I was literally a poster-boy for a vitamin/supplement company, ate low-fat meats, lots of veggies, got PLENTY of exercise. No refined sugars at all. Lots of non-fat milk & yogurt though.
Had my string of heart attacks at age 44 with a total cholesterol of 127, good blood pressure, no belly. 100% occlusion of the left lower descending artery --- a widowmaker. I survived them because of collateral artery development from years of cardio; my artery had been clogged for years.
I was premed in college. Went back to school to study nutrition in '92. My favorite professor was vegan but I didn't listen to him...
An NMR LipoProfile reveals more about what's really going on in your arteries. My biggest bugaboo was actually calcification inside them.
After the heart attacks I was doing pretty well. Doctor put me on lots of meds. Big statin and other crap.
This is me tossing a stone at a highland games:
Then I got cancer. Bam.
After the treatment I spiraled downhill fast. In late January 2012, after seeing a number of specialists, I was handed a card for my local hospice. 3-4 months was the prediction.
That's when I followed the Dean Ornish plan, watched Forks Over Knives, read the China Study, went vegan.
And didn't die.
I take one little blood pressure pill a day now. Hopefully I can get rid of that soon too.
Eat what you want but don't fool yourself. You don't
need animal proteins at all. B12 is the only thing I need to supplement because of modern farming techniques.
Great video about food:
Great video about sugar: