Change What You Eat, Change Your Risk of Having a Stroke
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
4.9 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2020
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Every 40 seconds someone in America will have a stroke. That adds up to 800,000 people every year. And of those, 140,000 will die. With those numbers, it's no surprise that strokes rank among the top five leading causes of death in the U.S.
But how many lives could be saved with diet and lifestyle changes? More than you would think!
On this episode of The Exam Room™ podcast, Dr. Vanita Rahman joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll to discuss how steering clear of the high fat standard American diet can significantly improve your chances of never having a stroke.
Also, Chuck is joined by a very special stroke survivor who shares how a trip to the gym eight years ago turned into a stay in the hospital and lengthy recovery. Julie Wright is a well known television personality in the Washington, DC area who was in the middle of training for an upcoming race when the stroke hit out of nowhere. She also happens to be Chuck's wife.
The incident turned her life upside down for months and forced her to closely examine what she was eating. However, she says food was never discussed by her doctors and it wasn't until she began searching for healthier options on her own that she made the connection.
Plus, Dr. Neal Barnard offers his advice to an Exam Room listener who recently adopted a plant-based diet and wanted some ideas about losing weight besides avoiding high fat nuts and seeds.
If you would like to submit a question for the doctor please tweet @ChuckCarrollWLC or @PCRM using the hashtag #ExamRoomPodcast.
This episode of The Exam Room™ Podcast is sponsored by The Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund, which supports organizations like the Physicians Committee that carry on Greg's love for animals by promoting plant-based health and working to end animal abuse.
Schedule a telemedicine appointment with doctors and dietitians at Barnard Medical Center. Available to residents of the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, Arizona, California, Colorado, Kentucky, New York, Missouri, and Massachusetts.
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Stroke Resources
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Chuck Carroll
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Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook
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Julie Wright
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Physicians Committee
Twitter: @PCRM
Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/PCRMFacebook
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Dr. Neal Barnard
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Barnard Medical Center Telemedicine
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| 0:00.0 | I wasn't sure what was happening. |
| 0:02.2 | I started shaking. |
| 0:04.0 | At first I thought my blood sugar had dropped. |
| 0:06.8 | I remember trying to get off of the treadmill. |
| 0:10.3 | I kind of, at this point, did not realize it, |
| 0:13.4 | but the left side of my body was paralyzed, |
| 0:16.1 | and I kind of just slid off of the machine. |
| 0:19.7 | Well, hello there! |
| 0:29.8 | And welcome to the Exam Room Podcast, brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:33.5 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:36.6 | Thank you so very much for giving the show a listen, or a view, or a download. |
| 0:41.8 | Wherever it is in the world that you are, we appreciate the fact that you are here. |
| 0:48.9 | Every 40 seconds, someone somewhere in America will have a stroke. |
| 0:56.9 | Is there something we can do to improve the chances that we are not one of those people? |
| 1:05.9 | How do we not become a statistic? |
| 1:08.9 | That is what we are going to be talking about on the show today, |
| 1:12.9 | as we honor National Stroke Awareness Month. |
| 1:16.9 | Dr. Veneto Ramon will be here to tell us what we need to know |
| 1:20.9 | to lower our risk of becoming one of the hundreds of thousands of people |
| 1:26.9 | who suffer a stroke every year. |
| 1:30.9 | And just wait, just wait until you hear the incredible number of these cases |
| 1:39.9 | that she says are completely preventable. |
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