doctor that is so well versed in nutrition and being able to educate |
| 0:47.7 | his patients on how to eat because that is something that's not common. |
| 0:51.6 | So he is not just about the medication. He is |
| 0:53.8 | about lifestyle and health and food, which I'm a big fan of. We get into a lot of |
| 0:59.7 | great topics in this one. We talk about the vegan lifestyle, is it right for all ages, including |
| 1:07.7 | young the elderly? We talk about bulletproof coffee. We get into grass-fed pasture-raised animals and if those are healthier or not for people to be consuming on a regular basis. |
| 1:22.0 | A lot of doctors, especially for people with |
| 1:25.3 | high blood pressure or prescribing low or no salt diets, we get into sea salt |
| 1:31.0 | and if that's something that we should be including in a healthy routine. |
| 1:35.0 | So just a lot of great stuff. |
| 1:36.8 | You guys are going to get a lot from this. |
| 1:39.2 | And head over to ultimate healths.com. |
| 1:42.9 | That way you can check out the show notes. |
| 1:45.2 | There's links there, a summary |
| 1:47.2 | what we discussed on the show, |
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