Almost Dead at 61, Climbing Mountains at 62. It's Never Too Late | Dr. Akil Taher
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Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 5 July 2022
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
One year after life-saving heart surgery at the age of 61, Dr. Akil Taher was climbing the highest mountains in the world.
The leading cause of death in America nearly had another victim. His heart stopped, he had stents inserted to open severely clogged arteries, and ultimately needed open heart bypass surgery. Finally, after ignoring the warning signs for years, he proclaimed that he wanted to not just live, but "really live."
The transformation that came next was nothing short of remarkable. It was a complete diet and lifestyle overhaul that eradicated more than 60 years of unhealthy habits.
Dr. Taher shares his inspirational story with "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room Podcast.
He is proof that it is never too late for you to change.
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| 0:00.0 | When it came down to it, I really wanted to live my life. |
| 0:08.6 | Really live it. |
| 0:11.0 | So it was time for me to make some bold decisions and dramatic changes. |
| 0:22.1 | Welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:26.0 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:29.0 | Thank you so very much for raising your health IQ with us, coast to coast in the US, and in more than 150 countries. |
| 0:36.0 | Hi to everyone listening in Lockwood, California, Montpelier, Vermont, and Durban, South Africa. |
| 0:43.0 | We appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 0:47.0 | This is episode 51 of season 5, number 350 overall. |
| 0:53.0 | And do we ever have a story worthy of our big 350th show? |
| 1:01.0 | Dr. Akhil Teher, you heard him at the start, said he wanted not just to live, but to really live. |
| 1:11.0 | And so today's show, our 350th episode is all about the journey, how he reached his breaking point, and how he is living today. |
| 1:22.0 | Dr. Teher went from thinking he was Superman and invincible to realizing that he is just a regular guy, who is as susceptible to all of the same traps of the standard, high-fat, unhealthy diet and lifestyle that we are all vulnerable to. |
| 1:42.0 | But Dr. Teher is also someone who went from having bypass surgery, because his arteries were so clogged to climbing the tallest mountains in the world. |
| 1:55.0 | And all of that was after he turned 60. |
| 2:02.0 | He's climbing mountains in his 60s, and his candor, and speaking about his evolution today, is so striking. |
| 2:11.0 | He will lay bare his faults for you, and explain where he went wrong. |
| 2:17.0 | His old school way of thinking, and how it quite literally almost killed him, and how this new mentality and new lifestyle are now enabling this former self-proclaimed Superman to finally accomplish superhuman feats. |
| 2:37.0 | And again, he's doing it at an age when most of us are getting ready to settle down, but not Dr. Teher. |
| 2:44.0 | For him, life is just beginning. |
| 2:49.0 | Dr. Teher, thank you so very much for being here. |
| 2:55.0 | Thank you for having me on your show, Chuck, and giving me this opportunity to talk about my poor lifestyle choices, rather than my heart surgery. |
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