This Morning: Dr Chris discusses heart disease
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James Martin, 48, has built a busy, high-profile TV career. His hard work has made him the star he is today, but he recently decided change needed to happen due to his family’s history of heart disease and witnessing two harrowing events which shaped him to adopt a complete lifestyle overhaul.
The TV presenter discussed some horrifying moments such as a time in his younger years when he witnessed a heart attack during service.
One person had a heart attack in the middle of service and the head chef at the time turned around and told them all to keep working.
“The head chef at the time turned around and said we carry on service, just move him out to one side,” he recalled.
“I remember dragging him to one side, to the side of this fridge, and I’m carrying on cooking, going ‘this is what it’s all about’.”
Speaking in an interview on ITV’s Loose Women, James Martin recalled another traumatic incident.
The TV chef said: “I was doing a gig abroad and I was chatting to a gentleman same age as me, similar work ethic.
“He went out on stage literally five minutes after I spoke to him to do an awards ceremony, and he died before he hit the floor.”
Witnessing such harrowing events made the star revaluate his life and his own health.
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“I no longer stuff my face with really bad things such as takeaway pizza, Mars bars and fizzy soft drinks, which I used to have tons of during my working day, just like almost every other chef in the country.
“Now I eat fish twice a week as well as loads of vegetables and fresh fruit.”
He has also started using a pedometer in the kitchen, and regularly clocks up 16 miles a day.
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) published guidelines detailing lifestyle and behavioural recommendations to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in those who do not yet have it.
The guidelines addressed diet and nutrition, exercise and physical activity, body weight, and tobacco use.
They draw from existing evidence that healthier lifestyle choices can reduce the risk of premature death and disability due to heart disease.
In 2019, the mortality rate of coronary heart disease in the United Kingdom was 98 deaths per 100,000 population.
Symptoms of heart disease could include:
- Chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure and chest discomfort (angina)
- Shortness of breath
- Pain, numbness, weakness or coldness in your legs or arms if the blood vessels in those parts of your body are narrowed
- Pain in the neck, jaw, throat, upper abdomen or back
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