207 Dr. Brian Keeffe - How Healthy is Your Heart?
Purple Patch Podcast
Matt Dixon
4.8 • 647 Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2022
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Matt welcomes Cardiologist, Brian Keeffe MD, to discuss heart health. During the episode, they discuss the surprising prevalence of heart issues and potential concerns among the athletic population.
Many athletes assume they are “heart-healthy” because they train, but this may not always be the case. Don’t leave your heart health to hope and assumptions.
This conversation will shed light on considerations, tests, and contributing factors of heart disease.
Topics include:
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Why athletes should even care about heart health?
(24:48) “People who do lifelong exercise can still develop the clogging of the arteries - atherosclerosis.”
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What factors should we consider before launching into high levels of training?
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What are some things a Cardiologist can uncover in tests and scans?
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Arrhythmia - What is it? Warning signs?
(31:17) "Electrical systems become disorganized and you lose synchronicity.”
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What are the risks surrounding high cholesterol and lipid medications?
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When would you recommend a calcium scan and what will it show?
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Hypertension - What causes high blood pressure and what are the inherent dangers?
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Dr. Keeffe’s thoughts on wearable technology
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How important is it for people to connect to a cardiologist?
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What are insulin resistance and glucose intolerance?
“Diet and exercise are the best medications we have.”
Episode Timestamps
0:00-03:15 Welcome, Episode Introduction, and a word from our sponsor, Inside Tracker - use code PURPLEPATCHPRO25 for 25% in the InsideTracker Store.
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5:42-10:20 Word of the Week: How to Raise an Olympian - By Morgan Arritola
10:35 The Meat and Potatoes - How Healthy is Your Heart? A discussion with Dr. Brian Keeffe
About Dr. Brian Keefe
Dr. Brian Keeffe is originally from Portland, Oregon. He has been practicing cardiovascular medicine in Marin County since 2004. Dr. Keeffe has special clinical interests in preventive cardiology, cardiac CT imaging, and the cardiovascular benefits of exercise.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast. |
| 0:03.5 | The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human being to reach their athletic potential. |
| 0:09.3 | Through the lens of athletic potential, you reach your human potential. |
| 0:13.3 | The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere integrate sport into life. |
| 0:20.1 | Hey folks, today in the show you're going to hear all about heart health with a sports |
| 0:25.9 | cardiologist. It's both interesting and insightful. And during the show, we discuss the |
| 0:31.4 | surprising prevalence of how many of the athletic population show really high blood sugar |
| 0:37.3 | or edging towards |
| 0:38.6 | pre-diabetic. Fitness doesn't always mean performance in health and life. Now we discuss |
| 0:46.4 | inside tracker in the show and how our uncovering of the less optimal levels of biomarkers |
| 0:51.2 | and then the following intervention around training habits and nutrition |
| 0:54.8 | have yielded really tangible results. And you can get involved. You don't need to be a Purple Patch |
| 1:00.1 | athlete. All you need to do is head to Insightracker.com slash Purple Patch podcast, and you can go |
| 1:08.0 | and at the code, Purple Patch Pro 25. |
| 1:11.3 | That's Purple Patch Pro 25. |
| 1:14.3 | Guess what? |
| 1:15.2 | You get 25% of everything at the store. |
| 1:18.4 | Okay, I hope you enjoy the show. |
| 1:20.4 | Let's get cracking. |
| 1:26.2 | And welcome to the Purple Patch podcast, as ever, your host Matt Dixon. |
| 1:33.5 | And today we talk about the pump, heart health. |
| 1:38.0 | We welcome a special guest, Dr. Brian Keith, a highly respected sports cardiologist based out of Marin Health Cardiovascular |
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