Dr Zoe Astroulakis, a consultant cardiologist at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and New Victoria Hospital, has spent two decades treating heart attack patients. She urges middle-aged men to take their health more seriously before it is too late.
Following Jeremy Clarkson’s recent hospitalisation for heart issues, Dr Astroulakis highlights key risks. She advises reducing saturated fat from dairy and red meat, and swapping to lean meats, oily fish, olive oil, avocados, nuts and seeds.
She also warns against ignoring symptoms such as chest pain, shortness of breath, and fatigue, which can signal dangerous visceral fat accumulation around internal organs.
Other dangerous behaviours include smoking, excessive alcohol, lack of exercise, poor sleep, high stress, and skipping regular health checks.
