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 Covered
00:00 Opening and show intro
00:23 Meet Dr. Rasham Sandhu
01:00 A cardiologist's daily schedule: procedures, office, and evening training
02:00 EAAs, taurine, and skipping traditional pre-workout
03:00 Morning routine: Kriya Yoga, meditation, red light therapy, cold plunge, protein
04:00 Cold plunge timing and why he keeps at least 12 hours between training and plunge
05:00 11 minutes per week: the cold plunge sweet spot
05:30 Lymphatic drainage, Hyperice boots, and Surya Namaskar
06:00 Growing up in India, entering med school at 18, and the path to cardiology
09:00 The CCU rotation that made everything click
10:00 Functional medicine vs. traditional medicine: the false binary
12:00 The biochemistry light bulb moment
14:00 Thinking at the mechanism level: upstream vs. downstream disease
15:00 Building CCI from scratch three years ago
16:00 PET/CT: calcium scoring, stress testing, and myocardial blood flow in one scan
17:00 When to start cardiovascular screening and why disease is moving younger
18:00 How calcium builds up in your arteries explained simply
19:00 Rotablator, shockwave lithotripsy, and the tools of interventional cardiology
21:00 Vagal nerve stimulators: breathwork, Pulsetto, Sensate, and what works
23:00 Dr. Sandhu's HRV in the 20s: what is driving it and what it means
25:00 Why your body treats a hotel room as a threat
27:00 Wind-down routines and why we are terrible at them
28:00 The blue light iPad study and the effect that lasted days
30:00 The guilt of being on call and putting the phone down
32:00 Random questions from the bowl
35:00 Three types of conversations: heard, helped, and hugged
37:00 The 40s squeeze and the cost of ignoring it
39:00 The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
41:00 Dandapani on awareness, focus, and distraction
42:00 The squirrel that crashed a hormone lecture
00:23 Meet Dr. Rasham Sandhu
01:00 A cardiologist's daily schedule: procedures, office, and evening training
02:00 EAAs, taurine, and skipping traditional pre-workout
03:00 Morning routine: Kriya Yoga, meditation, red light therapy, cold plunge, protein
04:00 Cold plunge timing and why he keeps at least 12 hours between training and plunge
05:00 11 minutes per week: the cold plunge sweet spot
05:30 Lymphatic drainage, Hyperice boots, and Surya Namaskar
06:00 Growing up in India, entering med school at 18, and the path to cardiology
09:00 The CCU rotation that made everything click
10:00 Functional medicine vs. traditional medicine: the false binary
12:00 The biochemistry light bulb moment
14:00 Thinking at the mechanism level: upstream vs. downstream disease
15:00 Building CCI from scratch three years ago
16:00 PET/CT: calcium scoring, stress testing, and myocardial blood flow in one scan
17:00 When to start cardiovascular screening and why disease is moving younger
18:00 How calcium builds up in your arteries explained simply
19:00 Rotablator, shockwave lithotripsy, and the tools of interventional cardiology
21:00 Vagal nerve stimulators: breathwork, Pulsetto, Sensate, and what works
23:00 Dr. Sandhu's HRV in the 20s: what is driving it and what it means
25:00 Why your body treats a hotel room as a threat
27:00 Wind-down routines and why we are terrible at them
28:00 The blue light iPad study and the effect that lasted days
30:00 The guilt of being on call and putting the phone down
32:00 Random questions from the bowl
35:00 Three types of conversations: heard, helped, and hugged
37:00 The 40s squeeze and the cost of ignoring it
39:00 The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
41:00 Dandapani on awareness, focus, and distraction
42:00 The squirrel that crashed a hormone lecture
Mentioned in This Episode
Dr. Rasham Sandhu | @nextphasehuman | California Cardiovascular Institute | cacvinst.com
Next Phase Human Podcast | Spotify | Apple Podcasts
Eckhart Tolle — The Power of Now
Dandapani — awareness and focus
Hyperice compression boots
Sensate vagal nerve stimulator
Pulsetto vagal nerve stimulator
Kriya Yoga / Surya Namaskar
Cold plunge science: 11 minutes per week
PET/CT cardiac imaging
Calcium scoring
EAAs and taurine as pre-workout
Next Phase Human Podcast | Spotify | Apple Podcasts
Eckhart Tolle — The Power of Now
Dandapani — awareness and focus
Hyperice compression boots
Sensate vagal nerve stimulator
Pulsetto vagal nerve stimulator
Kriya Yoga / Surya Namaskar
Cold plunge science: 11 minutes per week
PET/CT cardiac imaging
Calcium scoring
EAAs and taurine as pre-workout
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Trifecta Medical | trifectamedical.org
7702 Meany Ave #101, Bakersfield CA 93308
(661) 677-2623 | info@trifectamedical.org
www.houseofval.com
Instagram: @drcivelli
Trifecta Medical | trifectamedical.org
7702 Meany Ave #101, Bakersfield CA 93308
(661) 677-2623 | info@trifectamedical.org
www.houseofval.com
Guest inquiries: justin@thebeaconstudios.com
Dr. Rasham Sandhu
Instagram: @nextphasehuman
Next Phase Human Podcast
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033qZ46toArgzpRrRrlpvb
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/next-phase-human-w-dr-sandhu/id1896859526
California Cardiovascular Institute | cacvinst.com
8337 Brimhall Rd Building 1200, Bakersfield CA 93312
