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Norman wrote:
Fortunately it was the weekend and they only did catherizations in the weekend on people with resting chest pain which had none. I found out that they did not want to do the procedure without the go ahead to put a stent or stents, if they thought they were needed. This is where I dug in and decided not to do it. Why put pieces of metal in my body they damage the artery walls and often clog up again in time anyway. The physicians assistant talked with me along time urging me to get a stent. I countered with the suggestion diet could work better. She almost had me convinced it was too late for diet for the blockage. When the cardiologist came in to follow up. (kind of like tag team wrestling) When I asked the cardiologist about risk factors and outcomes he admitted a stent would not extend my life. It was about quality of life. He told me that the risk of death was 1% for the procedure and another 1% if a stent was put in. I would have a 1 in 50 chance of dying for something that would not extend my life! That did it.
That's all for now.
Norman
rijman wrote:Thank you for sharing your story.
Regarding Jeff's link to his response on vegan foods, wow, that clearly explains the differences between a vegan diet and a healthy diet. I've had similar discussions with my father in law when he says it least it was vegan, I try to point out, although not as clearly as Jeff does, that our diet isn't just about what you don't eat, it's also about what you do eat. In my mind the vegan diet is about avoiding animal based foods but leaves a lot of unhealthy options whereas the WFPB diet focuses on what you actually eat.
astronaut23 wrote:Is tofu off plan? Then why is it in at least one of the recipes in Dr. Mcdougalls book? I tried Mary Mcdougalls eggless egg salad recipe and it had tofu in the recipe.
I've eaten at PF Changs a couple times and their buddha's feast contains tofu also.
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