Shemp we agree on most things. With your post I see the beginning of another spin-off thread, titled something like the "sad state of SAD". If you start it, start with your last post and count me in the discussion!:thumbsup:
If you don't mind, I would like to keep the focus of this thread on current heart diet(s)/lifestyle and foods that members are doing to improve their heart health. When I was in Cardiac rehab I needed some help quick and TBN is one place I can trust. I remembered reading about several members having heart problem before but none went into detail of the changes in their lifestyle. That is why I started this thread to put on-line the answer to: Now what? - after a cardiac event or procedure.
I am not a doctor or nutritionalist. I advise anyone that makes significant changes in diet or exercise to be consulting with their own Doctor.
I found something that is working for my specific problem and my body. I know it's working because of my ejection fraction, weight loss, total blood test, Cholesterol test, blood pressure, reduction and elimination of heart meds and the fact the hill to my house that I was out of breath walking up, I can now sprint up ten times. I know every one is different and tolerates food differently and encourage heart patient to post what is working for them. For those that have not had a heart attack or procedure and don't want one, I would like to also know what they are doing for prevention and how it is working for them. Thanks! Don
Shemp we agree on most things. With your post I see the beginning of another spin-off thread, titled something like the "sad state of SAD". If you start it, start with your last post and count me in the discussion!
Thanks Txdon, but the only threads I'll be starting will be ones on how to fix my 'new' 30 year old tractor I just bought. I figured when I saw organic gardening in your interests that you probably already know about the SAD state of affairs when it comes to our food supply, but others may not.
If you don't mind, I would like to keep the focus of this thread on current heart diet(s)/lifestyle and foods that members are doing to improve their heart health......For those that have not had a heart attack or procedure and don't want one, I would like to also know what they are doing for prevention and how it is working for them.
I apologize for my ineptness, but I kinda thought that's what I was trying to do. When others suggested that you might want to rethink your views on fat, you seemed pretty adamant about a heart healthy diet needing to be low-fat. There are others, including doctors and nutritionists, who feel this is not the case, and they too have their studies to back them up. It's all there on the Weston Price website (recipes too). It's not just about some dentist, it's a "whole big picture" kinda thing. I urge you to keep reading it. Don't forget to get those second opinions.
I am one of those you invited to comment who hasn't had a heart attack yet, who is furiously trying to reverse a lifetime's worth of damage I know I have done to my body. It was about a year ago when I was able to procure a supply of raw goat milk and pasture based meat that I started the slow change-over, and by spring when the fresh green growth of grass kicked in, I was running on all cylinders. I was able to make my own cheeses and eat my own home made fermented veggies, all chemical free, and more importantly grain free and soy free (except for the chickens, because they are designed by nature to eat grains, but not soy) Grains (and especially soy) really mess up animals which are designed to eat grass.
The results for me were incredible. First thing to go was the heartburn, which is the first sign your gut gives you when your not eating right. Next thing to go was the stinky, tough bowel movements and hemorrhoids. Next to go was the body odor (now I know why the old-timers only had to take a bath once a week, the poisons coming out of our bodies is what stinks). And now? Well "they" say you can't rebuild cartilage, but yesterday I was two steppin it up a thirty foot ladder with a load in both hands, pain free, when I year ago I could barely drag one foot up at a time because of the pain in my knees. I've done construction my who life, mostly ironwork, rodbuster specifically. With you being a welder, maybe you've been on a jobsite and seen what we do. You know you're in trouble when you get paid by how many tons of steel you can physically lift and place in a day. I figured back and joint pain was simply going to be a fact of the rest of my life, with the possibility of not being able to walk somewhere on the horizon. I don't know (or care) what's going on in those joints, but they haven't been this smooth and quiet in decades. Also the decay in my teeth (what few are left) has stopped progressing. It's incredible what a body can do when it gets enough calcium in the form it can utilize.
Now, when I eat SAD food, my body tells me, because I wake up with a hangover, literally. Feels no different than when I used to go out and drink a few too many. Problem is I can't bite the hair of the dog to make myself feel better. I take no drugs, not even an aspirin.
What's this got to do with heart healthy eating. Everything. I know the whole system is improving, not just one little part, and I don't need scans to prove it. My body and heart are jumping with joy because it is finally getting the nutrition it needs, and what's not to like about eggs over easy fried in lots of butter! If you and your body aren't jumping for joy, you might want to keep looking.
WARNING: This will only work with grass based natural food systems grown by farmers with a genuine love for their brothers, animals and land, not profit. You will have to personally get to know who is raising your food, and the best way to do that is to grow your own (I'm just starting to get my fences up for my goat herd). This will not work with the cheap industrial food supply we are presently offered, and it will kill you rather quickly. You'd be better off being a vegan. You get what you pay for. This country derailed when we forced the small farmer off the land, and won't get back on track until we put him back there.
I'll close with a quick note and then get out of your hair for good. It doesn't matter what you eat if you lay there in bed at night worrying, cause you're gonna die young. Stress will kill you quicker than anything else. If you have that problem, solve it first. Best of wishes to you Txdon! I've got some post holes to dig.
