jknosplr wrote:I changed the diet back in 2007, to monostaurated fats, cut the red meat and shell fish, (Except Venison), , increased the lean white meat, and cold water fish. Dumped all the refined sugars and simple carbs, increased the complex carbs with greens and fiber.
jknosplr wrote:Saturated fat intake has increased some but for the most part I'm maintaining my regiment for the last three years.
Note this: "Based on the groundbreaking results of his [Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D] 20-year nutritional study—the longest study of its kind ever conducted—this book [Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease] explains, with irrefutable scientific evidence, how we can end the heart disease epidemic in this country forever by changing what we eat. Here, Dr. Esselstyn convincingly argues that a plant-based, oil-free diet can not only prevent and stop the progression of heart disease, but also reverse its effects."
The above quote is from: http://www.heartattackproof.com/ There's a lot of interesting stuff at this website.
Added in Edit: Here is essence of the Esselstyn study.
Esselstyn was a cancer surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic, which has a premier conventional cardiology facility. He proposed a study to the cardiologists. The clinic's internal review board approved the study. Esselstyn was given permission to conduct the study essentially in his spare time with no financial support that he acknowledges.
The cardiologists sent him 24 heart patients, all with severe 3 vessel disease, for whom conventional medicine could do more more. The patients were in despair & without hope. The death sentence had been rendered. Esselstyn was dealt a lousy hand but he played it anyway. There is no mention of what drugs the patients were using but a good guess is that they were all on drugs of various kinds since they had been under conventional care by cardiologists.
The main part of the new protocol for the patients was a new diet: plant based (grains, legumes, fruits, vegetables) with no added oils/fats. [This is not your usual "low fat" diet - this is pretty radical.] In addition they were to take a statin drug as needed to get their total cholesterol below 150. They also took a few vitamins. The protocol did not include exercise, EECP, EDTA chelation, massive vitamin doses, or other alternative therapies. Six patients would not comply with Esselstyn's protocol so they were released back to their cardiologists. The 18 remaining patients had had 49 serious cardiac events (heart attacks, bypasses, stents, etc.) in the previous 8 years. These 18 patients agreed to comply with the protocol.
The total study lasted 12 years. One patient did not make it to the end. His death sentence came due after 5 years and he died of a cardiac arrest, an electrical malfunction. Autopsy showed no CAD-caused heart attack. Of the other 17, one fell off the wagon for 18 months and reverted back to his prior diet. He ended up with a bypass but afterward returned to compliance. In all, 17 patients completed the 12 year study. In these 17 patients there were no cardiac events (other than the aforementioned bypass) during the 12 year study. Furthermore, the patients all recovered a large measure of their vigor, health & vitality. Now, roughly 21 years after the study began, 14 are still alive and following the protocol and are living active lives with no cardiac events.
These are just the bare facts, obtained from reading the book. For more information, go here: http://www.heartattackproof.com/reversal01.htm