"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Sat 02 Aug 2008 06:38:43a, Julia Altshuler told us...
>
>> sf wrote:
>>>
>>> Unless he's eating entire sticks behind my back.... I don't think he
>>> eats very much. It's one of those things he can point at and say
>>> "fat", so he decided to eliminate it.
>>
>>
>> If his health problems are genetic (from what you've said, I believe
>> they are), will cutting down on fats any further really improve his
>> health? Has his doctor told him to keep the fats in his diet down to a
>> certain amount?
>>
>>
>> I'm no doctor. I only know what I read in the news media so I'm sure
>> I've got a distorted view, but the way I understand it, making dietary
>> changes will help some people quite a bit in preventing heart attack.
>> That may even be most people.
>>
>>
>> For the others, for the ones who have never eaten a high fat diet, for
>> the ones who have always exercised, for the ones who have always
>> maintained a healthy low weight, for the people who do all that and
>> still have family members who have died young of heart attack, those
>> people are better off seeing their doctor regularly and taking the right
>> medicines than further tweaking their diet with butter substitutes.
>>
>>
>> For the record, I'm saying this because, while the news is good, I'm
>> still a little freaked by a friend's recent quadruple bypass surgery.
>> He's someone who has never been overweight and has seemed to eat right.
>> He'd been on heart medication, gotten stents put in 6 months ago, went
>> into the hospital for more stents, but gotten tests results showing that
>> he needed surgery right away. Even while in the hospital, his chest
>> pains and tests worried the doctors enough that they gave him emergency
>> surgery. They pushed it forward a few days. They didn't want to wait.
>>
>>
>> He's fine. He's at home and recovering and telecommuting and saving the
>> day at work (computer programming). I'm relieved and rejoicing but
>> still freaked that he was ever in this situation in the first place.
>> The man isn't yet 60 years old! Then I learned about his family
>> history-- both parents and several aunts and uncles have all died young
>> of heart disease.
>>
>>
>> --Lia
>
> David's brother had quadruple bypass surgery at age 38. David began
> having
> stents implanted at age 44, on 3 different occasions and a total of 5
> stents. He also had quadruple bypass surgery at age 55. His cardiac
> surgeon told us that he has unusually narrow arteries which were a
> contributing factor. He has done well in the past 5 years since his
> surgery. I had two stents implanted almost 2 years ago, and I seem to be
> doing find, as well.
>
> David was experiencing chest pains and frequent angina. OTOH, I never had
> chest pains, although both of my arms often ached (not pain nor numbness),
> especially after I went to bed. My cariologist told me that this symptom
> is actually a form of angina, particularly common in those who are
> diabetic.
>
> --
> Wayne Boatwright


I remember seeing a bit on TV several years ago about cholesterol &
Diabetics. They were trying to eliminate as much cholesterol as possible &
therefore virtually banned all fats & the cholesterol went up. The that
allowed a limited amount of Fried foods, only fried with olive oil and the
cholesterol went down significantly.


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Old Scoundrel

(AKA Dimitri)