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So, it seems, no one has even looked to comment on this link. I stopped looking at this site awhile ago after quite some time of participation b/c of so much pontification not based upon reference to credible sources.

If you are interested in what the Cleveland Clinic's medical librarian thinks about all of this, see: Happy Healthy Long Life (link) See the side panels for earlier posts. The site is a corunucopia of info that this very heavy reader of med research finds. Also, Dr. Esselstynn's diet advice...

If you are not symptomatic and the wisdom teeth are erupted and you are using them, why in the world would it be suggested to subject you to radiation (x-rays), the risk of infection, anesthesia risks, etc.? To make some money?? I would challenge the "professional" to show you a research study...

This syndrome is regrettable and is preventable. I was thinking about this today when I saw a young person at the workout center who had a pronounced round-shouldered posture. Is it b/c of all our time sitting in front of screens? I have seen it other times at the place where I workout. All...

I get blood results every few months under Dr. Esslestyn's program. Here are my latest numbers (last week): Triglycerides-86; total cholesterol-129; HDL-48; LDL-64; VLDL-17; cholesterol ratio-2.7; fasting glucose-82. The fasting glucose is particularly encouraging as it used to be much higher...

Al, the curls are a by-product of always doing that lift with dumbbells since I was a much younger guy. There are other moves that I am not so good at -like bench presses. Bikerchick (cool name!) It's very similar to Ornish's approach, but in my case, stricter -It's Caldwell Esselstyn's...

Yes, I have done some yoga off and on for quite some time -almost always part of a group class. The quality and approach of the teacher is important to me. I see it as one corner of the fitness triangle -the other corners are aerobic and resistance training. Yoga is restorative and obviously...

Yes! While my diet is otherwise plant food, I do take Life Extension Omega 3 supplements which are fish oil plus other plant constituents. There is much evidence that maintaining a positive omega 3 balance is important.:rolleyes:

Here is a year-end update of my efforts to deal with heart disease and a x6 bypass. I do yoga 2 or 3 times per week, weights the same, a spinning class for serious athletes twice a week, tennis 2 or 3 times per week, and 20 minutes of running on the treadmill- not for fitness per se but as a...

Audreyh1 said: Now don't forget that olive oil helps raise HDL! Well, maybe not nearly as much as niacin. I miss olive oil: Happy Healthy Long Life: I'm Going to Miss My Olive Oil - Who Knew It Wasn't So Healthy After All? Drs. Esselstyn, Ornish, Vogel & Rudel Did

I would usually do 6 reps for the set with 50's. Strict, too -no rocking for the cheat. I realize this sounds a bit like bragging, but I take it as the license granted to those over 60 (who survived heart stoppage) who still work out amidst the "utes." ;D Then again, some of the power lifters...

I don't consider the dietary thrust i am taking as "strange" (and I don't mean to assume that you are characterizing it that way) in that it is made up of nothing but whole foods. In my mind, "strange" is a diet that includes lots of products that come out of factories -including factory farms...

Update: My last 2 lipid results were total cholesterol 112, ldl 53, hdl 45, triglycerides 68, and fasting glucose 85 and then total 121, triglycerides 92, ldl 48, hdl 53 and glucose 102. These were about one month apart. My weight has been steady at 175 (I am a fraction under 6 feet), though I...

The China Study by T. Colin Campbell; the largest epidemiologic study thus far undertaken. Traditional high plant, low animal diet=less disease (Ca and cardio); modern diet (toward standard American diet)= much disease.

Ha Ha, are you straightforward or sarcastic? (It's hard to tell). It is important to me. Thank you.

Consider Vibram's "Five Fingers" "shoes" instead. The foot coverings are minimalist shoes that protect the feet from insults but allow replication of barefoot walking and running. Read McDougall's Born to Run for a nice discussion of the ramifications of "overbuilt " running shoes versus...

I'll be helping the cause. I just came out of "ER" -such as it was, earning an MFA in Creative Writing while teaching part-time for my assistantship. Now I am a full-time legal writing professor at the regional law school paying into our state's teacher retirement system and will suffer the...

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Buckeye, your point is well-taken as to the unaware, but my case is different. I know my status b/c of my "event" and the consequent angiography which showed several areas of stenosis (three vessel disease) I'm not sure sure you read both posts about what happened. I had a CABG x6 and the...

You're probably tlaking about a high speed CT scan looking for calcification which would require symptoms for a doc to order and the test is not benign in that it gives you a pretty good dose of ionizing radiation. I've had my share lately (the cath lab). Yup, the career included huge stress...

In so many words, they've indicated that it's tough to know what caused the atherosclerosis but maybe they're just being polite and not saying something like, "You must have eaten a lot of really bad stuff for quite a few years!" I did, but I thought I was getting away with it b/c I always...

My hips (about 40 inches) were always significantly greater than the waist which was several inches- give or take- less. I have always been very active-some belly fat from time to time- but nothing like the obesity that you see everywhere now. Despite appearances, most of the portly gents...

I am glad that I lost some weight- I was about 15 pounds heavier than i shoud have been. As to muscles, I think that maintaining muscle mass has a lot to do with hormone drives and I try to maintain mine by lifting weights and avoiding foods that drive up my insulin. I seem to be getting...

Cholesterol is one of about 17 factors associated with risk. It just happens to be one of the consequent constituents of plaque, carried as it is into arterial cell walls by low density lipoprotein (ldl) which is most dangerous in an oxidized form (creating inflammation). Stats show and Rich...