Yes, yes, yes! My parents dutifully reduced their fat intake to about 10% of their total diet back in the '90s, after my dad's heart attack, on the advice of Dr. Dean Ornish's books and my dad's doctor. I believe Dad was already on statins when he had the heart attack. My once-brilliant father began his long Alzheimers journey about 20 y…
Yes, yes, yes! My parents dutifully reduced their fat intake to about 10% of their total diet back in the '90s, after my dad's heart attack, on the advice of Dr. Dean Ornish's books and my dad's doctor. I believe Dad was already on statins when he had the heart attack. My once-brilliant father began his long Alzheimers journey about 20 years later. Eat good fats, people! Your brain needs it to function and stay healthy. High-fat diets have also been shown to benefit autistic kids. Obviously I'm talking about coconut oil and animal fats, NOT seed oils.
Yes, yes, yes! My parents dutifully reduced their fat intake to about 10% of their total diet back in the '90s, after my dad's heart attack, on the advice of Dr. Dean Ornish's books and my dad's doctor. I believe Dad was already on statins when he had the heart attack. My once-brilliant father began his long Alzheimers journey about 20 years later. Eat good fats, people! Your brain needs it to function and stay healthy. High-fat diets have also been shown to benefit autistic kids. Obviously I'm talking about coconut oil and animal fats, NOT seed oils.
And wonderfully crisp chicken/turkey skin, (actually protein) and marbled crispy prime rib fat!! Merry Christmas!
My father’s journey with Alzheimer's is identical to your father. Eerily identical.
And it makes me wonder, LuAnne, how many others of that generation followed the same bad advice, with the same tragic outcome.