Re: I came here for information and advice

It seems to me I heard somewhere that Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD wrote in article
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neighbor zob wrote:
convicted neighbor Don Kirkman wrote:

http://HeartMDPhD.com/PrayForDon

Welcome, Zob. You sound like you've brought a breeze of fresh air in here with
you. :-)

My experiences have been better than yours' and Newsreader's sound. I had a
very minor attack in 1998, had three stents in two lab sessions, and since then
have been on Lipitor 80m, Lisinopril 20m, and atenolol 12.5m, along with several
nutritionals recommended by earlier cardiologists and my optometrist. I'm on
twice a year office visits with annual liver panels, and my numbers are very
stable in the low-risk zone. I continue close to the routine I had at the time
of my attack, except I no longer run marathons or even 5ks;I do about 12 - 15
miles a week, and walk a round of golf every week, weather and commitments
allowing. Retirement and losing my running companions at work reduced my
motivation for hard running to almost zero. :-)

To the extent either of you can handle exercise, I'd sure urge you to get into a
routine of some kind; it doesn't have to be hard or intense, but it needs to be
continuous and repeatable. I began running close to thirty years ago because
most of the men in my family were ill or dying from cardiac problems, so by now
running has become a habit and I can see the benefits in my daily activities.
Fortunately, my first cardiologist was also a runner, and he had me walking
about two weeks after each stenting session, and running soon after that.

Your story makes me wonder about something. They always recommend
exercise for heart rehab. But when someone is already exercising --
and especially in your case long distance running -- what do the
doctors say about that?

Exercise is not protective especially when black fat (VAT) is present:

And since we've already learned in this newsgroup that mammalian fat comes in
two colors, white and brown, we can dismiss concerns about the ill effects of
black fat. The truth of the matter is easily found in a Google search for the
color of human fat.

Shouldn't the conditioning be sort of a
preventative against the CAD, and if it didn't work before your heart
attack, what are the benefits now?

It is beneficial toward losing the black fat in folks who become
hungrier while exercising **and** keep to eating just the right
amount:

See above.

May the following simple parable help promote understanding:

http://HeartMDPhD.com/Parable

If you should decide to waste some time reading Chung's parable of the wise cow
who realized it was not good to eat too much and decided to watch its diet, I
have already pointed out to him that since cows and other ruminants have
four-chambered stomachs and the first chamber is purely a storage area, cows in
fact by their very nature eat as fast and as much as they can and then move to a
safe place to rest and chew their food. A herd member being "off its food" is
often a farmer's main clue that he has a sick cow. A ruminant stomach is a
poor analog to the human stomach for the sake of making a (nonsensical) medical
point. :-)
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