The mindbodygreen Podcast 647: The new rules of heart health | Giovanni Campanile, MD & Sandra Cammarata, MD
Apr 26, 2026
Giovanni Campanile, MD, a Harvard-trained functional cardiologist, and Sandra Cammarata, MD, a Tufts-trained functional psychiatrist, pair cardiology and psychiatry into a unified mind-body approach. They explore how relationships, stress, sleep, visceral fat, advanced biomarkers, personalized testing, imaging limits, and therapies like sauna and magnetic brain stimulation reshape heart and brain health.
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Relationships Predict Lifespan Better Than Cholesterol
- Relationships strongly predict longevity, often outweighing traditional risk factors like low cholesterol.
- The Harvard longevity study found a strong partner relationship by age 50 predicts longer life more than cholesterol levels do.
Test Visceral Fat And Phase Angle Regularly
- Measure body composition, especially visceral fat and phase angle, as visceral fat raises risks for heart disease, dementia, cancer and accelerated aging.
- Use InBody 970 and STICU for accurate visceral fat and phase angle tracking over time.
ApoB And Particle Size Matter More Than Total Cholesterol
- Advanced lipid markers (ApoB, Lp[a], particle size/number) predict future risk better than total cholesterol.
- Small dense LDL and particle number matter because they more easily penetrate the endothelium and glycocalyx.
