Why Complicate Heart Disease Prevention?

We all know that the #1 cause of death world-wide (as well as in the U.S.) is heart disease, and according to hundreds of studies, we know it is totally preventable.

Starting with Nathan Pritikin’s research in the 1970s and followed by the research of Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, Dr. Dean Ornish, Dr. John McDougall and Dr. T. Colin Campbell, it has been proven over and over that a low-fat, plant-based diet can not only prevent heart disease, but can actually reverse it.

I have so many friends now in their fifties and sixties who have had a close relative or friend die of a sudden heart attack, so they have begun to think about how to prevent the same thing happening to them.

But, changing their diet seems to be too hard.

So, they go from doctor to doctor and program to program looking for something that seems easier.

They sign up for clinics that promise a money-back guarantee if they suffer a heart attack or stroke. These clinics put them through a large variety of tests. They look at family history and check for genetic abnormalities. They check for inflammatory markers and lipid levels. They check their blood sugar, their liver function, their thyroid function, and their kidney function.

They claim that people should not be treated according to population studies, but they should receive personalized recommendations according to their genetics.

Then they basically prescribe a Mediterranean Diet, some pills, and a number of vitamin supplements and tell them to come back next year to repeat the testing.

The results they are looking for include a BMI under 25, low lipids and low inflammation. Those are the same results that people who are on a low-fat, plant-based diet get without worrying about it.

Why does it seem so much easier to spend money so you can put your health into the hands of someone else, than to do what you know is going to make you healthier?

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