I lost my first 20 pounds (and kept it off) following Dr. Agatston's low fat low carb South Beach diet for a month six years before I learned about the LCHF/ketogenic diet and adopted it as a WOE five years ago.
I remain very wary of taking
any medication, as well as the pharmaceutical industry, but there are specific circumstances when medication should be considered. Interesting interview by Ivor Cummins of cardiologist Dr. Arthur Agatston, MD...
Ep47 Part 1 of 2 Arthur Agatston MD: South Beach Cardio Special Cholesterol Demystified
And Part 2...
Need to listen to this again when I'm not distracted making dinner.
But here's the problem, most of us cannot afford the extensive testing being discussed in this video. [Sigh]