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Originally Posted by Villages PL
Yes, I'm glad you asked. I have a great story to tell. An in law of mine was diagnosed with cardiovascular disease. He was waiting to be called by his doctor's office to be scheduled for heart by pass surgery.
Testing showed that he had one artery near his heart that was about 80 or 85% clogged. And the way it was affecting him is that he would get exhausted by the least bit of activity. Just walking around in the house would get him exhausted, whereas he used to do all his own yard work and play golf.
When I heard he was going to be scheduled for heart surgery, I asked if the doctor gave him any other options. He said, "no". So I asked if he had ever heard of dietary measures for reversing heart disease. Again, he said, "no".
So I loaned him a book (from my extensive library of health books  ) to inform him of how to go about it. Of course he was skeptical but after reading the first chapter, he was hooked.
He started the diet and canceled the heart surgery. To my surprise, the results were amazingly fast. After a few weeks he was feeling much better and doing light household chores. Soon he was back to cutting his own grass again and playing golf with friends. In other words, the clogged arteries were gradually becoming unclogged.
This is just another example of a doctor dumbing down his patient. And there's a heart doctor with a weekly radio program who basically does the same. |
I feel in my heart you mean well, but this kind of anecdotal information is not only terribly misleading but dangerous. You would never want to be the cause of someone's harming himself by accepting this story at face value, I just know you would not. We must be so careful in our giving advice like this. There are all kinds of degrees to everything. A cardiologist and only a cardiologist could make that call.