Heart Health: Exercise vs. Nutrition
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
4.9 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2020
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
What is the perfect formula for heart health? Is exercise more important or is nutrition king of the cardiovascular kingdom?
On this episode of The Exam Room™ podcast, Dr. Kim Williams joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll to share his thoughts on achieving optimal heart health, including the balance between a healthy diet and commitment to exercise. Plus, he shares the foods you should be eating to keep your heart beating healthfully.
The renowned cardiologist also gives his thoughts on how a healthy diet may be helping extend the careers of tennis legends Serena Williams and devoted vegan Novak Djokovic. And he discusses the medical challenges that are facing Black women regardless of wealth or celebrity status.
Chuck also revisits an eye-opening conversation about cholesterol with Dr. Steve Neabore. They tackle how the body produces its own cholesterol and dive into the science behind clogged arteries caused by a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet.
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Dr. Kim Williams
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Chuck Carroll
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Physicians Committee
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| 0:00.0 | if you're eating the processed meat and really high saturated fat, mixing dairy and meat together, |
| 0:05.3 | and refined carbohydrates. |
| 0:06.8 | We put all those things together that so many of the athletes are eating and the long-term outcomes |
| 0:11.6 | are not good. |
| 0:12.4 | So I'm hoping that everyone will realize the power of plant-based nutrition and adopt it for their |
| 0:17.2 | long-term health, not just short-term athletic performance. |
| 0:20.2 | Well, hello there! |
| 0:30.2 | And welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:34.0 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:37.2 | Thank you so very much for giving the show a listen, or a view, or a download, wherever |
| 0:43.0 | it is in the world that you are. |
| 0:45.7 | We appreciate the fact that you are here. |
| 0:50.6 | Now here is a question for you. |
| 0:53.6 | What is the perfect formula for heart health? |
| 0:58.5 | Is it more important to exercise and be in the gym all the time, or is nutrition the king |
| 1:05.5 | of the cardiovascular kingdom? |
| 1:09.9 | Can you even compare the two? |
| 1:12.7 | They are equally important and they work in tandem. |
| 1:16.2 | So today on the show we are going to find out, and the person who has the answers is someone |
| 1:22.3 | who should know because he is both an expert in healthy diets and an avid exerciseer himself. |
| 1:31.1 | In fact, the only thing that makes him as happy as studying the heart is studying his |
| 1:38.0 | opponents on the tennis court. |
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