The Cardiologist Who Biohacks: Heart Health, HRV, Cold Plunge, and the Medicine Nobody Is Teaching

Dr. Rasham Sandhu is an interventional cardiologist in private practice in Bakersfield, California, and the founder and host of the Next Phase Human podcast. His practice focuses on delivering high-quality cardiovascular care with a growing interest in wellness, metabolic health, and the intersection of traditional and functional medicine. He is the founder of California Cardiovascular Institute.Topics Covered00:00 Opening and show intro00:23 Meet Dr. Rasham Sandhu01:00 A cardiologist's daily schedule: procedures, office, and evening training02:00 EAAs, taurine, and skipping traditional pre-workout03:00 Morning routine: Kriya Yoga, meditation, red light therapy, cold plunge, protein04:00 Cold plunge timing and why he keeps at least 12 hours between training and plunge05:00 11 minutes per week: the cold plunge sweet spot05:30 Lymphatic drainage, Hyperice boots, and Surya Namaskar06:00 Growing up in India, entering med school at 18, and the path to cardiology09:00 The CCU rotation that made everything click10:00 Functional medicine vs. traditional medicine: the false binary12:00 The biochemistry light bulb moment14:00 Thinking at the mechanism level: upstream vs. downstream disease15:00 Building CCI from scratch three years ago16:00 PET/CT: calcium scoring, stress testing, and myocardial blood flow in one scan17:00 When to start cardiovascular screening and why disease is moving younger18:00 How calcium builds up in your arteries explained simply19:00 Rotablator, shockwave lithotripsy, and the tools of interventional cardiology21:00 Vagal nerve stimulators: breathwork, Pulsetto, Sensate, and what works23:00 Dr. Sandhu's HRV in the 20s: what is driving it and what it means25:00 Why your body treats a hotel room as a threat27:00 Wind-down routines and why we are terrible at them28:00 The blue light iPad study and the effect that lasted days30:00 The guilt of being on call and putting the phone down32:00 Random questions from the bowl35:00 Three types of conversations: heard, helped, and hugged37:00 The 40s squeeze and the cost of ignoring it39:00 The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle41:00 Dandapani on awareness, focus, and distraction42:00 The squirrel that crashed a hormone lectureMentioned in This EpisodeDr. Rasham Sandhu | @nextphasehuman | California Cardiovascular Institute | cacvinst.comNext Phase Human Podcast | Spotify | Apple PodcastsEckhart Tolle — The Power of NowDandapani — awareness and focusHyperice compression bootsSensate vagal nerve stimulatorPulsetto vagal nerve stimulatorKriya Yoga / Surya NamaskarCold plunge science: 11 minutes per weekPET/CT cardiac imagingCalcium scoringEAAs and taurine as pre-workoutConnectDr. Valerie CivelliInstagram: @drcivelliTrifecta Medical | trifectamedical.org7702 Meany Ave #101, Bakersfield CA 93308(661) 677-2623 | [email protected] inquiries: [email protected]. Rasham SandhuInstagram: @nextphasehumanNext Phase Human PodcastSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033qZ46toArgzpRrRrlpvbApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/next-phase-human-w-dr-sandhu/id1896859526California Cardiovascular Institute | cacvinst.com8337 Brimhall Rd Building 1200, Bakersfield CA 93312