#30: The Fresh Heart Project with Dr Zarrin Shaikh
8th Sep 2019
Dr Zarrin Shaikh, a Consultant Cardiologist who specialised in Cardiac Imaging, specifically advanced echocardiography and cardiac MRI, following her PhD in Sleep at Imperial College London and the Royal Brompton Hospital.
We’ll be talking about her exciting new project called Fresh Heart Project, which stands for food, relaxation, exercise, sleep and happiness and how these lifestyle features can help us overcome blood pressure issues, atherosclerosis and look after our hearts.
We’ll be talking about her personal experience of lifestyle medicine, the cardiologists from America who inspired her journey and a particular focus on Atrial fibrillation something that I personally suffered with and why we may be seeing more of it in clinic.
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:
- Looking at the news in the morning and being aware of what impact that has on your stress levels
- The connection between happiness and cardiovascular disease
- I'll link to the studies that Dr Zarrin mentioned in the notes below
- The nutrition principles that Dr Zarrin stands by - whole grains, quality fats, largely whole and lots of plant based foods
- How lifestyle is an adjunct to therapy - something that we use alongside the current tools that we have
References/sources
Boden WE et al; COURAGE Trial Research Group. Optimal medical therapy with or without PCI for stable coronary disease. N Engl J Med. 2007 Apr 12;356(15):1503-16. Epub 2007 Mar 26.Al-Lamee R, et al; ORBITA investigators. Percutaneous coronary intervention in stable angina (ORBITA): a double-blind, randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2018 Jan 6;391(10115):31-40.Fowler JH, Christakis NA. Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network: longitudinal analysis over 20 years in the Framingham Heart Study. BMJ. 2008 Dec 4;337
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