My father is in the hospital about to have a quadruple bypass. He has been a vegan for 15 years and is on his 2nd heart attack. The "animal fats cause heart d

My father is in the hospital about to have a quadruple bypass. He has been a vegan for 15 years and is on his 2nd heart attack. The "animal fats cause heart disease" stuff has brainwashed him into thinking that his carb rich vegan diet is good for him. It's not (which isn't to say that if he did a GOOD vegan diet he wouldn't be much healthier). I think this article is very insightful. One very good indicator (although not as good as the details the author got tested) is a person's HDL to triglyceride ratio. High levels of HDL are good, and low triglycerides are good, since its currently thought that higher triglyceride levels are linked to the small, dense LDL particles that work their way into artery walls.