Kent
Sun, Nov-17-02, 16:05
The Low-Fat Diet Actually Causes Heart Disease
This is the true story of an aquaintence who has been living according to the recommendations of the American Medical Association (AMA), American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Diabetic Association (ADA) but still got hypoglycemia at age 52 and plugged heart arteries at age 59. There are millions of these cases each year in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. This is a the story of a real person.
David is a doctor employed at the local hospital. His wife, Susie, also works there. They have followed the AMA and AHA recommended low-fat diet religiously most of their adult lives. They always picked the low-fat selections in the grocery store and ate lots of "healthy" fruit and whole grains. They did recognize the necessity of eating meat but always selected the low-fat cuts, removed the visible fat on their plates and always removing the skin from chicken.
David and Susie were "health nuts." They jogged several times a week until it damaged Susie's knees. The switch was then made to hiking the mountain where they live and riding bikes on the mountain roads. Exercise was a major priority. They ran the local 10K race every year. When Susie could no longer run because of her knees, David continued to run the race religiously. It was the highlight of their health activity.
Neither David nor Susie were ever fat or overweight. They never went on yo-yo diets because it wasn't necessary. They never smoked or drank alcohol. They didn't eat many simple carbohydrates like sugar and white flour. They presented bodies that appeared to be the optimum in health but inside they are sick, sick, sick.
David's low-fat diet caused his hypoglycemia and heart disease. By age 52 David was having blood sugar metabolism problems. His blood sugar would surge when he ate his normal high-carbohydrate meals but plunge later giving the typical symptoms of someone who is pre-diabetic. Being a doctor, David followed the recommendations of the ADA and snacked on peanut butter and crackers between meals to keep his blood sugar stable. David's biggest disadvantage was being a doctor because he believed the nonsense put forth by the above professional societies. The low-fat diet is always high in carbohydrates and produces high blood insulin levels. David is suffering because he believed the "big fat lies" about the low-fat diet.
David must now decide which mechanical method to use to unplug his heart arteries. But what can he eat? He has been on the recommended low-fat diet for many years. His exercise has been unrelenting. He lifestyle was in perfect accordance with all the recommendations. His doctors will, no doubt, recommend the same diet as the cure when it was actually the cause. David is in big trouble. What does a doctor do now? His erroneous training had double crossed him, and he doesn't even know it.
Kent :wave:
This is the true story of an aquaintence who has been living according to the recommendations of the American Medical Association (AMA), American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Diabetic Association (ADA) but still got hypoglycemia at age 52 and plugged heart arteries at age 59. There are millions of these cases each year in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. This is a the story of a real person.
David is a doctor employed at the local hospital. His wife, Susie, also works there. They have followed the AMA and AHA recommended low-fat diet religiously most of their adult lives. They always picked the low-fat selections in the grocery store and ate lots of "healthy" fruit and whole grains. They did recognize the necessity of eating meat but always selected the low-fat cuts, removed the visible fat on their plates and always removing the skin from chicken.
David and Susie were "health nuts." They jogged several times a week until it damaged Susie's knees. The switch was then made to hiking the mountain where they live and riding bikes on the mountain roads. Exercise was a major priority. They ran the local 10K race every year. When Susie could no longer run because of her knees, David continued to run the race religiously. It was the highlight of their health activity.
Neither David nor Susie were ever fat or overweight. They never went on yo-yo diets because it wasn't necessary. They never smoked or drank alcohol. They didn't eat many simple carbohydrates like sugar and white flour. They presented bodies that appeared to be the optimum in health but inside they are sick, sick, sick.
David's low-fat diet caused his hypoglycemia and heart disease. By age 52 David was having blood sugar metabolism problems. His blood sugar would surge when he ate his normal high-carbohydrate meals but plunge later giving the typical symptoms of someone who is pre-diabetic. Being a doctor, David followed the recommendations of the ADA and snacked on peanut butter and crackers between meals to keep his blood sugar stable. David's biggest disadvantage was being a doctor because he believed the nonsense put forth by the above professional societies. The low-fat diet is always high in carbohydrates and produces high blood insulin levels. David is suffering because he believed the "big fat lies" about the low-fat diet.
David must now decide which mechanical method to use to unplug his heart arteries. But what can he eat? He has been on the recommended low-fat diet for many years. His exercise has been unrelenting. He lifestyle was in perfect accordance with all the recommendations. His doctors will, no doubt, recommend the same diet as the cure when it was actually the cause. David is in big trouble. What does a doctor do now? His erroneous training had double crossed him, and he doesn't even know it.
Kent :wave: