S3 E5 - Can you die of a broken heart?

The Food Medic

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Our guest today is Dr Nikki Stamp - an Australian trained cardiothoracic surgeon.Nikki is 1 of 11 female heart surgeons in Australia and is a sought after speaker for women in surgery and a participant of social media campaign #ILookLikeASurgeon. Her research includes mentoring and gender in surgery, improving the patient journey and outcomes after cardiac surgery and the way plaque forms in our arteries. She is also author of the book “Can You Die of a Broken Heart?” And is due to release her second book “Pretty Unhealthy” later on this year.On this episode we chat about women in medicine and surgery, the gender bias in cardiac medicine, how our lifestyle can impact our heart and what we can do to try offset that risk, and if you can actually die of a broken heart.This weeks listener question is “What foods can I eat to lower my cholesterol?” So if you’re interested to find out the answer stay tuned to the very end of the episode and if you want to submit your own question to the show all you got to do is tweet, facebook message or instagram DM your questions with #thefoodmedicpodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Have you ever wondered what a sandwich sounds like?
0:03.0	Not much to it, is there?
0:06.0	Unless, of course, it's a Walker's sandwich.
0:10.0	Mmm, that is good.
0:13.0	Now that's what Asani should sound like.
0:16.0	Go all crisp in with walkers.
0:18.0	Delicious.
0:20.0	Hello and a very big welcome back to the Food Medic podcast. with walkers. Delicious.
0:24.6	Hello and a very big welcome back to the Food Medic podcast.
0:27.6	I'm your host, as always, Dr. Hazel Wallace.
0:33.1	I'm an NHS medical doctor and founder of the Food Medic, which is an educational platform discussing nutrition and other aspects of lifestyle in the context of health.
0:39.3	Today I'm not joined by anyone in the studio as our guest is based in Australia, but we will be
0:45.9	Skyping her. So if the sound quality is a little bit different today, that's why. So our guest
0:51.2	is Dr. Nicky Stamp, an Australian-trained cardiothoracic surgeon.
0:56.4	Now, Nikki is one of 11 female heart surgeons in Australia and is a sought-after speaker for women in surgery and a participant of the social media campaign, I Look Like a Surgeon.
1:08.2	Her research includes mentoring and gender in surgery, improving the patient journey
1:12.5	and outcomes after cardiac surgery, and the way plaque or atherosclerosis forms in our arteries.
1:19.3	Her first book, Can You Die of a Broken Heart, has been released and translated into a number of
1:25.0	languages. And her second book, Pretty Unhealthy, will be released
1:29.1	later on this year. I think you're really going to enjoy this conversation, but before we get
1:33.8	into that, it's time to share this week's listener question, which is, what foods can I eat to lower
1:41.0	my cholesterol? So if you're interested in finding out the answer, stay tuned
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