647: The new rules of heart health | Giovanni Campanile, MD & Sandra Cammarata, MD

About this episode

Dr. Giovanni Campanile and Dr. Sandra Cammarata discuss the interconnectedness of heart health and mental well-being, emphasizing the impact of lifestyle choices.

“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…

People in this episode

Guests: Giovanni Campanile, MD, Sandra Cammarata, MD

Topics covered

• heart health
• functional medicine
• lifestyle impact
• cardiovascular health
• mental well-being
• diet and exercise

Keywords

• heart health
• functional cardiology
• insulin resistance
• biomarkers
• sauna therapy
• visceral fat
• stress management

Sponsors

CorAeon

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Harvard, Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School, Tufts, Harvard longevity study

Books & works: The Sicilian Secret Diet Plan, The Rest is Health

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