I had to go back and re-read. I'll "take notes" this time:
>>we opinion makers insisted heart disease resulted from the simple fact of elevated blood cholesterol.
<<I've believed for many years that cholesterol is not the indicator we're told it is. Dh's cholesterol was fine when he had his heart attack. I believe a better indicator is probably homocysteines but they won't test for that as it's expensive.
>>>The only accepted therapy was prescribing medications to lower cholesterol and a diet that severely restricted fat intake.
<<<I believe this was/is true of the American Heart Association. Many heart doctors have discovered it doesn't work and they have tried other methods, even going so far as Atkin's.
>>> inflammation in the artery wall is the real cause of heart disease
<<<We're hearing this more and more. It was in our nutrition class last spring.
>>>The long-established dietary recommendations have created epidemics of obesity and diabetes,
<<<Well, this is hard to argue with unless you take into consideration that very few people actually EAT the way it's recommended to eat.
>>>Simply stated, without inflammation being present in the body, there is no way that cholesterol would accumulate in the wall of the blood vessel and cause heart disease and strokes. Without inflammation, cholesterol would move freely throughout the body as nature intended. It is inflammation that causes cholesterol to become trapped.
<<<This is the statement that I find intriguing.
>>>What are the biggest culprits of chronic inflammation? Quite simply, they are the overload of simple, highly processed carbohydrates (sugar, flourand all the products made from them) and the excess consumption of omega-6 vegetable oils like soybean, corn and sunflower that are found in many processed foods.
<<<Don't we all agree with this?
All I have time for at the moment.
Anna, what exactly are you not agreeing with?
