So I had a heart attack last week (Feb 1)

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60. Welcome To the Nutrition Wars

After my heart attack I was motivated to improve my diet. Just like you, I left the hospital with a handful of prescriptions but very little certainty about how to live in such a way that another attack would be prevented. So I began to read about good vs. bad food. If you do too, be prepared for bewildering controversy and bitter polemics. You’d think that by now there would be widespread agreement about what constitutes a healthy diet, backed by incontrovertible evidence. There isn’t. Critics have begun to notice that Americans have been subjected to decades of nutritional advice and government guidelines, all while obesity has skyrocketed and our general health has declined. It’s possible that no single profession has done more damage to the reputation of science than nutritionists/dieticians. Medical treatment of heart disease has improved considerably since the days we watched President Eisenhower suffer one heart attack after another while stringently avoiding high cholesterol foods, but lots of health indicators relating to metabolic syndrome have gotten worse at the population level. I’m glad you were released back into the wild feeling better. For lots of folks, a first heart attack is life altering. It’s great that you continue to envision yourself moving forward into a better life. Educate yourself and take care.