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<blockquote data-quote="graj0" data-source="post: 887848"><p>What worries me is that we're in danger of applying a one rule fits all.</p><p>I know three men who've had quadruple bypasses quite young (mid 50s, I hope that's quite young LOL).</p><p>One was a very fit Karate black belt, didn't drink, didn't smoke, tended to avoid red meat preferring fish and chicken, he was the first person I knew who used olive oil in cooking, generally looked after himself. So a big shock when I was told.</p><p>The next was an Indian friend who didn't smoke, drank occasionally and ate mainly Indian food but didn't exercise, I was still surprised because he was also only mid 50s.</p><p>The third one drank, smoked, ate all the wrong things, so maybe not such a surprise.</p><p>Then there's me, although I've followed the low fat mantra for as long as I can remember and have watched calories for far too long as well, I smoked for 10 years, drank a fair bit when I was single and still struggling to lose weight (long complicated story) and I'm pleased to say that my heart and pipework are in good order, having had several ECGs, treadmill ECGs and a heart echo cardiogram (than you NHS).</p><p>I spent a long time looking into statins and the more I read, the more confused I was, my decision to stop taking statins was based on my personal reaction to the things, strengthened by my low total cholesterol achieved by cutting carbs and more recently being told that my plumbing looks OK.</p><p>In some ways I'm lucky because after so many years of low fat, I can't tolerate much fat at all.</p><p>PS I did read your link and I was right, I just got more confused.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="graj0, post: 887848"] What worries me is that we're in danger of applying a one rule fits all. I know three men who've had quadruple bypasses quite young (mid 50s, I hope that's quite young LOL). One was a very fit Karate black belt, didn't drink, didn't smoke, tended to avoid red meat preferring fish and chicken, he was the first person I knew who used olive oil in cooking, generally looked after himself. So a big shock when I was told. The next was an Indian friend who didn't smoke, drank occasionally and ate mainly Indian food but didn't exercise, I was still surprised because he was also only mid 50s. The third one drank, smoked, ate all the wrong things, so maybe not such a surprise. Then there's me, although I've followed the low fat mantra for as long as I can remember and have watched calories for far too long as well, I smoked for 10 years, drank a fair bit when I was single and still struggling to lose weight (long complicated story) and I'm pleased to say that my heart and pipework are in good order, having had several ECGs, treadmill ECGs and a heart echo cardiogram (than you NHS). I spent a long time looking into statins and the more I read, the more confused I was, my decision to stop taking statins was based on my personal reaction to the things, strengthened by my low total cholesterol achieved by cutting carbs and more recently being told that my plumbing looks OK. In some ways I'm lucky because after so many years of low fat, I can't tolerate much fat at all. PS I did read your link and I was right, I just got more confused. [/QUOTE]
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