651: Managing Heart Health with Dr. Matthew J. Budoff
Age Less / Live More
Lucas Rockwood
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Heart disease remains the leading cause of death globally. While we know the importance of exercise, weight management, and blood pressure control, what role do scans and testing play? Can coronary calcium (CAC) scores help detect risks before it's too late? And if arterial plaque is found, are there steps you can take to reverse or manage it? This week, we dive deep into heart disease prevention, diagnostic scans, and practical options to take control of your heart health.
Listen and learn:
- What a CAC (coronary artery calcium) score is and why it matters
- Safety versus efficacy of statins in heart disease management
- Non-statin options for heart health
- The difference between managing and reversing heart disease
- Costs, options, and taking agency over your cardiovascular wellness
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ABOUT OUR GUEST
Dr. Matthew J. Budoff is a Professor of Medicine at UCLA and the Director of Cardiac CT at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He is a leading researcher in the field of non-invasive cardiovascular imaging and a pioneer in coronary artery calcium scoring, focusing on early detection and prevention of heart disease.
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| 0:00.0 | Everyone interested in living a long healthy life really has to take into consideration cardiovascular health. |
| 0:08.2 | We all know that we should have a healthy heart. |
| 0:10.4 | We should do cardiovascular training. |
| 0:12.4 | Ideally have a low resting heart rate and a high max heart rate. |
| 0:17.0 | We all know that we should manage our weight and our waistline. |
| 0:19.8 | We should watch our diet, although suddenly that feels like a minefield. |
| 0:23.5 | When we get into testing, preventative care, when we get into pharmaceutical interventions or herbal supplements, that's when things get pretty confusing. |
| 0:31.1 | We'll delve into all of that on this week's show. |
| 0:33.6 | If you're new here, this is age less, live more with Lucas Rockwood. |
| 0:36.9 | I'm a yoga teacher and trainer, a serial entrepreneur. |
| 0:39.5 | I'm the father of three kids, but firstly, I'm a student. |
| 0:41.9 | I use this podcast to research and share information about health span, specifically how we can all live our best lives in the second half of life. |
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| 1:00.3 | Lastly, I have a program called Yoga Body Daily. |
| 1:03.2 | We do strength and stretch and steps to focus on health span. |
| 1:06.5 | And a couple thousand people, just like you, you can find all the information about that |
| 1:09.7 | at YogaBody.com. Welcome everyone. It's Lucas here. Today's show is called Taking Agency Over |
| 1:17.0 | Your Heart Health, and I am joined here with Dr. Matthew Bodef. Dr. Bodef is a professor of medicine |
| 1:22.1 | at UCLA, and he's the director of cardiac CT at Harbor UCLA Medical Center, leading researcher in the field of non-advasive cardiovascular imaging and a pioneer in the KAC score, which are cact tests, which I know some of you are familiar with. |
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