Whole Heart Health with Cardiologist Dr. Nicole Harkin

In this episode, Board Certified Cardiologist Dr. Nicole Harkin and I discuss Whole Heart Health including answers to the following questions:

- How do you identify and reduce cardiovascular risk if you have a strong family history? 

- How much does stress contribute to the development of heart disease and what can we do to reduce stress?

- Does heart disease really begin in childhood?

- How do we encourage more young people to engage in a heart healthy lifestyle?

- Which diet is best for our heart and how much alcohol can/should we drink?

- Is there a metabolic benefit to intermittent fasting?

- In the prevention or treatment of cardiovascular disease, is there a place in for non-traditional treatments and therapies such as supplements, antioxidants,  acupuncture, reiki, herbs?

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Dr. Harkin is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, and Clinical Lipidology.  After completing medical school at Boston University, Dr. Harkin received her Internal Medicine training at NYU and Cardiology fellowship at Columbia University.  She is the founder of Whole Heart Cardiology, a preventive telecardiology practice. She is passionate about preventing heart disease through healthful, sustainable lifestyle changes. Dr. Harkin is based in San Francisco, but she is available for consultations to patients in CA, NY, and FL.

For more from Dr. Harkin check out:

www.wholeheartcardiology.com 

and on 

IG @nicoleharkinmd

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