Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> George Shirley > news:q%CNl.39862$qa.39410
> @bignews4.bellsouth.net: in rec.food.cooking
>
>> It all depends upon which scientist is publishing this week as to
>> whether eggs harm you or not. I was diagnosed with coronary artery
>> disease and atherosclerosis more than twenty years ago and, after two
>> major heart attacks, a coronary bypass and multiple strokes I tend not
>> to listen too much to what the scientific types have to say, I just eat
>> what I think is better for me.
>
> My issues are genetic, for the most part. I would have CAD and diabetes
> regardless of what I ate. However, because I have both diseases, I tend
> to take my meds, eat sensibly and do what the doctors tell me to do.
> I've found that I can eat almost anything I want, within reason, if I eat
> it in moderation.
>
> It's kind of a bitch sometimes. Like 11pm, new 1/2 gallon of delish ice
> cream and a good movie. I can't eat the entire 1/2 gallon during the
> movie anymore ;(
>
> Michael
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I have some of the same genetic problems Michael. Father, grandfather,
great grandfather, two uncles, all died of heart disease, could have
been CAD, could have just been heart. I have one uncle left, he's 95
years old, the oldest man in my family in nine generations. I think
every artery and major vein has either been bypassed or stented on him
but he's still kicking. My Dad died at 71, grandfather at 58, ggfather
at 24, one uncle at 33, other made it to 76 and had so many surgeries on
his circulatory system he didn't survive the last one. My daughter has
had heart problems since she was in her thirties. Yeah, it runs in
families but I'm the only one in mine to ever have diabetes. Guess I'm
starting a new trend.

I still eat ice cream, no sugar added, fat-free, still tastes good but
only a few tablespoons at a time. I, too, used to eat a half gallon of
Blue Bell at a time, never more, never more quoth the raven.