Dr Rupy Aujla

[belindalore]

Anyone with Afib follow Dr Rupy Aujla and reverse their afib or afib rvr using his eating guidelines? He's the Dr from India who stopped his Afib by changing his diet along with managing his life style.

[Padayn01]

How long did it take him to achieve this?

[belindalore in reply to Padayn01]

Not sure. Several months. I don't know that the diet cured his Afib but stopped him from having any episodes. I don't think you can cure afib but certainly stop or decrease it a lot. There's a website you can look up about him. He has a couple books out.

[Kaz747]

Yes I listen to his podcasts have his first book.

[CDreamer in reply to Kaz747]

His recent podcast with Dr Li was fascinating.

[CDreamer]

Yes, been following him for 4 years now & listening to his podcast with Dr Daniel Levitin as we speak. I feel better generally following his advice, learned a lot. Not saying that it will stop AF though as AF is such a mongrel condition.

[belindalore in reply to CDreamer]

You may have been the one who I heard about Dr Aujila. I do believe diet and nutrition has a lot of bearing on on health. Unfortunately very few Drs we see know or even pay any attention to nutrition. I don't know if you're in the UK or US but I have seen the medical system in the US become ruled by the insurance companies. So many insurance companies and so many insurance plans. And you are treated according to what insurance you have. The better insurance you can afford the better the care. And insurance dictates to the Drs how much time they spend per visit with you. You are basically just a policy number. On an assembly line. And that impacts your well-being. Because not getting quality time with your Dr doesn't allow you to ask questions about your condition. Why so many people turn to forums like this and try to get information. And I was always told Drs study and keep up on new things. They all don't. It's bad enough to get sick. Then to be at the mercy of a dysfunctional health care system that's driven by profit over the health of the patient. 😞

[CDreamer in reply to belindalore]

I’m in the UK - you may be interested in a US based Metabolic Cardiologist Dr Sinatra web-site. Lots of useful information here and good articles. Similar criteria applies under the NHS - GP appointments limited to 10 mins and Specialist Care - 30 mins.

heartmdinstitute.com/heart-...

Unless you are lucky enough to have access to a dual trained doctor, thankfully there is a GP in our practice who is also Lifestyle Medicine Doctor, similar to Dr Rupy & Dr Sinatra, you are left to your own resources and investigations.

[belindalore in reply to CDreamer]

I guess over here we have holistic and naturopathic Drs aka lifestyle. Sad we are left to find out what we can on our own. Very few Drs over here even know or pay attention to nutrition. You'd have to see a nutritionist or one of the others I mentioned. When I was young you were treated by your GP for about everything. Now here you have to see a specialist for almost everything. 🙄 And it's iffy if they know anything.

[Barny12 in reply to belindalore]

There is a small list of (mainly US based) plant based cardiologists/EPs here:

plantbaseddoctors.org/speci...

but this list is in no way exhaustive - I know there are many others, for eg Dr Uri Benzur in Encino CA. etc.

[CDreamer in reply to belindalore]

You will learn a lot from following his podcasts.

[Padayn01 in reply to CDreamer]

You just trod his name and podcasts in google to access these?

[Singwell in reply to belindalore]

Sadly you are right. Our system does not allow for them to engage in continuing professional development which should be essential and part of every surgery's organisational structure.

[PlanetaryKim]

He has 3 food/recipe books on amazon. Which one is the best? Or the most useful? I would like to get one.

[belindalore in reply to PlanetaryKim]

I don't know. I was asking in my question about him if anyone had tried his diet and had any success.

[PlanetaryKim in reply to belindalore]

Yes, I thought someone reading this would have a recommendation about which of his books to start with since the people answering your question will likely be familiar with him.

[belindalore in reply to PlanetaryKim]

Hope you find an answer. It's all pretty daunting isn't it? Good luck to you.

[CDreamer in reply to PlanetaryKim]

His latest - Eat to Beat Illness is good as there is more specific information but I like the recipes he puts on his FB page and on YouTube. I have his 1st book The Doctor’s Kitchen - lots of quick, easy recipes. One of my favourites is Persian Chicken Thighs but lots of spice mixes and curry paste recipes in the rear of the book. Most of his recipes will have spices of some sort but they aren’t overpowering and most are not hot.

Butternut Massaman Curry with his family recipe for Massaman Curry paste is another favourite.

He tends to pull ideas from Indian sub-continent, China, Vietnamese, Korean, Mediterranean and Mexican cuisine but his style is unique and very delicious.

I tend to prefer his style of cooking over Ottolingi but there are similarities in style and provenance.

[PlanetaryKim in reply to CDreamer]

Thank you!

[Barny12 in reply to PlanetaryKim]

As far as I know he has only written two recipe books so far. We have them both and they're both great but the second is fab - pretty much every recipe is brilliant.

The Doctor’s Kitchen - Eat to Beat Illness

amazon.co.uk/Doctors-Kitche...

[PlanetaryKim in reply to Barny12]

Thanks! He seems to have 3 different cookbooks listed on Amazon Canada.

[Barny12 in reply to PlanetaryKim]

I think Eat To Beat Illness is available with two different covers. He also has a new one "3,2,1" out in next January.

[PlanetaryKim in reply to Barny12]

His 3 books sold on Amazon Canada seem to be:

The Doctor’s Kitchen: Supercharge your health with 100 delicious everyday recipes by Dr Rupy Aujla Paperback CDN$25.26

The Doctor's Kitchen - Eat to Beat Illness: A Simple Way to Cook and Live the Healthiest, Happiest… by Tom Rath Paperback CDN$26.88

Eat to Beat Illness: 80 Simple, Delicious Recipes Inspired by the Science of Food as Medicine by Dr. Rupy Aujla Hardcover CDN$33.89

[Barny12 in reply to PlanetaryKim]

I think the last two on your list are the same book with slightly different titles - one in hardback, one in paperback, hence the differing prices.

[Singwell in reply to PlanetaryKim]

Hi, I listened to my first podcast from Dr's Kitchen yesterday during an AF episode! It was the interview with Dr Li and it's Dr Li's book that I've ordered to give me an overview of the research and thinking behind the nutritional approach.

[Tryfan in reply to PlanetaryKim]

The Doctors Kitchen is one we use. He's big on legumes, veg and spices. Which suit us. What's particularly good about the book the first half he explains the various health benefits of all the ingredients you may come across. We use it regularly.

[Bravemouth]

I watched a few of his videos. He didn’t have persistent AFib from what I can gather, plus he was very young which always helps . But I follow him on YouTube and his diet tips are great. My AFib definitely worsens if I eat something out of the ordinary. He has great guests on too. Dr.Li is worth a listen as well.

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I’ve got The Doctors Kitchen and I’m a fan. Shopping for the interesting ingredients, cooking and eating the food may not have cured my afib but has improved my wellbeing during lockdown

Even in one of the UKs largest multi cultural cities some herbs/spices are impossible to get but I omit or substitute, no problem!

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Yes got both books very good, great Mexican veg chilli in one, some great recipes in them, all good stuff

Andy