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On return from my emergency triple bypass, I adopted a very low fat diet. This helped prevent a lot of angina.
At 4 months after surgery, my LDL had dropped from 137 to 87. At 8 months, it had further dropped to 57.
Why is the lowering of LDL significant in rehab ? Anti-oxidants and blockage growth. Blockages grow by the ingestion of oxidized LDL from the blood stream. How can someone reduce or prevent that ? 1) Lower the LDL. The less LDL there is, the less oxidized LDL there can be. 2) Add more anti-oxidants to your diet THROUGHOUT the day. These molecules neutralize oxygen activities, and keep LDL UN-oxidized, so incapable of increasing blockages.
Diet also affects the ability of the arteries to heal from injury. Slow that down, and blockages can begin to form.
What I was doing was also helping my endothelial progenitor cells heal what could be healed in my arteries. And I've been doing these same things now 4 four years and 4 months, now in May 2010.
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