I'm surprised they excluded nuts, and avacados? I guess they wanted a diet of zero fats? When I was younger I had and extreme fear of my clogging up my arter

I'm surprised they excluded nuts, and avacados? I guess they wanted a diet of zero fats? When I was younger I had and extreme fear of my clogging up my arteries. I ate a normal diet, but no processed food, and no sugar.(I was so young I didn't know about fructose, etc.). I just really vigilant about sugar. I got my cholesterol down to 120. Yes, it's antidotal, but my doctor was surprised. I wish I wish I stayed on that diet! One other antidotal story. My best friend smoked three packs of cigarettes a day(12 to 70 years) and at least a pot of coffee. Everyone told him his arteries are probably partially occluded. Well he went in for extensive tests, and he had no plaque build up. We were all surprised. I think what saved him is he only ate one meal a day? He died at 71 because of COPD, but he was functional up to 70. I pass this along to the Smokers who can't stop. Everyday, people told him he would get cancer, or heart disease--he got neither. I'm not condoning smoking, but in think calorie restriction might save your life if you just won't/can't quit? When he finally quit at 70, he said I was much easier than he thought, and comparing it to quitting Heroin was ridiculous. And I know--it's antidotal, and his experience does not come close to a double blind study.