It has been said that cholesterol doesn't cause heart disease, at least not by itself. Cholesterol in the blood has to be oxidized by free radicals to create "toxic LDL". This supposedly wouldn't happen with a diet high in antioxidants, which would likely be the opposite of a high protein diet. As an anecdote, I had a neighbor in The Villages who said her total cholesterol had been up to 300 for years and she had no sign of heart disease.

As far as degenerative diseases being hereditary, sometimes they appear to be but what is often inherited are poor lifestyle habits. People often follow family traditions and habits. In another discussion, not to long ago, I proved that genes can be turned on and off. "Genes are not our destiny." (From the book "The Biology of Belief" by Bruce Lipton.)

Here's a link to an interesting article about a genetic fault in an Italian family. Despite a high fat diet and high cholesterol, they have a specific gene that overcomes the effect of the cholesterol.
http://articles.latimes.com/1994-10-...artery-disease

Villages Pl - from what I know of you and your posts I think I can safely assume you live a perfectly healthy lifestyle - so, I'm curious if this didn't produce the results you expect and you need a bypass are you going to turn it down because you obviously didn't do something right? I think there are a whole lot of other areas where the personal responsibility you speak of might make a huge difference in what funds were available for folks that have worked hard all their lives and may need some medical help in their older years. Maybe it's time to lighten up and live and let live.

Could you validate these strange statements?

I think you don't really understand the basics of genetics. It is very complex.

And read this about Bruce Lipton. https://www.metabunk.org/threads/deb...f-belief.1003/

Get back to us when you need a bypass and we can discuss it.

Every time I think health-related topics can't get any sillier...

Your request and comment are on target for the poster. I think the poster comes up with pseudo-scientific sounding articles that he believes support his position. Faced with a question he doesn't understand or like, he deflects by raising another topic or by responding to your question with a question.

It's feels like that hidden agenda is already in place. I see women's reproductive rights being stripped away each year. Until this moment, it really had not dawned on me that this just might be the unspoken reason. Hmmmm

What happened to the original first question with the link to the rich guy?

Also, fourteen people messaged me that I missed a whole discussion about britches or bloomers that was deleted. Boy you can't even go out to dinner around here or you'll miss something good.

I was part of that. In fact, it was my britches being discussed. :pepper2: I didn't think I could get away with saying pompous :cus:, but I had to try. Let me know when you are going out and I will go off line til you get back.

I took a friend to Tampa on Tuesday. Boy did I miss some exciting posts. I know what you mean

Yep. Censored.


:cus::cus::cus::cus::cus:

See post #11. I don't think OP ever gave a link to the article, but I googled billionaire sees, blah, blah, blah, and it came right up. My guess is that OP didn't give the link because the billionaire's point was not about health, but about finances. OP was using it as a springboard back into his own agenda.

One oh the OPs typical ploys.

Pompous :cus: is much too mild.
Someone who advocates withholding medical procedures from a patient who hasn't followed his "anointed" diet is beneath contempt.