The mindbodygreen Podcast

“The awareness of how lifestyle, diet, and exercise affect us is mind-blowing.”

Dr. Giovanni Campanile and Dr. Sandra Cammarata are the founders of CorAeon, the only functional medicine practice founded and led by a husband-and-wife team. Campanile is a Harvard-trained functional cardiologist, Associate Professor of Medicine at Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School, and former cardiologist for the President of the United States, George H.W. Bush. Cammarata is a Tufts-trained functional psychiatrist with 36 years of experience and multiple Castle Connolly Top Doctor honors. Together, they treat cardiovascular health and mental well-being as one inseparable system. They are co-authors of The Sicilian Secret Diet Plan and hosts of the podcast The Rest is Health.

00:00 - The mind-body approach to heart health

03:01 - How relationships predict lifespan

05:18 - The Monday morning heart attack

09:13 - Where healthy people get tripped up

13:02 - Visceral fat & body composition testing

15:28 - Biomarkers beyond cholesterol

23:25 - The problem with a zero CAC score

25:09 - Medications for heart disease risk

28:22 - When stress is the real driver

31:46 - EXO Mind & magnetic brain stimulation

35:34 - The problems with traditional cardiology

41:00 - The benefits of sauna therapy

44:46 - The hidden epidemic: insulin resistance

47:57 - The future of heart health

Referenced in the episode: 

Harvard longevity study: https://www.adultdevelopmentstudy.org/ 

This podcast is sponsored by CorAeon, the only functional medicine practice created by a functional cardiologist and functional psychiatrist team for a true mind-body approach. Learn more at coraeon.com. 

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“Every single lifestyle choice we make can either drive inflammation up or drive it down.”

Cynthia Thurlow, NP, is a perimenopause and menopause expert, nutrition educator, and nurse practitioner with nearly 20 years of experience in the ER and clinical cardiology. Now, she works to help women live vibrant and healthy lives. Her new book, the Menopause Gut, comes out on April 28. 

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00:00 - Why women chronically undereat protein 

03:19 - Fiber: the missing link in gut health

09:00 - Healthy fats & targeted nutrients

13:08 - The importance of healthy blood flow

17:52 - 5 metabolic markers you need to track

21:47 - The Boston Heart test

26:19 - The genetic aspect of cholesterol

28:50 - Advancements in cardio testing

33:25 - AI in medicine

35:17 - Hormones, inflammation, & your diet

39:42 - Discussing her new book

You can find Thurlow at her website: https://www.cynthiathurlow.com/ 

And get her new book, The Menopause Gut, here: https://a.co/d/01BKJHc8 

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“It should be possible to maintain stable cognitive function into your eighth and ninth decades. But we don't really internalize that. We expect decline, and because we expect decline, we're less likely to engage in those things.”

Dr. Tommy Wood is a neuroscientist, Associate Professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and author of The Stimulated Mind. With degrees from Cambridge and Oxford, he has published more than 100 scientific papers and lectured worldwide on brain health, metabolism, and human performance. He also serves as a performance consultant to world-class athletes, including Olympians and Formula 1 drivers, and co-founded the British Society for Lifestyle Medicine.

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00:00 - What we know about brain biomarkers

03:59 - Dementia risk is modifiable

06:29 - Why you should get your steps in

08:52 - The effect of exercise on the hippocampus

15:05 - Muscle is a brain organ

20:42 - Give your brain the fuel it needs

25:12 - Creatine & brain health

27:22 - The convenience crisis

29:54 - The importance of making mistakes

31:30 - How to stimulate your brain enough

33:31 - Social connection = medicine

35:45 - Tommy’s dream study

38:12 - The optimization trap

Referenced in the episode: 

Buy Tommy’s book here: https://a.co/d/0aUGHI9s 

Find Tommy on his website: https://www.drtommywood.com/ 

The Pointer Study: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2837046

The Lancet Study: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01296-0/abstract 

London Cab Driver Study: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.070039597

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In the 1960s, a small Pennsylvania town called Roseto had half the national rate of heart disease — and zero recorded heart attack deaths for men under 55. They smoked, ate pasta and sausages, and drank wine. Scientists were baffled.

What they found changed everything we thought we knew about health.

Link to the study: ⁠https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1636828/⁠ 

Chapters

00:00 Meet Roseto: the town that shouldn't have been healthy
01:49 The shocking discovery: heart disease stats that defied logic
02:11 What scientists found when they investigated
02:33 The real answer: it was culture all along
03:35 When the community unraveled, so did the health advantage
04:05 What the Roseto Effect means for us today

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