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txdon
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Schweiser, I was on the 20% diet for almost a year before my heart attack. In the hospital I kept asking myself what did I do wrong. Later when I read Dr. Esselstyn's book he address my specific problem. His patients could not lower their cholesterol enough (150) until they decreased fat intake to 10%. His patients that did this had no cardiac events the ones that did not had cardiac events like I did.
I can't recommend 20% fat in the diet when it failed me miserably. Apparently I'm not the only one.
"Almost all experts agree that reducing fat intake to less than 10% of calories consumed will help mightly in achieving low cholesterol levels." - Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr. Md - Prevent and Reversing Heart Disease p63.
I can't take a risk on making another mistake. I was mad at myself for not knowing this information before my heart attack. I could have prevented it. I hope this thread will encourage others here, or at least exposed them to the knowledge, that heart disease prevention and reversal exist. At the least, if they survive an episode, they know there is hope, there is more they can do.
The lifestyle change is sustainable, I have been doing it almost a year. Doctors need to challenge their patients and not be scared they will loose business.
What would you tell a patient who says "I have had a heart attack and never want another"?
I can't recommend 20% fat in the diet when it failed me miserably. Apparently I'm not the only one.
"Almost all experts agree that reducing fat intake to less than 10% of calories consumed will help mightly in achieving low cholesterol levels." - Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr. Md - Prevent and Reversing Heart Disease p63.
I can't take a risk on making another mistake. I was mad at myself for not knowing this information before my heart attack. I could have prevented it. I hope this thread will encourage others here, or at least exposed them to the knowledge, that heart disease prevention and reversal exist. At the least, if they survive an episode, they know there is hope, there is more they can do.
The lifestyle change is sustainable, I have been doing it almost a year. Doctors need to challenge their patients and not be scared they will loose business.
What would you tell a patient who says "I have had a heart attack and never want another"?
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) in the fridge all the time, because I myself don't like to cook & sometimes get home wanting something immediate so I can just eat & get going on other stuff I want to do.
