Simon Hill has dedicated the last 10 years of his life to a clean plant-based diet.

He's a nutrition scientist and he's dedicated to simplifying health and nutrition information.

But unfortunately, a recent heart screening shows he has early signs of heart disease.

This episode is going to be unpacking how this has happened and what

he's going to do about it. Hi, I'm Dr. Rupi. I'm a medical doctor and nutritionist. And when I

suffered a heart condition years ago, I was able to reverse it with diet and lifestyle. This

opened up my eyes to the world of food

as medicine to improve our health. On this podcast, I discuss ways in which you can use nutrition

and lifestyle to improve your own well-being every day. I speak with expert guests and we lean

into the science, but whilst making it as practical and as easy as possible

so you can take steps to change your life today. Welcome to the Doctor's Kitchen podcast.

It's been a long time coming, but I finally got a chance to sit across a desk with Simon Hill.

And today we're going to talk about his personal experience with cardiovascular disease and what

prompted him to have early screening for heart disease and what his results have shown,

which is really quite surprising.

Simon has early signs of heart disease, and now

he has a decision to make around whether he embarks on early drug treatment or delays treatment

to watch how it evolves. He's 39. And many of us are going to find ourselves in a similar situation

as we become more pragmatic about health screening,

especially with the rise in popularity of full body scans.

We have a discussion around fats, the types of fats in the diet, and how one might choose

to lower their cholesterol with diet and lifestyle, And we also go on a virtual trip to the

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