question re: cardiac stent
Night before last, our nephew, age 47, smoker, not overweight, was taken to the hospital with weakness and profound sweating. A cardiac blockage was diagnosed from a scan and yesterday, the procedure...
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covetsthesun wrote:
DH had a heart attack in 01 after eating fettucini alfredo for 3 days in a row.
There's a reason food like that is called heart attack on a plate. He had two stents put in and the cardiologist said eat WALNUTS after each meal with lots of fat in it. The walnuts relax the arteries and help escort cholesterol out of the blood system. cts
That's what I do. Every day I munch on a combination of walnuts, almonds and raisins (unsalted, of course). I do a lot of reading on health matters and everyone is in agreement that nuts (particularly walnuts) are high in the beneficial fats and good for the heart. Of course, too much of a good thing is not good and too many nuts can contribute to weight gain. About a handful is supposed to be enough But I sometimes overdo it, just a little bit...:)
