She Had Heart Disease, These Changes Made It Go Away | Lauren Bernick
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
4.9 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
What if you could see heart disease coming… and stop it before it starts?
That's exactly what happened to Lauren Bernick.
She was heading down a path that millions of people are on right now — a path toward heart disease. But instead of accepting it as inevitable, she made a change.
And it changed everything.
In this powerful conversation with Chuck Carroll, Lauren shares how she transformed her health, what finally clicked for her, and how plant-based eating helped her take control before it was too late.
Now, as the host of the Age Like A Badass Mother podcast and creator of Well Elephant, she's helping others do the same — simplify plant-based eating and build a lifestyle that actually sticks.
🧠 You will learn:
- How to reverse heart disease
- The warning signs she couldn't ignore
- How small changes led to big results
- Why perfection isn't required for transformation
- How to make plant-based eating simple and sustainable
- The mindset shift that made everything click
If you've ever wondered whether it's too late to turn your health around… this episode will give you hope — and a plan.
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| 0:00.0 | Today, on the exam room. |
| 0:05.4 | I just happened to be at my OBGYN appointment and she said, you know, your cholesterol |
| 0:11.3 | is just so high. |
| 0:12.6 | It was like 300. |
| 0:14.5 | And she said, it's just not normal for somebody to have cholesterol this high. |
| 0:18.9 | And I said, oh, it's always been like that. |
| 0:20.6 | I remember when I was 18, the doctor was telling me it shouldn't cholesterol this high. And I said, oh, it's always been like that. I remember when |
| 0:21.2 | I was 18, the doctor was telling me it shouldn't be that high. And so she said, I want you to go to |
| 0:27.3 | get a calcium score, CT. And I said, I feel like I'm fine, but okay, fine, I'll go if you want me to. |
| 0:34.6 | And when it came back that I had coronary artery disease and that at 46 years old, |
| 0:40.4 | my arteries were 75% worse than every other person my age. I was floored. I was shocked. |
| 0:51.5 | Welcome to the Exam Room podcast, brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:55.9 | Hi, I'm Chuck Carroll, raising health IQs coast to coast and around the world. |
| 1:01.0 | Hi to the exam room. He's listening in Bismarck, North Dakota, Eureka, California, and Tallinn, Estonia. |
| 1:09.5 | Wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 1:13.8 | This is episode 23 of season 9, number 722 overall. |
| 1:19.3 | And today, we are talking about turning things around before it is too late. |
| 1:26.3 | Because our guest, Lauren Bernic, was heading down a path that so many people find |
| 1:32.2 | themselves on. |
| 1:33.2 | This was a path toward heart disease. |
| 1:36.3 | But here's the thing. |
| 1:38.3 | Lauren did not stay on that path. |
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