President of American Heart Association Has Heart Attack During Conference

This is not a smart a** answer, or intended to be comical but....

Ya gotta wonder if he followed a heart healthy diet & lifestyle ? I mean he of all people should...

I still think most of our ills are genetic based. And I am beginning to doubt there is much we can do about it.
 
rgp said:
This is not a smart a** answer, or intended to be comical but....

Ya gotta wonder if he followed a heart healthy diet & lifestyle ? I mean he of all people should...

I still think most of our ills are genetic based. And I am beginning to doubt there is much we can do about it.
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I think you are right but we enhance the risk. And I'm a firm believer that moderation is for monks.
 

Looks like his father and grandfather had heart problems, so heredity might have had something to do with it, glad he didn't die and was able to be treated at the hospital.
 
SeaBreeze said:
Looks like his father and grandfather had heart problems, so heredity might have had something to do with it, glad he didn't die and was able to be treated at the hospital.
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The timing is bad, with so many medical authorities questioning some of the most basic tenets of the AHA. The critics have the research to back their claims.
 
Smiling Jane said:
The timing is bad, with so many medical authorities questioning some of the most basic tenets of the AHA. The critics have the research to back their claims.
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For how long did we hear cholesterol is horrible...now ? not so much...coffee kills,...now it's our friend...avoid eggs, now they are a great source of our protein...etc.
 
One hundred years ago , neither heart problems nor cancer was a major cause of death, and now both of these are epidemic. Obviously, this cannot be a genetic issue in that short amount of time, and I think that this (and many other modern illnesses) could very well be because of changes in our diets.
People who live in undeveloped countries are often less apt to have the health issues that we have here in our modern countries.
New research is pointing towards inflammatory foods as being one of the main causes of heart problems, and to me , this only makes sense.
Any part of our body that has inflammation is usually in pain, as well as not functioning correctly.
Most of the foods that many people live on nowdays are inflammatory , and now much of them are also genetically modified ; so our digestive system cannot process them like the pure, fresh, home-grown foods that people have been eating for centuries.

Wheat is a good example.
One of the things that so many people seem to be having a problem with is gluten intolerance, and in some cases, an allergy to gluten.
The wheat that we use for bread products is nowhere close to what the original wheat used to be, because it has been not only hybrid but now genetically modified to produce more wheat and faster.
Most of us, especially if you grew up near wheat fields, remember that wheat was waist high when it was ripe, and there was one harvest in the fall.
Now, wheat only grows about 2 feet tall, and has much heavier wheat heads, and it ripens much faster. This might seem to be a really good thing, and if you just look at the amount of wheat produced, then it IS a good thing; but if our bodies are intolerant to this new wheat, and we can’t digest it properly, then maybe it is not so much of a good thing after all.
A great book that explains about gluten, wheat, and other grains is called “Wheat Belly”, by well-known cardiologist, Dr. William Davis. I checked it out from my online library and it is a very informative book.

https://thehealingproject.us/2012/09/22/book-summary-wheat-belly-by-william-davis-md/
 
Years ago people didn't live as long as we are. Cancer was a disease in ancient Egypt as well.

Cancer is primarily a disease of older age. Young people get it as well so don't get me wrong. Primarily.
 
My family ate more or less whatever they wished, and each succeeding generation lived to a greater age. So far, the record is ninety three. They drank, in moderation, no noticeable ill effects, many smoked for a time. No one had any joints replaced, they died of either heart attack or stroke at a very advanced age. No arthritis. No cancer. I think I won the genetic lottery—so far, at least.
 
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