Hello and welcome to Zoe Recap, where each week we find the best bits from one of our

podcast episodes to help you improve your health. Today we're discussing

how to improve blood vessel health. About 18 months ago,

New York Times best-selling author Dr William Lee sat down with me to explain some simple

steps that we can take to not only slow down the deterioration of our

blood vessels, but also to actually reduce any existing blockages that we may or may not yet know

about. Is it destiny that our blood vessels are going to get damaged over time or are there ways

that we can slow that process down or perhaps even reverse that process?

The answer is, and this is what's quite striking, it's possible to take somebody who has existing established blockages in their blood vessels

who would otherwise be requiring a stent, the plumber, called the plumber, put the equipment in or requiring drugs like the statins, all right, that if you actually give them an

intensive regimen of lifestyle change, starting with their diet.

You cut down or cut out the saturated meats, no red meat, remove that, okay?

And you upend their dietary equation by putting them on high fiber foods, fruits and vegetables with high fiber.

What does that do? Oh, it feeds your gut microbiome. Now your gut

bacteria are happier, they restore their community, their ecosystem,

now they're working in your favor, all right?

This lifestyle change.

Now you can eat foods,

more foods, fruits and vegetables, nuts and legume seeds,

that actually then renew, regenerate the damage lining.

So, you know, just like our skin renews itself and our hair, for most people, renews itself, right?

Which is why we need a haircut and the skin sheds, which is why people have dandruff.

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