Should we ban butter. No, of course not ! just credit people with a modicum of intelligence and let everybody make up their own mind. I love Butter and have it every day on something, be it Bread or a Cracker or two. The taste is great and it is a more natural product than all these manufactured spreads they advertise. I eat low fat.....doesn't give me any nightmares because I eat everything in moderation...... :wink:
Now, in my opinion there are many differing views about this and it is impossible to say with certainty that Fat is good or Fat is bad. I accept that. I wouldn't dream of pushing my views as the only view. Now I don't wish to pull anybody's opinion apart, that would be extremely rude ! So I will just give you my view for what it is worth.
Maybe the Surgeon had all the fat analysed, that's what sometimes happens. Think of a post mortem when they analyse the contents of somebody's stomach and can tell with certainty exactly what the person ate for dinner the day before ! Science and Pathology have been able to tell us so much that we never knew about before, getting better all the time.
So personally, I think the Surgeon may have had a valid opinion there. Despite what anybody else might think. So maybe his assertion as to what the stuff consisted of WAS correct. I have no idea. I wasn't there. I wouldn't dare to rubbish what he said without knowing ALL the facts. Forensic analysis is a fascinating subject, my niece is a Forensic Investigator who specialises in the subject.
I am sure also that the Patient had a detailed Medical and Lifestyle questionnaire done prior to any operation. I know that I did when I had my Triple By-Pass in 2004. They wanted to know everything about me and my diet etc etc. I think the only thing they never asked was my shoe size......., :lol:
That information, factual and first hand from the Patient would of course have been seen by the Cardiologist and his team, which number many people with different disciplines. Not just basic Cardiology. If the Patient told them he ate loads of Ghee, are we to call him a liar ? That is what he stated. Fact !
That was circumstantial, the analysis would have backed up that evidence, therefore the logical conclusion is that the fatty deposits were in fact caused by eating too much of a particular type of Fat. Was anybody here there, is there anybody here qualified in the analysis of samples from humans ? I would be interested to know ?
I think that this is a great example of investigative techniques and diligence together with an open mind coming to a logical conclusion. We really do have to examine all the facts, not just those that suit us. I mean this is one Patient, it is not the World population.
He, like me would have had every blood sample taken, every test under the Sun. They would have known everything about his body, metabolism and just what was wrong or not with him prior to his Operation. They would also know even more about him after the Op. So, it isn't as if they didn't have any data to go on.
I was always taught to deal in facts, evidence. Never to assume anything and if there was little or no supporting evidence to discount it . So on that basis I trust the Surgeon's judgement. seems a sound opinion to me. He is very highly qualified and studied many related subjects to get where he is, unlike most of us on this Forum. We after all are just Diabetics, not experts at all. Only in our own little World perhaps ? Just my own thoughts by the way ......