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I think it is only natural that the interpretation of the data will reflect a particular bias (and from what I understand, Michael Greger is vegan). I think a low carb, high healthy fat vegan diet can be a great choice (walnuts, avacados etc). Equally, (especially for an athlete or someone...

Soaring rates of obesity, type II diabetes, heart disease, cancer etc etc have all been linked to high carbohydrate consumption. If you want to put all your stock in 'research studies' that present a biased analysis of the science (and are frequently funded by pharmaceutical and food...

I would say it isn't! What if you were to live to 100?? Some 74 year olds are in pretty damn good shape.

You don't need 'peer reviewed' studies to understand the science linking carbohydrates to heart disease. To quote Andrew Weil, MD: This is in line with the same mechanisms outlined by both the cardiologist and the cardiac surgeon: Would you disagree that a high carbohydrate diet is a...

No response I see to the extensive scientific data linking carbohydrates (particularly the processed kind) to heart disease. Well here's another book you may want to reference, by the cardiologist Dr. Sinatra (looks like they are all saying the same thing): The Great Cholesterol Myth: Why...

I mix it up. I think with anything, your body quickly gets used to it and it stops working. But I have taken at least 1000 mgs of magnesium citrate for several days (the oxide is a cheaper version). Yea, if you take too much, you'll know. Speaking of palpitations...not long after surgery, I was...

I had aortic regurgitation too, so now I try to target my training to strengthen the heart walls, which means there is a pressure component to it (rather than dilating it further with long bouts of cardio). People with aortic stenosis may have the opposite issue, they might have hypertrophy and...

That's pretty close to my resting BP (normal). Did you have aortic regurgitation prior to surgery?

Where is your resting blood pressure at, almost_hectic? When I got out of surgery, my BP was soft, my resting heart rate was higher to maintain cardiac output (high 80s). Over time, the BP increased and the heart rate came down.

Expect significant improvement each week/month for many months to come. If you have any issues, you should be in contact with the appropriate medical personnel. And even then, continue to question everything and do your own research. Most cardiologists have a cookie cutter approach. But your...

Standing up and having a heart rate of 119? Are you having some anxiety? If you can find a medical doctor who thinks 'out of the box' (and doesn't tow the party line), that would help your cause. Mine sees straight through all the bs...he actually tries to follow the science. I send him an...

Your boss sounds like a total *********. Do what's best for your health. I've opened up some other business opportunities over the past few years so I am no longer tied to a desk 40+ hours a week. I would not want to return to that after going through the surgery.

Your position would hold weight if you focused on attacking the science, rather than the man himself. If you read his article, you'd also see that he supports the idea that heart disease may be reversible:

Let's focus on the topic at hand, ie provide evidence that contradicts the findings of the cardiac surgeon (rather than attempting to deflect attention over to some legal side bar). And let's not lose sight of the fact he has performed over 5,000 open-heart surgeries...

http://www.sott.net/article/242516-Heart-surgeon-speaks-out-on-what-really-causes-heart-disease We physicians with all our training, knowledge and authority often acquire a rather large ego that tends to make it difficult to admit we are wrong. So, here it is. I freely admit to being wrong. As...

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/0...ase-link/?_r=0 Many of us have long been told that saturated fat, the type found in meat, butter and cheese, causes heart disease. But a large and exhaustive new analysis by a team of international scientists found no evidence that eating saturated fat...

What evidence?

The Paleo diet (and the use of fish oil) is also widely adopted in Crossfit (some of the fittest athletes on the planet). 'There is a widespread misunderstanding about saturated fat. 'In population studies, there is clearly no association of dietary saturated fat and heart disease, yet dietary...

You certainly can get a good workout in 30 minutes using high intensity intervals. Instead of pounding the pavement at a steady pace for extended periods of time, it has been shown that shorter, high intensity intervals can achieve better results. By integrating some resistance, you work on your...

A doctor attacking the very flawed premise on which an entire multi billion industry is built...it shouldn't come as any surprise that someone is trying to label him a quack. That alone warrants closer scrutiny. Whether he is still practicing or not, he had over 25 years of cardiac surgery...