This Doctor's Heart Attack Was A Wake Up Call: Here's What He Wants You to Know About Heart Disease with Dr. Jeremy London

Dhru Purohit Show

Dhru Purohit

Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 124 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by Fatty15, Momentous, Puori, and Bon Charge. Heart disease is still the #1 killer worldwide, but most heart attacks don’t happen overnight. They’re built quietly through years of poor sleep, chronic stress, lack of movement, ultra-processed food, and everyday habits we rarely question. The good news? Many of the biggest risk factors are within our control. Today on The Dhru Purohit Show, we are revisiting one of our favorite episodes with cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Jeremy London to unpack the hidden lifestyle patterns that dramatically increase your risk for heart disease and heart attacks. From sleep deprivation and chronic stress to exercise, nutrition, and recovery, Dr. London explains the daily decisions that either protect or damage your heart over time. He also opens up about surviving his own heart attack and how that experience completely transformed the way he approaches prevention, patient care, and long-term health. If you want to better understand how heart disease develops and what you can do today to prevent it, this episode is a must-listen. Dr. Jeremy London is a board-certified cardiovascular surgeon with over 25 years of clinical experience. He earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia and trained in surgery in Denver and Charlotte. To expand his approach, he completed the Institute of Functional Medicine’s core program, integrating a root-cause, whole-body perspective with traditional medicine. Dr. London’s mission is to share practical, easy-to-understand health information through his newsletter, podcast, and social media. In this episode, Dhru and Dr. London dive into: (0:00) Introduction (0:31) The Habits Fast-Tracking Heart Disease (5:03) The Blood Sugar Markers Damaging Your Heart (10:21) Why Chronic Stress Harms Heart Health (17:37) What High Blood Pressure Is Really Doing (26:43) The Most Important Tests For Prevention (30:36) The Heart Attack That Changed Dr. London’s Life (55:57) How Sleep Deprivation Breaks Down The Body (1:09:06) How Food Changes Your Physiology (1:21:30) Why Metabolic Health Matters So Much (1:31:48) The Key Tests Dr. London Recommends (1:37:47) Why Alcohol-Based Mouthwash May Be Harmful (1:40:25) Dr. London’s Experience With Alcohol (1:48:33) The Coffee Habit That Impacts Heart Health (1:51:57) What To Do During A Heart Attack (1:57:35) Final Thoughts And Key Takeaways Also mentioned in this episode: Eight Sleep For more on Dr. London, follow him on X/Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn, or visit his Website. This episode is brought to you by Fatty15, Momentous, Puori, and Bon Charge. Fatty15 is on a mission to support healthy aging for all ages by offering an additional 15% off its 90-day subscription Starter Kit. Go to fatty15.com/dhru and use code DHRU to replenish your C15 levels for long-term health. Right now, Momentous is offering our listeners up to 35% off their first order with promo code DHRU. Head to livemomentous.com and use code DHRU for 35% off your first subscription. Quality protein matters. Get 32% off Puori Grass-Fed Whey Protein and a free shaker when you start a subscription at puori.com/DHRU and use code DHRU at checkout. Right now, Bon Charge is offering my community 15% off their Red Light Cap. Just go to boncharge.com/dhru and use code DHRU to save 15%. Sign up for Dhru’s Try This Newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Dr. Jeremy London, welcome to the podcast. As you know, and some of our audience doesn't,
0:05.5	heart disease is the number one killer in the world, not just for men, but for women as well,
0:11.2	claiming over 20 million lives a year. But here's what most people don't realize. In the vast
0:17.9	majority of cases, it's not just bad luck or genes. We'll talk about that more.
0:23.0	It's a result of daily choices and actions. Genes play a role, but our actions play a bigger
0:29.8	role. So let me ask you this. As a board certified cardiovascular surgeon, if you wanted to fast
0:37.3	track someone's path to heart disease,
0:39.4	which again might sound a little diabolical, but it's designed this question to prove a point.
0:44.0	If you wanted to fast track someone's path to heart disease, how would you design their day
0:49.7	from morning to night?
0:51.7	Let's start with the obvious things that may not be so obvious.
0:56.0	Don't brush your teeth and don't floss in the morning.
0:59.3	The first thing most people do.
1:00.7	If you want hard disease, if you want to fast track somebody's path to getting heart disease,
1:05.5	don't brush your teeth, don't floss.
1:08.0	And don't floss.
1:08.8	What's, you know, one of the first things you do when you wake up, you get up and you
1:12.6	brush your teeth or flush your teeth or both, hopefully.
1:16.3	The connection between oral health and cardiovascular health is dramatic.
1:22.8	There's a direct connection between the bacteria that live in the mouth and bacteria that are found
1:28.3	in atherosclerotic plaques. In addition, there are routines that people have in the morning
1:34.9	with alcohol-based mouthwashes that affect blood pressure. So there's a lot of oral health
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