If I Could Be Your Doctor, I Would
Love to Tell You How: To
Keep Your Arteries Clean and Reverse
Atherosclerosis
1)
All stretched out, you have 60,000
miles of blood vessels in your
body. Your diet will affect the
health of every inch of every vessel
from your scalp to the soles of your
feet. Bathe the arteries with the
unhealthy blood, which results from
an unhealthy diet, and the vessel
walls will stiffen within minutes.
Over weeks to months, streaks of fat
accumulate in walls. As the disease
rages on, the walls sometimes
thicken enough to compromise the
flow of blood.
2)
Many diseases are caused by
compromising the flow of blood to
various tissues. Close the arteries
to the brain and you have a stroke;
to the eye, macular degeneration; to
the inner ear, hearing loss,
tinnitus (ringing), and vertigo
(dizziness); to the heart,
myocardial infarction; to the
kidneys, renal failure; to the leg,
gangrene; and to the penis,
impotence.
3)
The effects of diets are very
complex and the only accurate
statement is: “the rich Western diet
is the cause of artery disease and a
starch-based diet with vegetables
and fruits is the prevention and
cure.” Many damaging components of
the rich Western diet have been
identified, including oxidized
cholesterol, antibodies to dairy
proteins, animal protein, and fat.
Some healing components of
plant-foods are plant fats, fibers,
sugars, proteins, antioxidants, and
other phyto (plant)-chemicals.
4)
When the blood flowing through the
arteries is unhealthy, “sores,”
(con- sisting of “pustules” and
“ulcers”), form on the inner
surfaces. Think of these pustules
as being like pimples on a
teenager’s face—filled with
necrotic, semi-liquid debris and
white blood cells. Sores are
continuously forming and healing
throughout the miles of arteries.
Unfortunately, because injury from
the fork and spoon outpaces the
body’s healing capacities, the
overall disease progresses. In the
later stages of healing, when the
disease is severe, the sores become
fibrous stable bulges, called
plaques. In most cases these
rock-hard plaques cause the patient
no trouble at all. However, some
plaques become large enough to
interfere with blood flow—causing
chest pain (angina) and the problems
mentioned above.
5)
Most heart attacks and strokes are
not caused by the slow build up of
fibrous stable plaques—but are
rather events of rapid onset. The
trigger of such events is the sudden
inward rupture of a tiny pustule.
With this rupture, the inner
contents of pus and associated
“products of tissue injury” are
released into the flowing blood, and
the body reacts by forming a blood
clot which can immediately interfere
with the flow of blood. When the
blood clot (medically called a
thrombus) completely occludes the
artery, the tissue that lies
downstream of the clot (such as the
heart muscle or brain) usually
dies. The event is called a heart
attack (coronary artery thrombosis)
or stroke (cerebral artery
thrombosis).
6)
Angioplasty is performed over 1
million times annually in the US.
During this surgical procedure a
balloon-tipped catheter is passed
into an area of severe artery
obstruction. Inflation of the
balloon bursts the fibrous plaque,
which is the intention. But an
unwelcome consequence is that this
“plaque rupture” releases “products
of injury” which cause the formation
of artery occluding blood clots. As
a result, half of the arteries so
treated become completely closed
down within 5 months of surgery.
One potential solution to this
expected complication has been the
placement of a wire mesh stent to
prop the artery open after bursting
the plaque with the catheter.
Unfortunately stents fail patients
too. The bottom line is: any
prospective customer of the heart
surgery business needs to know that
8 out of 8 studies show angioplasty,
with or without stents, does not
save lives.
7)
Surgery to bypass partially
obstructed arteries is performed on
400,000 people annually in the US.
The benefits for survival and
improving the quality of the
patient’s life from employing this
operation are questionable. Brain
damage caused by being attached to
the heart-lung machine for hours
should be expected. The primary
reason heart surgery (angioplasty
and bypass surgery) does not save
lives is that the operation is
performed on the stable fibrous
non-lethal plaques—and nothing is
done for the volatile tiny pustules
that suddenly rupture to form
occluding, and lethal, blood clots.
8)
Both heart artery surgeries can
relieve chest pains from closed
arteries and this may be a reason to
do either operation. My preference
would be for an angioplasty, rather
than major bypass surgery when the
patient suffers from incapacitating
chest pains unrelieved by good
medical therapy. Medications, such
as nitrates and beta blockers, can
effectively relieve chest pains, and
should be a part of a patient’s
initial medical care, rather than
them being rushed off to surgery—as
is almost always the case.
9)
Medications can be helpful in
preventing artery closure and saving
lives. One baby aspirin (81 mg)
daily will “thin the blood” and
reduce the risk of a blood clot
forming when a pustule ruptures.
Cholesterol-lowering medications,
such as statins, may aid in the
healing of the arteries and have a
small effect on reducing the chances
of a stroke or heart attack. Both
medications should be reserved for
use in people at very high risk for
artery closure—such as those with a
history of a previous heart attack
or heart artery surgery.
Unfortunately, most doctors have
been trained by drug companies to
dispense these drugs as if they were
harmless and universally beneficial.
10)
Get the hamburger out of your chest.
Changing to a plant-food based diet
will cause a 90% reduction in the
frequency of chest pain episodes
(the primary reason for heart
surgery) in less than 3 weeks. Over
months, actual healing of the artery
disease (reversal of
atherosclerosis) can be demonstrated
in almost all patients who follow a
low-fat, starch-based diet. The
overall result is a much healthier
person with the very real likelihood
of never doing business with doctors
and drug companies again.
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1)
All stretched out, you have 60,000
miles of blood vessels in your
body. Your diet will affect the
health of every inch of every vessel
from your scalp to the soles of your
feet. Bathe the arteries with the
unhealthy blood, which results from
an unhealthy diet, and the vessel
walls will stiffen within minutes.
Over weeks to months, streaks of fat
accumulate in walls. As the disease
rages on, the walls sometimes
thicken enough to compromise the
flow of blood.
2)
Many diseases are caused by
compromising the flow of blood to
various tissues. Close the arteries
to the brain and you have a stroke;
to the eye, macular degeneration; to
the inner ear, hearing loss,
tinnitus (ringing), and vertigo
(dizziness); to the heart,
myocardial infarction; to the
kidneys, renal failure; to the leg,
gangrene; and to the penis,
impotence.
3)
The effects of diets are very
complex and the only accurate
statement is: “the rich Western diet
is the cause of artery disease and a
starch-based diet with vegetables
and fruits is the prevention and
cure.” Many damaging components of
the rich Western diet have been
identified, including oxidized
cholesterol, antibodies to dairy
proteins, animal protein, and fat.
Some healing components of
plant-foods are plant fats, fibers,
sugars, proteins, antioxidants, and
other phyto (plant)-chemicals. 
4)
When the blood flowing through the
arteries is unhealthy, “sores,”
(con- sisting of “pustules” and
“ulcers”), form on the inner
surfaces. Think of these pustules
as being like pimples on a
teenager’s face—filled with
necrotic, semi-liquid debris and
white blood cells. Sores are
continuously forming and healing
throughout the miles of arteries.
Unfortunately, because injury from
the fork and spoon outpaces the
body’s healing capacities, the
overall disease progresses. In the
later stages of healing, when the
disease is severe, the sores become
fibrous stable bulges, called
plaques. In most cases these
rock-hard plaques cause the patient
no trouble at all. However, some
plaques become large enough to
interfere with blood flow—causing
chest pain (angina) and the problems
mentioned above.
5)
Most heart attacks and strokes are
not caused by the slow build up of
fibrous stable plaques—but are
rather events of rapid onset. The
trigger of such events is the sudden
inward rupture of a tiny pustule.
With this rupture, the inner
contents of pus and associated
“products of tissue injury” are
released into the flowing blood, and
the body reacts by forming a blood
clot which can immediately interfere
with the flow of blood. When the
blood clot (medically called a
thrombus) completely occludes the
artery, the tissue that lies
downstream of the clot (such as the
heart muscle or brain) usually
dies. The event is called a heart
attack (coronary artery thrombosis)
or stroke (cerebral artery
thrombosis).
6)
Angioplasty is performed over 1
million times annually in the US.
During this surgical procedure a
balloon-tipped catheter is passed
into an area of severe artery
obstruction. Inflation of the
balloon bursts the fibrous plaque,
which is the intention. But an
unwelcome consequence is that this
“plaque rupture” releases “products
of injury” which cause the formation
of artery occluding blood clots. As
a result, half of the arteries so
treated become completely closed
down within 5 months of surgery.
One potential solution to this
expected complication has been the
placement of a wire mesh stent to
prop the artery open after bursting
the plaque with the catheter.
Unfortunately stents fail patients
too. The bottom line is: any
prospective customer of the heart
surgery business needs to know that
8 out of 8 studies show angioplasty,
with or without stents, does not
save lives.
7)
Surgery to bypass partially
obstructed arteries is performed on
400,000 people annually in the US.
The benefits for survival and
improving the quality of the
patient’s life from employing this
operation are questionable. Brain
damage caused by being attached to
the heart-lung machine for hours
should be expected. The primary
reason heart surgery (angioplasty
and bypass surgery) does not save
lives is that the operation is
performed on the stable fibrous
non-lethal plaques—and nothing is
done for the volatile tiny pustules
that suddenly rupture to form
occluding, and lethal, blood clots.
8)
Both heart artery surgeries can
relieve chest pains from closed
arteries and this may be a reason to
do either operation. My preference
would be for an angioplasty, rather
than major bypass surgery when the
patient suffers from incapacitating
chest pains unrelieved by good
medical therapy. Medications, such
as nitrates and beta blockers, can
effectively relieve chest pains, and
should be a part of a patient’s
initial medical care, rather than
them being rushed off to surgery—as
is almost always the case.
9)
Medications can be helpful in
preventing artery closure and saving
lives. One baby aspirin (81 mg)
daily will “thin the blood” and
reduce the risk of a blood clot
forming when a pustule ruptures.
Cholesterol-lowering medications,
such as statins, may aid in the
healing of the arteries and have a
small effect on reducing the chances
of a stroke or heart attack. Both
medications should be reserved for
use in people at very high risk for
artery closure—such as those with a
history of a previous heart attack
or heart artery surgery.
Unfortunately, most doctors have
been trained by drug companies to
dispense these drugs as if they were
harmless and universally beneficial.
10)
Get the hamburger out of your chest.
Changing to a plant-food based diet
will cause a 90% reduction in the
frequency of chest pain episodes
(the primary reason for heart
surgery) in less than 3 weeks. Over
months, actual healing of the artery
disease (reversal of
atherosclerosis) can be demonstrated
in almost all patients who follow a
low-fat, starch-based diet. The
overall result is a much healthier
person with the very real likelihood
of never doing business with doctors
and drug companies again.
