Your doctor informs you that you have a genetic pre-disposition for heart disease. You know you eat a healthy diet; low in red meat, low in saturated fat, low in sugar, low in salt, moderate amounts of monounsaturated fats, plenty of whole-grains, plenty of fruit and vegetables. Unfortunately your condition chronically worsens.
Why wouldn’t you try a hunter-gatherer diet of natural foods to see whether the claims that it improves your blood lipids were true?
I'm afraid I don't have an answer for this but I am very interested as it accurately describes my own situation. I am waiting for a bypass but want to do all I can to prevent my arteries blocking up again afterwards. Can you give a reference for the natural food diet you mention?
At the moment I am following up the possibility that the cause of my problem is heavy metals. I have had a test which shows I have significant amounts of lead and mercury in my body so I am taking Alphaclear (Zeolite and ALA) to remove them - anyone have any comments?
There are plenty of sources, but I’m reluctant to provide any here because I don’t want to be thought of as a troll or advertising.
There are some good replies already and I thank you for them.
What I would say is to consider what your food had to undergo before you eat it. Has it had to be processed to make it edible (cooking meat makes it safer and more palatable, but theoretically you could eat it raw. You couldn’t eat raw soya or wheat)? Has it had to be chemically extracted (many vegetable oils are not cold pressed). Does it have additives (I know these are tested and passed safe, but they have to have an ‘effect’ or they wouldn’t be used. Preservatives for instance have to reduce decay, so they have to have some effect on bacteria, and consequently gut flora)?
Hope this helps.
Wise words.