2: Keeping a Healthy Heart and Lifestyle Wellness with Joel Kahn, MD.
Episode 2: Dr. Joel Kahn
Joel Kahn, MD, of Detroit, Michigan, is a preventive cardiologist and a Clinical
Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine. He graduated
Summa Cum Laude from the University of Michigan Medical School and trained in
interventional cardiology in Dallas and Kansas City. Known as “America’s Healthy Heart
Doc”, Dr. Kahn is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and
maintains sub-specialty board certification in Cardiovascular Medicine. He was the
first physician worldwide to complete the Metabolic Cardiology curriculum in
conjunction with A4M.com/MMI and the University of South Florida.
Dr. Kahn has authored scores of publications in his field including articles, book
chapters and monographs. He writes articles for MindBodyGreen, Thrive Global, and
Reader’s Digest and has six books in publication including Your Whole Heart Solution,
Dead Execs Don’t Get Bonuses, The Plant Based Solution, and Lipoprotein(a). He has
regular appearances on Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz, The Joe Rogan Experience, and The Doctors
Show. He has been awarded a Health Hero award from Detroit Crain’s Business. He
owns a health restaurant in Detroit.
What we talked about:
4:15- Introduction to Dr. Joel Kahn and what it means to be a holistic cardiologist
6:20- How we can prevent cardiovascular disease and hypertension
14:30- The blood work that you can do to see what genetics you inherited that cause health risk factors
16:25- Where saturated fat and cholesterol come from and how they directly and indirectly impact the cardiovascular system
22:45- Dr. Khan’s recommendation for healthiest oil to cook with and eat
25:10- Thoughts on agricultural subsidies and what he’d like to see change in this industry
29:50- The impact that eating a whole plant forward diet can have on cardiovascular disease
37:55- The role that oxidative stress has on the cardiovascular system and where these stresses come from in everyday life
43:05- The restaurant he opened up
46:55- Dr. Khan’s favorite foods
49:30- Wrap-up
Show notes:
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