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My dad (62) just had big heart attack in January. 100% blockage in a vein covering 60%+ of his heart. The surgeon who put his stent in called his EKG “impressiv
by tpowell 5y ago
My dad (62) just had big heart attack in January. 100% blockage in a vein covering 60%+ of his heart. The surgeon who put his stent in called his EKG “impressive”.
He’s never eaten very well or exercised much, and the Mediterranean diet was one of the ones they recommended. My mom (always reading health books) decided to go for an extreme no fat, no oil(!) diet instead, which is difficult in practice. His labs six weeks later showed a greater than 100pt drop in his cholesterol and 30lbs+ of weight loss. He’s able to come off of his previous blood pressure medication, is sleeping better than ever and adding distance to his daily mile walk.
Anyway, if you or someone you know is at high risk, turnarounds are absolutely possible with diet, and it might be worth further examining oils and “good fats” if your body doesn’t process cholesterol well.
- KSS42 5y agoWere there any changes to his carb intake? Did he also reduce use of simple carbs and processed foods?
- tpowell 5y agoJust about everything he ate changed, but he didn’t eliminate carbs. He ate homemade pizza with no cheese, crackers, pretzels… The mix absolutely included fewer processed foods, but pretzels out of a bag are processed, no? He looks forward to anything with flavor—salsa is popular, and small amounts of sorbet after dinner.
- voisin 5y agoSounds like he adopted the diet that Dr. Esselstyn recommends (http://www.dresselstyn.com/site/ http://www.dresselstyn.com/site/). There’s an excellent documentary, Forks over Knives, about his approach and he’s written a book that is awesome.
- tpowell 5y agoThat’s the one, thank you for linking.