Welcome to my podcast. I am Doctor Warrick Bishop, and I want to help you to live as well as possible for as long as possible. I’m a practising cardiologist, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and the creator of The Healthy Heart Network. I have over 20 years as a specialist cardiologist and a private practice of over 10,000 patients.
In this podcast, Dr. Warrick Bishop, a cardiologist and CEO of the Healthy Heart Network, discusses the critical issue of heart disease in Australia, where someone suffers a heart attack every twenty minutes. He emphasizes the importance of understanding factors such as blood pressure, weight, and cholesterol for better health. The conversation focuses on inflammation, its role in heart attacks, and how it is often linked to metabolic dysfunction and chronic conditions like diabetes.
Dr. Bishop explains that coronary artery calcium scoring is a valuable tool for assessing heart health, providing insight into plaque presence and risk levels for heart disease. He introduces the Virtual Heart Check platform, allowing individuals to obtain a calcium score conveniently. Furthermore, he highlights the significance of lifestyle changes, including better sleep, exercise, and diet, to manage inflammation and metabolic dysfunction. Dr. Bishop warns that prediabetes carries similar heart attack risks as diabetes, urging listeners to take proactive steps in their health. He invites listeners to join the Healthy Heart Network for support in understanding heart health and mitigating risks. The podcast concludes with a call to action for individuals to get heart checks and prioritize their cardiovascular well-being.
Takeaways:
- Heart disease is a significant issue in Australia, with a heart attack occurring every twenty minutes, many of which could be prevented with proper knowledge.
- Inflammation plays a critical role in heart health, contributing to plaque rupture and subsequent heart attacks, rather than just being a result of blocked arteries.
- Lifestyle factors such as stress, lack of sleep, and visceral fat can increase inflammation, which is linked to various chronic conditions like diabetes and arthritis.
- Regular exercise and proper sleep are essential for reducing inflammation, despite the common belief that exercise generates free radicals.
- Coronary artery calcium scoring is a valuable tool for assessing heart health, providing personalized insights beyond traditional risk scores.
- A zero calcium score indicates low short-term risk for heart events, whereas higher scores significantly increase risk, warranting medical intervention.
- Metabolic dysfunction, often characterized by insulin resistance, is a precursor to diabetes and carries similar heart attack risks.
- Indicators of metabolic dysfunction include central obesity, high triglycerides, low HDL levels, and elevated blood pressure.
- Simple lifestyle changes, such as reducing carbohydrates and alcohol intake and increasing physical activity, can help mitigate metabolic dysfunction.
- The Virtual Heart Check platform offers an accessible way for individuals to obtain coronary artery calcium scoring without needing a doctor’s appointment, promoting proactive heart health management.
Australia, like the rest of the western world, has a heart problem.
Over 9 million people around the world die from heart disease every year.
Every 10 minutes, someone in Australia suffers a heart attack. And 21 lives are lost daily because of it.
The devastating fact in all of this is…
Almost every one of those cases could have been prevented.
This podcast is for anyone who wants to improve their health literacy and gain information to help them make the best decisions about their risk of heart attack, their cholesterol, blood pressure, risk of diabetes, weight loss and general health. Join me on my personal mission journey to prevent Heart Attack on a global scale. If you like this podcast, I would be honoured by a 5-star review and appreciate if you let your friends and family know about this podcast; you may even save the life of someone you love!
Are You at Risk of a Sudden Heart Attack? How Healthy is Your Heart? Really?
Heart disease is the #1 killer in the Western World. In Australia, someone dies every 28 minutes from heart disease. That’s 51 people a day. In the US, someone has a heart attack every 40 SECONDS! Fortunately, many heart attacks are preventable. However, regular exercise and eating healthy are no guarantee you won’t succumb to this silent killer.
- 94% of Australians have at least One Risk Factor for heart disease.
- 59% of Australians have been Touched by heart disease.
- Yet only 3% of Australians have had a Full Heart-Health Assessment in the past 12 months.
Do the free heart check today at www.virtualheartcheck.com.au
Join the Healthy Heart Network and become part of our growing community!
Do You Want to Improve Your Heart’s Health and Reduce Your Risk of Suffering a Heart Attack? Join The Healthy Heart Network For Only $5 Lifetime Access (Valued at over $55)!
The Healthy Heart Network is designed to help members:
- understand the present state of their heart’s health
- recognise their current level of risk of suffering a heart attack
- Learn the positive steps they can take to improve their situation
Visit https://healthyheartnetwork.com/ and click on the JOIN THE FAMILY BUTTON
