Heart Health Simplified: Expert Tips That Work | Christie Ballantyne M.D
The Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Show
Dr. Gabrielle Lyon
4.6 • 911 Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2024
⏱️ 108 minutes
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Summary
Join Dr. Gabrielle Lyon and Dr Christie Ballantyne, one of the world’s leading cardiologists, for an insightful conversation on the science behind cardiovascular health, metabolic wellness, and disease prevention. In this episode, Dr. Ballantyne shares groundbreaking research, the role of genetics, and practical steps you can take to optimize heart health. Whether it’s through diet, exercise, or understanding your unique health profile, this discussion is packed with actionable strategies to help you live a longer, healthier life.
💡 Key Topics Covered:
- How genetics influence heart disease risk
- The power of lifestyle changes for heart and metabolic health
- Breakthroughs in cardiovascular research you need to know
📌 Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
02:15 - Why genetics play a role in heart disease
07:45 - The link between lifestyle and cardiovascular health
15:20 - Cutting-edge studies in heart and metabolic wellness
20:50 - Practical tips to prevent heart disease
28:00 - The future of cardiovascular medicine
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Dr. Gabriel Lyon Show, where evidence-based information meets innovation and practical |
| 0:05.8 | application for everyone. Today, I sit down with Christy Ballantine M.D. He's an internationally |
| 0:13.1 | renowned expert on lipids, athelosclerosis, and heart disease prevention. He's the chief of |
| 0:19.9 | cardiovascular research and the director of cardiometabolic disease prevention. He is the chief of cardiovascular research and the director of |
| 0:22.4 | cardiometabolic disease prevention at Baylor College of Medicine. He's in the top 1% of the |
| 0:29.5 | most cited investigators. He has over 800 plus journal publications in the areas of athlosclerosis, lipids, and inflammation. |
| 0:39.6 | His research has led to the approval of, get this, two biomarkers for cardiovascular risk |
| 0:45.9 | prediction, and he has played a prominent role in the development and approval of new lipid |
| 0:51.6 | lowering therapies. Dr. Christy Ballantine is the current president of the |
| 0:56.9 | National Lipid Association. He is an absolute unicorn. And what you're about to listen to is someone |
| 1:03.6 | who is an expert with decades of experience in clinical practice and basic science genetic research. This is a highly |
| 1:13.6 | scientific episode. So if you are a provider or if you are someone who is interested in lipids, |
| 1:19.6 | this show is for you. Please sit down with me with Dr. Christy Valentine. Dr. Christy Ballantyne. |
| 1:35.7 | Dr. Christy Ballanty, thank you so much for coming on the show, current president of the National Lipid Association, just an incredible researcher, and academic. |
| 1:40.7 | Welcome to the show. |
| 1:41.7 | My pleasure. |
| 1:42.7 | Now, we are going to talk about all things cardiovascular related and cardiometabolic health, |
| 1:49.0 | which seems to be the buzzword now. |
| 1:51.0 | But before we do, tell me why cardiology? |
| 1:54.0 | So, you know, a lot of things that we end up doing in our lives, some of the antecedents |
| 2:00.0 | begin before we were born actually, because genetics plays a big part in all of our lives. Some of the antecedents begin before we were born actually because |
| 2:02.5 | genetics plays a big part in all of our lives. I never knew my grandfather because he died of a stroke. |
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