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John was 45, up before six for the gym, out running at the weekends, cooked nearly every meal from scratch.
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He was the fit one.
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Then one of his mates asked for health advice, and he was sitting across from me when I explained that one of the arches to his heart was badly blocked, and he needed a stent to stop him having a heart attack.
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He kept saying the same thing, but I did everything right, Dr.
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Kelly.
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If you think being fit keeps your heart safe, I want you to meet John because he thought exactly the same thing.
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I have sat across from a lot of John's over the years.
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Fit, disciplined people who are genuinely shocked to be in a cardiologist's office.
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So let me walk through how a man who does everything right still ends up meeting a stint, and more importantly, the one thing I'd want you to go and check in yourself before you decide you're grabbed.
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Stay with me because this part everyone misses is the part that nearly caught John out.
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So let me tell you about John.
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I've changed his name, but the rest is exactly as it happened.
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He was the man everyone envied a little.
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Successful career, loving family.
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He'd run a half martin the year before, he wore the watch that tracked his sleep, his steps, and his heart rate.
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He ate well, he barely drank, and none of the obvious bad habits.
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If you lined up 10 of his friends and asked me which one would land in my clinic first, John is the last one I would have picked from the outside.
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And that's the whole point from the outside.
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Here's the belief that catches so many fit people out.
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I exercise so I'm healthy.
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And I get it, it feels true.
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You put the work in, you feel strong, the scales are kind to you, so surely the heart underneath is gram too.
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But being fit and being free of heart disease are not the same thing.
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I wish they were.
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Exercise does wonderful things for your heart, and I'll never talk you out of it.
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What it doesn't do is promise you that there is no plaque building up inside your arteries.
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When I send people for a scan that looks at the arteries around the heart, I find that the buildup, the fatty stuff that eventually causes a heart attack, is there in lots of them.
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Around six in ten men and four in ten women, and plenty of those people feel totally well.
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They're fit, they're busy, they have no symptoms.
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The buildup is already there doing its work years before anyone thinks to look for it.
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And this is the part that makes it seem so unfair.
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That buildup gives you almost nothing to go on.
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No pain most of the time.
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No warning light on the dash plaque can start forming in your twenties and sit there growing for decades while you feel absolutely fine.
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So the very thing that reassures people that I feel great is the thing that stops them ever getting checked.
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John felt great too, you know, right up until the week that he did not.
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So what was actually going on with John?
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On paper, his life looked healthy.
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Underneath, a few things were working against him that no gym session could cancel out.
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John's real root cause was because he was very stressed and burnt out despite the exercise and the good diet.
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He had a family history of heart disease, and because a friend had become unwell, that triggered him to get checked out.
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In truth, he was under enormous pressure at work.
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He hadn't slept properly in years, and that kind of long-term chronic stress does real damage to your arteries, whatever your diet looks like.
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The gym was helping him to cope with the stress, so he'd decide the stress wasn't hurting him.
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It was.
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By the time he reached me, that artery was badly narrowed.
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He'd been training hard, feeling strong, walking around with a heart that was far closer to the edge than anyone knew.
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So how do you know if you're a bit more like John than you'd like to admit?
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Let me give you a few questions.
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Do you assume you're fine mainly because you exercise?
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That's the big one.
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Being fit is a wonderful thing, but it's not a clean bill of health.
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Are you carrying real stress and not really sleeping?
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But telling yourself that all the exercise cancels it out.
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Has anyone in your family had heart trouble when they're young?
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That matters far more than people think.
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And when did anyone last actually check to look at your heart properly instead of glancing at a couple of numbers and telling you you're graphed?
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If a few of those hit home, that's not a disaster.
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It just means that you're exactly the sort of person who should stop assuming and start checking.
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Because that was how we caught John out.
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Not a lack of effort.
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He had all the effort in the world.
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What he didn't have was anyone looking underneath the fitness to see what his arteries were actually doing.
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And his story has a happy middle.
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We sorted the archery, and then we got to work on the stress and the sleep that got him there in the first place.
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He's still training away, he's just not assuming anymore.
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So here is the one thing I would love you to take from John.
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If you spent years assuming your fitness has your heart covered, treat that as the one assumption worth testing.
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Go and get properly looked at, especially if there's a heart trouble in your family.
00:04:54.399 --> 00:04:58.000
It is a simple thing, and it's the thing John wishes he had done sooner.
00:04:58.079 --> 00:05:06.560
And if you want to know the signs your heart might be asking for help, the ones fit, busy people talk themselves out of all the time, watch this one next.
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I go through the warning signs that people like John miss right up until it's serious.
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If this is the kind of thing you want more of, then subscribe and I'll see you there.
00:05:16.319 --> 00:05:20.879
You can be the fittest person in the room and still have a heart that needs looking at.
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Don't let being healthy on the outside stop you from checking what's going on inside.
00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:29.439
Go and watch that next video and then go and book your checker.
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John was 45, up before six for the gym, out running at the weekends, cooked nearly every meal from scratch.
00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:09.519
He was the fit one.
00:00:09.679 --> 00:00:20.800
Then one of his mates asked for health advice, and he was sitting across from me when I explained that one of the arches to his heart was badly blocked, and he needed a stent to stop him having a heart attack.
00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:23.839
He kept saying the same thing, but I did everything right, Dr.
00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:24.399
Kelly.
00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:30.559
If you think being fit keeps your heart safe, I want you to meet John because he thought exactly the same thing.
00:00:30.719 --> 00:00:33.679
I have sat across from a lot of John's over the years.
00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:38.719
Fit, disciplined people who are genuinely shocked to be in a cardiologist's office.
00:00:38.880 --> 00:00:51.439
So let me walk through how a man who does everything right still ends up meeting a stint, and more importantly, the one thing I'd want you to go and check in yourself before you decide you're grabbed.
00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:57.119
Stay with me because this part everyone misses is the part that nearly caught John out.
00:00:57.280 --> 00:00:58.880
So let me tell you about John.
00:00:59.119 --> 00:01:02.640
I've changed his name, but the rest is exactly as it happened.
00:01:02.799 --> 00:01:05.120
He was the man everyone envied a little.
00:01:05.359 --> 00:01:07.519
Successful career, loving family.
00:01:07.599 --> 00:01:13.200
He'd run a half martin the year before, he wore the watch that tracked his sleep, his steps, and his heart rate.
00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:17.280
He ate well, he barely drank, and none of the obvious bad habits.
00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:25.599
If you lined up 10 of his friends and asked me which one would land in my clinic first, John is the last one I would have picked from the outside.
00:01:25.760 --> 00:01:28.560
And that's the whole point from the outside.
00:01:28.719 --> 00:01:32.159
Here's the belief that catches so many fit people out.
00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:34.159
I exercise so I'm healthy.
00:01:34.319 --> 00:01:35.920
And I get it, it feels true.
00:01:36.079 --> 00:01:41.840
You put the work in, you feel strong, the scales are kind to you, so surely the heart underneath is gram too.
00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:45.200
But being fit and being free of heart disease are not the same thing.
00:01:45.359 --> 00:01:46.319
I wish they were.
00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:50.799
Exercise does wonderful things for your heart, and I'll never talk you out of it.
00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:55.359
What it doesn't do is promise you that there is no plaque building up inside your arteries.
00:01:55.519 --> 00:02:05.120
When I send people for a scan that looks at the arteries around the heart, I find that the buildup, the fatty stuff that eventually causes a heart attack, is there in lots of them.
00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:10.000
Around six in ten men and four in ten women, and plenty of those people feel totally well.
00:02:10.080 --> 00:02:12.560
They're fit, they're busy, they have no symptoms.
00:02:12.719 --> 00:02:17.680
The buildup is already there doing its work years before anyone thinks to look for it.
00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:20.639
And this is the part that makes it seem so unfair.
00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:23.199
That buildup gives you almost nothing to go on.
00:02:23.360 --> 00:02:25.120
No pain most of the time.
00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:32.800
No warning light on the dash plaque can start forming in your twenties and sit there growing for decades while you feel absolutely fine.
00:02:32.960 --> 00:02:38.879
So the very thing that reassures people that I feel great is the thing that stops them ever getting checked.
00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:42.960
John felt great too, you know, right up until the week that he did not.
00:02:43.120 --> 00:02:45.520
So what was actually going on with John?
00:02:45.840 --> 00:02:48.159
On paper, his life looked healthy.
00:02:48.400 --> 00:02:53.360
Underneath, a few things were working against him that no gym session could cancel out.
00:02:53.520 --> 00:02:59.759
John's real root cause was because he was very stressed and burnt out despite the exercise and the good diet.
00:02:59.919 --> 00:03:05.360
He had a family history of heart disease, and because a friend had become unwell, that triggered him to get checked out.
00:03:05.520 --> 00:03:08.479
In truth, he was under enormous pressure at work.
00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:17.360
He hadn't slept properly in years, and that kind of long-term chronic stress does real damage to your arteries, whatever your diet looks like.
00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:22.319
The gym was helping him to cope with the stress, so he'd decide the stress wasn't hurting him.
00:03:22.479 --> 00:03:23.039
It was.
00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:26.319
By the time he reached me, that artery was badly narrowed.
00:03:26.479 --> 00:03:33.680
He'd been training hard, feeling strong, walking around with a heart that was far closer to the edge than anyone knew.
00:03:33.840 --> 00:03:38.240
So how do you know if you're a bit more like John than you'd like to admit?
00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:40.159
Let me give you a few questions.
00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:43.520
Do you assume you're fine mainly because you exercise?
00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:44.560
That's the big one.
00:03:44.719 --> 00:03:48.080
Being fit is a wonderful thing, but it's not a clean bill of health.
00:03:48.240 --> 00:03:51.520
Are you carrying real stress and not really sleeping?
00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:55.120
But telling yourself that all the exercise cancels it out.
00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:58.159
Has anyone in your family had heart trouble when they're young?
00:03:58.319 --> 00:04:00.159
That matters far more than people think.
00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:07.919
And when did anyone last actually check to look at your heart properly instead of glancing at a couple of numbers and telling you you're graphed?
00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:10.719
If a few of those hit home, that's not a disaster.
00:04:10.879 --> 00:04:16.000
It just means that you're exactly the sort of person who should stop assuming and start checking.
00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:19.360
Because that was how we caught John out.
00:04:19.519 --> 00:04:20.720
Not a lack of effort.
00:04:20.879 --> 00:04:22.639
He had all the effort in the world.
00:04:22.800 --> 00:04:28.319
What he didn't have was anyone looking underneath the fitness to see what his arteries were actually doing.
00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:30.319
And his story has a happy middle.
00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:36.240
We sorted the archery, and then we got to work on the stress and the sleep that got him there in the first place.
00:04:36.399 --> 00:04:39.920
He's still training away, he's just not assuming anymore.
00:04:40.079 --> 00:04:43.040
So here is the one thing I would love you to take from John.
00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:49.519
If you spent years assuming your fitness has your heart covered, treat that as the one assumption worth testing.
00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:54.240
Go and get properly looked at, especially if there's a heart trouble in your family.
00:04:54.399 --> 00:04:58.000
It is a simple thing, and it's the thing John wishes he had done sooner.
00:04:58.079 --> 00:05:06.560
And if you want to know the signs your heart might be asking for help, the ones fit, busy people talk themselves out of all the time, watch this one next.
00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:11.439
I go through the warning signs that people like John miss right up until it's serious.
00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:16.160
If this is the kind of thing you want more of, then subscribe and I'll see you there.
00:05:16.319 --> 00:05:20.879
You can be the fittest person in the room and still have a heart that needs looking at.
00:05:21.040 --> 00:05:26.000
Don't let being healthy on the outside stop you from checking what's going on inside.
00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:29.439
Go and watch that next video and then go and book your checker.
