Welcome to the Younger Longer 28-Day Healthy Heart Challenge, a transformative podcast series designed to help you take control of your heart health and live a longer, healthier life. Over the next 28 days, we’ll guide you through a comprehensive journey covering key aspects of cardiovascular wellness—nutrition, exercise, stress management, medical awareness, and lifestyle choices.
Each daily episode is packed with expert insights from Dr. Warrick Bishop, best-selling author and cardiologist dedicated to preventing heart disease before it becomes a life-threatening issue. Using the latest science and practical strategies, this series empowers you to make heart-healthy choices and build habits that will support your well-being for years to come.
What You’ll Learn in the 28 Days:
✔ Understanding Your Heart – How it functions and why proactive care is essential.
✔ Heart-Healthy Nutrition – The best foods to fuel your cardiovascular system.
✔ Exercise & Movement – The role of physical activity in strengthening your heart.
✔ Stress & Mental Well-being – Managing stress and anxiety for a healthier heart.
✔ The Power of Sleep – How sleep quality impacts cardiovascular function.
✔ The Impact of Smoking & Alcohol – Making informed lifestyle changes.
✔ Supplements & Medical Insights – Understanding key nutrients and medical checkups.
✔ Advanced Heart Testing & Risk Factors – Going beyond traditional risk assessments.
✔ Sustaining Long-Term Heart Health Habits – Turning knowledge into action for lifelong benefits.
Why Listen?
- Get practical tips and science-backed advice you can apply immediately.
- Learn from real-world examples and medical expertise.
- Gain daily challenges to help you stay engaged and track progress.
- Take charge of your heart health in a simple, effective, and engaging way.
Your heart is your most vital organ, and the steps you take today will shape your future health. Whether you’re looking to prevent heart disease, manage risk factors, or simply improve your overall well-being, this 28-day challenge is your roadmap to a healthier, longer life.
Subscribe and start your journey today—because every heartbeat counts!
Transcript
Well, good day and welcome to Day 28! Well done on getting here. I really, really appreciate you and commend you if you've made it all the way through to this point. If you have, you've learned so much.
You know that amazing organ inside your chest is beating 100,000 times a day for you. It starts beating within weeks of conception in utero and will give you three billion beats in a lifetime. And if it stops, so do you.
So, how do you look after it? We've touched on diet. We've talked about exercise. We've covered the importance of sleep and stress. We've discussed the Harvard longevity study and the importance of relationships. We've talked about genetics—you can't change those. We've talked about medications, and we've even talked about risk and the kinds of testing you can do to be more precise about your risk.
What are you going to do from here on? I hope one of the things you've really taken on board is the importance of being precise about your risk and the value I've attached to individuals considering a coronary artery calcium score as a rite of passage. Men moving from 45 to 50 years of age and beyond, and women from about 55 to 60 years of age and beyond, should consider it—unless there's a risk enhancer like a premature family history of coronary disease or significantly elevated cholesterol levels.
How are you going to lock some of these changes into place? One of the key things is to make small, doable changes. Lock in with someone—maybe your partner, spouse, someone at work, or someone you care about—and support each other’s health. Do it together. Look at things you can change in your diet. Look at things you can change with exercise. Simple things.
Set goals. Use the SMART goals process—specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. Don't put things off. Recognize that your healthy heart journey is about being informed before a problem occurs. Get those checks. Know your cholesterol levels. Know your blood pressure. Make sure you're not pre-diabetic. Sleep well. Exercise regularly. Know your calcium score. These are all key pieces of information that can be addressed before a problem arises. Embrace them and think about how you can integrate them into your ongoing health journey.
Once you've done that, simple things on a daily basis will make an enormous difference. If you are given medications, don’t stop them unless it’s clear, with the person who prescribed them, why you would stop or what the strategy is around stopping them.
There will be lots of resources at the end of this. If you're interested, I'd love to support you with even more detail for an ongoing deep dive into heart health and broader health-related issues. My Healthy Heart Network has been evolving into the Healthy Life Network. Every fortnight, I present a live session where members can contribute, ask questions, and even suggest topics for me to cover in a live Zoom call. We've got plenty of resources attached to that, so check out the resources on this particular day and see if it could be valuable for you or someone you care about.
Again, congratulations on getting this far. I am truly grateful that you've listened and engaged to this stage, and I genuinely hope that I’ve given you information that will make a real and meaningful difference in your life.
I honestly hope you live as well as possible for as long as possible. Take care and bye for now.
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