How To Lower Blood Pressure: Heart Doctor's Guide | Dr. Steve Lome
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 2 January 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
A cardiologist reveals his natural method for lowering blood pressure and treating hypertension.
Dr. Steve Lome joins Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room Podcast.
Key points discussed include:
Hypertension epidemic: The rising rates of hypertension are highlighted, with an emphasis on the fact that individuals have more control over their blood pressure than they may realize.
Blood pressure guidelines: Dr. Lome explains the American Heart Association's guidelines for normal blood pressure, which is defined as less than 120/80 mmHg, and discusses the implications of readings above this threshold.
Lifestyle vs. genetics: The conversation emphasizes that while genetics can play a role in hypertension, lifestyle choices, particularly diet, have a far more significant impact. Dr. Lome shares his personal journey of weight loss and how dietary changes can reverse hypertension.
Dietary recommendations: The discussion includes the importance of a whole food plant-based diet, the dangers of ultra-processed foods, and the high sodium content in common foods like chicken. Dr. Lome stresses the need to eliminate animal-based foods and processed foods to improve blood pressure.
Individual variability: The interview touches on the concept of individual variability in health outcomes, noting that while some may tolerate unhealthy foods, this does not mean they are beneficial for overall health.
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| 0:00.0 | Today, on the exam room. |
| 0:04.0 | Genes in some sense is can load the gun, but the lifestyle pulls the trigger. |
| 0:09.0 | Lifestyle is way more powerful than any genetic predisposition. |
| 0:13.0 | A lot of people think, well, hypertension runs in my family, but you know what, diet runs in the family too. |
| 0:22.7 | Welcome to the exam room podcast, brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:26.9 | Hi, I'm the weight loss champion, Chuck Carroll, raising health IQs coast to coast and around the world. |
| 0:33.4 | Hi to the exam room. |
| 0:34.4 | He's listening in Boston, Massachusetts, Yuma, Arizona, and St. Petersburg, Russia. |
| 0:40.3 | Wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 0:44.3 | This is episode two of season eight, number 601 overall. |
| 0:50.3 | And this is also episode two in our new you, healthy you in this new year series. |
| 0:56.2 | We are going to be doing a deep dive into a pressing health issue that again affects millions of people. |
| 1:03.9 | Today we're talking about hypertension, more commonly known as high blood pressure. |
| 1:09.3 | Now, as you know, blood pressure rates have been on the rise, |
| 1:13.1 | creating an epidemic that seems to have no end in sight. But there is some good news here. |
| 1:19.4 | The good news is, just like a lot of the things that we talk about on the show, you have more |
| 1:24.3 | control over your blood pressure than you might think. It's not just genetics that |
| 1:29.5 | are at play because lifestyle choices play a significant role in managing and even reversing |
| 1:37.1 | hypertension. So today, we are thrilled to welcome back to the show. Dr. Steve Lome, he is a leading |
| 1:43.7 | expert in the field, a cardiologist extraordinaire, who literally saved not one but two lives while running a marathon. |
| 1:53.2 | This guy is a true lifesaver. Performed CPR brought two people basically back from the break of death during a race and still manage to finish. |
| 2:03.8 | And I am happy to report that both of those gentlemen are doing great today. |
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