Next Phase Human

Dr. Rasham Sandhu

Most people think about their health when something goes wrong. Next Phase Human is for everyone who wants to start thinking about it before that moment arrives. Hosted by Dr. Sandhu — a cardiologist with a focus on prevention, longevity, and whole-body wellness — this podcast brings together physicians, researchers, and wellness professionals for honest, evidence-based conversations about the topics that actually move the needle on your long-term health. Each episode covers the intersection of cardiovascular wellness, modern medicine, lifestyle optimization, and human performance — translated into practical, approachable conversations for professionals, business owners, and anyone serious about living better longer.Topics include heart health, metabolic health, sleep, stress, nutrition, longevity diagnostics, wearable technology, recovery, burnout, and the future of preventative care. This is not clickbait wellness. This is a forward-thinking physician who believes the best healthcare happens before you need it. New episodes weekly.

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  1. 17 июн.

    Your iPhone Can Affect Your Pacemaker

    Atrial fibrillation is the most common serious heart rhythm disorder in the world, affecting millions of Americans — many of whom don't know they have it, don't understand what it means, and don't know what modern medicine can actually do about it. In this episode, Dr. Rasham Sandhu sits down with Dr. Gurjit Singh, a cardiac electrophysiologist who trained and taught at Henry Ford Hospital for over a decade before joining California Cardiovascular Institute as Chief Medical Officer and serving as Medical Director of AFib and Electrophysiology at Dignity Health and Adventist Health Bakersfield. Dr. Singh is also the researcher who proved in a landmark 2021 study that iPhone 12 magnets can deactivate implanted cardiac defibrillators — a discovery that went international and triggered an FDA panel that reshaped guidance for both device companies and smartphone manufacturers. He starts there, and then the conversation opens up into one of the most thorough, accessible, and practically useful breakdowns of AFib you'll find in podcast form. They cover how the heart's electrical system works and what actually happens during AFib, why the disease is showing up in younger and younger patients, the full landscape of modifiable risk factors and what the research actually says about each one, how AFib ablation works and why it is now considered a first-line therapy for most patients, what the Watchman device is and who it's appropriate for, how wearables like Apple Watch and Whoop fit into monitoring and early detection, and what the next 10 to 15 years of AFib prevention and treatment might look like — including AI-driven risk prediction from EKG data and nervous system modulation that doesn't require burning any heart tissue at all. Dr. Singh also shares the story of a patient he restored to normal rhythm after 15 years of AFib and heart failure — a case most physicians would have considered untreatable — and gives a practical framework for the 45-year-old who exercises a few times a week, has a drink on the weekends, and wants to know what they can actually do to reduce their risk given a family history of the disease. If you or someone you love has AFib, has been told they might be at risk, or is simply trying to understand what their wearable is telling them about their heart, this is the episode to share. Mentioned in This Episode California Cardiovascular Institute (CCI) — cacvinst.com | 8337 Brimhall Rd Building 1200, Bakersfield CA 93312Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MichiganDignity Health Bakersfield and Adventist Health BakersfieldiPhone 12 magnet / defibrillator study — published in Heart Rhythm Society (2021)AFIRM Trial (rate vs. rhythm control)CASTLE-AF Trial (ablation in heart failure patients)Apple Heart Study (~400,000 patients, AFib detection via Apple Watch)Decaf Trial (200 patients, coffee and AFib risk)GLP-1 / semaglutide meta-analysis (26 studies, 17% AFib risk reduction)Devices mentioned: Apple Watch, Whoop, Garmin, Kardia App, Oura Ring (upcoming episode), Watchman, AmplatzerMedications mentioned: warfarin, apixaban, rivaroxaban, heparin, antiarrhythmicsConnect Dr. Rasham Sandhu — @nextphasehumanDr. Gurjit Singh — @dr_gurjitsinghNext Phase Human Podcast — @nextphasehuman California Cardiovascular Institute8337 Brimhall Rd Building 1200, Bakersfield, CA 93312cacvinst.com Interested in being a guest on Next Phase Human?Contact: nextphasehuman@gmail.com

    1 ч. 20 мин.
  2. 11 июн.

    Master Your Mind, Master Your Life: Dandapani on Awareness, Energy, and the Real Root of Anxiety

    SHOW NOTES: Dandapani is a Hindu priest, entrepreneur, international speaker, and former monk of 10 years. After a decade of rigorous training in a cloistered traditional monastery under one of Hinduism's foremost teachers, he left to bring those teachings into the modern world — working with elite professional athletes, C-suite executives, and top global companies including Nike and American Express. His bestselling book The Power of Unwavering Focus has been translated into 23 languages. In this episode, Dandapani and Dr. Sandhu break down the one mechanic of the mind that explains anxiety, distraction, burnout, phone addiction, and how to actually fix all of it — not with patches, but with the treatment. Topics Covered Where awareness goes, energy flows — what that actually means and why it changes everythingThe 8 sequential steps of Hindu philosophy toward enlightenment, and why jumping to meditation without the first five steps doesn't workHow social media trains your awareness to fragment — and what that costs you at work, at home, and in your healthAnxiety as a mechanics problem: what awareness is doing in the mind that creates stress, fear, and worryThe 5-minute daily self-reflection practice that beats an hour of meditationAffectionate detachment — how doctors, lawyers, and helping professionals protect their energy without losing their compassionParenting in the phone era: why restriction fails and role modeling worksThe three phases of human evolution: instinctive, intellectual, intuitive — and how to move between themMentioned in Episode The Power of Unwavering Focus by Dandapani (translated into 23 languages)Dandapani's online courses: Unwavering Focus, The Energy Alchemist, The Magic of the Mind, Introduction to MeditationThe 8 limbs of Hindu philosophy (Ashtanga)Neurons that fire together, wire together — Hebbian theory referenced by Dr. SandhuDandapani's mobile app — available on iOS and AndroidConnect Dr. Rasham Sandhu — @nextphasehuman | cacvinst.com Dandapani — @dandapanillc | dandapani.org Next Phase Human — @nextphasehuman on Instagram California Cardiovascular Institute — cacvinst.com | (661) 443-0088 | info@cacvinst.com | 8337 Brimhall Rd., Building 1200, Bakersfield, CA 93312 Guest intake: justin@thebeaconstudios.com

    1 ч. 6 мин.
  3. 1 июн.

    Your Arteries Have Been Keeping Score Your Whole Life

    Dr. Ajay Patel returns to continue one of the most practical conversations in cardiology: how what you eat is either slowly building or silently threatening your cardiovascular health. Dr. Patel is an interventional cardiologist and structural heart specialist at Adventist Health and Dignity Health Bakersfield — and one of the highest-volume operators for high-risk cardiac interventions in patients with multi-vessel disease. In this episode, he and Dr. Sandhu move through the real science on nutrition, supplementation, fasting, and the diagnostic tools that can tell you what your standard bloodwork never will. Topics Covered Seed oils: red herring or real problem? What the population data actually showsSugar, cereal, and breakfast — why variety beats any single "healthy" routineKeto and carnivore: short-term wins, long-term question marksVisceral fat: what it is, why it's more dangerous than what you see, and how to measure itCalcium scoring, ApoB, and Lipo(a) — beyond standard cholesterol panelsIntermittent fasting, autophagy, and what 72-hour fasts actually trigger in the bodyNew University of Texas research: flu and shingles vaccines linked to reduced dementia ratesBeyond Meat vs. real meat: the one study that actually showed a benefit for ultra-processed foodAlcohol and the heart: cardiomyopathy, dementia risk, and the wine myth cardiologists createdMentioned in Episode Ornish Diet and reversal of heart diseaseTulane University study on meat consumption distribution (12% of Americans eat the majority of beef)University of Texas — flu vaccine / shingles vaccine dementia study via propensity-matched cohortImpossible Burger / Beyond Meat industry-funded LDL studyDEXA scan and FibroScan for visceral fat measurementPCSK9 inhibitors and plaque regressionConnect Dr. Rasham Sandhu — @nextphasehuman | cacvinst.com Dr. Ajay Patel — California Cardiovascular Institute | cacvinst.com Next Phase Human — @nextphasehuman on Instagram California Cardiovascular Institute — cacvinst.com | (661) 443-0088 | info@cacvinst.com | 8337 Brimhall Rd., Building 1200, Bakersfield, CA 93312  Guest intake: nextphasehuman@gmail.com

    1 ч. 2 мин.

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Most people think about their health when something goes wrong. Next Phase Human is for everyone who wants to start thinking about it before that moment arrives. Hosted by Dr. Sandhu — a cardiologist with a focus on prevention, longevity, and whole-body wellness — this podcast brings together physicians, researchers, and wellness professionals for honest, evidence-based conversations about the topics that actually move the needle on your long-term health. Each episode covers the intersection of cardiovascular wellness, modern medicine, lifestyle optimization, and human performance — translated into practical, approachable conversations for professionals, business owners, and anyone serious about living better longer.Topics include heart health, metabolic health, sleep, stress, nutrition, longevity diagnostics, wearable technology, recovery, burnout, and the future of preventative care. This is not clickbait wellness. This is a forward-thinking physician who believes the best healthcare happens before you need it. New episodes weekly.