Jennifer Shalz, MD is an internal medicine physician who is the medical director of the St. Luke’s Health System Department of Lifestyle Medicine. She develops and directs programs that use lifestyle interventions to help prevent, treat, and reverse chronic disease. In this episode we talk about atrial fibrillation and lifestyle medicine. Dr. Shalz talks about the connection between afib and diabetes; she discussed the effect of weight loss and controlling blood pressure; and addresses the role of alcohol. Dr. Shalz also talks about lowering the risk of disease through changing habits and building a healthy lifestyle. Tune in to learn more! This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visit https://bit.ly/EmoryLM