#30 The Fresh Heart Project with Dr Zarrin Shaikh

<p>Today on the podcast I am speaking to Dr Zarrin Shaikh, a Consultant Cardiologist who specialised in&nbsp;Cardiac Imaging,&nbsp;specifically advanced echocardiography and cardiac MRI, following her PhD</p><p>in Sleep at Imperial College London and the Royal Brompton Hospital.</p><br /><p>We’ll be talking about her exciting new project called&nbsp;<a href="http://lifestylecardiology.com/?page_id=71" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fresh Heart Project</a>, which stands for food,&nbsp;relaxation, exercise, sleep and happiness and how these lifestyle features can help us&nbsp;overcome blood pressure issues, atherosclerosis and look after our hearts.</p><br /><p>We’ll be talking about her personal experience of lifestyle medicine, the cardiologists from&nbsp;America who inspired her journey and a particular focus on Atrial fibrillation something that&nbsp;I personally suffered with and why we may be seeing more of it in clinic.</p><br /><p>Some of the points that we talked about that I think are really important to consider are below - and don't forget to check out the show notes here too for the papers that Dr Zarrin discusses:</p><ul><li>Looking at the news in the morning and being aware of what impact that has on your stress levels</li><li>The connection between happiness and cardiovascular disease</li><li>I'll link to the studies that Dr Zarrin mentioned in the notes below</li><li>The nutrition principles that Dr Zarrin stands by - whole grains, quality fats, largely whole and lots of plant based foods</li><li>How lifestyle is an adjunct to therapy - something that we use alongside the current tools that we have</li></ul><p><br /></p><br /><p>You’ll find the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC-chT1Yu4c" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>recipe video that I cooked for Dr Zarrin - Pear and Chocolate Overnight Oats with Fresh Berries - on the show on my youtube channel</strong></a>&nbsp;so you can see how delicious and easy it was to make .. even whilst recording a podcast!</p><br /><p>And you can find all of this information and more at<strong>&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://thedoctorskitchen.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>www.thedoctorskitchen.com</strong></a></p><br /><p>My social media links are:</p><p>Website: <a href="http://www.lifestylecardiology.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.lifestylecardiology.com</a></p><p>Twitter: @freshheartdoc</p><p>Instagram: @freshheartdoc</p><p>LinkedIn: Zarrin Shaikh</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>