Health Check Ep 15: Forget about raising your good cholesterol?

19:12 mins

Synopsis: In this fortnightly podcast series on Wednesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and debunks the myths with expert guests. 
 
In this episode, ST correspondent Joyce Teo and podcasting head Ernest Luis host Dr Michael Lim, the medical director of MWH Heart, Stroke & Cancer Centre, who's also the honorary president of the Asian Society of Cardiology. 

They ask him for tips on how to change lifestyles to prevent cardiovascular disease, like heart attacks or strokes. 

Dr Lim answers the following questions: 

1. Why is it hard for us to get a heart attack or stroke, when these conditions are common? (0:40 mins)

2. What is the simplest and cheapest way to prevent a heart attack? Drink enough water (4:04)

3. Why is good cholesterol obsolete today? (5:18)

4. Diabetes is a key risk factor, and Singapore is waging war against it. What else can we do to address this risk? (10:10)

5. Why it is better to have more and smaller meals daily (11:40)

6. How do we monitor our blood pressure levels, and what to look out for when doing so? (12:37)

Produced by: Joyce Teo and Ernest Luis

Edited by: Adam Azlee

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Health Check Ep 15: Forget about raising your good cholesterol?
19:12 mins Synopsis: In this fortnightly podcast series on Wednesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and debunks the myths with expert guests.&nbsp; &nbsp; In this episode, ST correspondent Joyce Teo and podcasting head Ernest Luis host Dr Michael Lim, the medical director of MWH Heart, Stroke &amp; Cancer Centre, who's also the honorary president of the Asian Society of Cardiology.&nbsp;
They ask him for tips on how to change lifestyles to prevent cardiovascular disease, like heart attacks or strokes.&nbsp;
Dr Lim answers the following questions:&nbsp;
1. Why is it hard for us to get a heart attack or stroke, when these conditions are common? (0:40 mins)
2. What is the simplest and cheapest way to prevent a heart attack? Drink enough water (4:04)
3. Why is good cholesterol obsolete today? (5:18)
4. Diabetes is a key risk factor, and Singapore is waging war against it. What else can we do to address this risk? (10:10)
5. Why it is better to have more and smaller meals daily (11:40)
6. How do we monitor our blood pressure levels, and what to look out for when doing so? (12:37)
Produced by: Joyce Teo and Ernest Luis
Edited by: Adam Azlee
Follow more Health Check podcasts and rate us on:
Spotify: <a href="http://str.sg/oeGY">http://str.sg/oeGY</a>&nbsp;
Apple Podcasts: <a href="http://str.sg/oeXP">http://str.sg/oeXP</a>&nbsp;
Google Podcasts: <a href="http://str.sg/oeLN">http://str.sg/oeLN</a>&nbsp;
Playlist: <a href="https://str.sg/Jw7R">https://str.sg/Jw7R</a>&nbsp;
Website: <a href="http://str.sg/stpodcasts">http://str.sg/stpodcasts</a>&nbsp;
Feedback to: <a href="mailto:podcast@sph.com.sg">podcast@sph.com.sg</a>&nbsp;
Thank you for your support! ST &amp; BT Podcasts picked up a silver medal for Best Digital Project to engage younger and/or millennial audiences at 2019 Asian Digital Media Awards by Wan-Ifra:&nbsp;
<a href="https://str.sg/Jw5T">https://str.sg/Jw5T</a>&nbsp;
Watch a video of&nbsp;Podcasts&nbsp;on the rise in Singapore:&nbsp;<a href="https://youtu.be/aGJ4cbch6eQ">https://youtu.be/aGJ4cbch6eQ</a>

Synopsis: Almost every weekday, our ALL-IN-ONE channel showcases discussions on Singapore youth perspectives and social issues, geopolitics through an Asian lens, health, climate change, personal finance and career.

Follow our shows on your favourite audio apps Apple Podcasts, Spotify or even ST's app, which has a dedicated podcast player section.

Produced by podcast editor Ernest Luis & The Straits Times, SPH Media.

Synopsis: Almost every weekday, our ALL-IN-ONE channel showcases discussions on Singapore youth perspectives and social issues, geopolitics through an Asian lens, health, climate change, personal finance and career.
Follow our shows on your favourite audio apps Apple Podcasts, Spotify or even ST's app, which has a dedicated podcast player section.
Produced by podcast editor Ernest Luis &amp; The Straits Times, SPH Media.

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