For decades you have been told that a fatty diet, resulting in high cholesterol, is the culprit for heart disease. Did you know that there is no scientific data to support this theory?
In fact, study after study in the medical journals show that the
accepted link between dietary cholesterol and heart disease is false!
Thanks to Washington politics, powerful food and pharmaceutical lobbies, and big business, Americans have become obsessed with low-fat, low-cholesterol products…and we keep dying.
With death from heart disease growing at an epidemic rate, one-half of
all heart attacks occur in people with normal cholesterol levels!
So if cholesterol is not the culprit, what is the primary cause of heart disease? The answer is simple: Inflammation!
An overwhelming volume of scientific evidence is proving that excessive inflammation in the body is the root cause of many diseases, including heart disease.
Contrary to popular belief, heart disease is not caused by a build-up of cholesterol (or plaque) inside the arteries.
It is caused by inflammation within the arterial wall that occurs as a
result of the body's natural defense against oxidized LDL cholesterol.
LDL cholesterol provides an important and necessary function in the
body. It only becomes a problem when it is damaged through oxidation
and deposited in the wall of your arteries by your own body's defense
mechanisms.
In a nutshell, this is the process that causes heart disease:
Heart disease begins when (1) abnormal LDL cholesterol (transformed
by high blood sugar and/or oxidation) moves into the arterial wall.
Then (2) the inflammatory cytokines cause the arterial wall to bring in
the circulating white blood cells, which in turn (3) enter into the
arterial wall. The white blood cells do their job and (4) consume the
abnormal LDL cholesterol. These white blood cells (5) become overloaded
with abnormal LDL cholesterol and become “foam cells”. A collection of
these foam cells form a fatty streak in the arterial wall. As the
artery tries to heal itself (6) smooth muscle migrates to cover the
plaque, forming a fibrous cap around the fatty streak. Continued
inflammation (7) causes the fibrous cap to weaken, and (8) eventually
rupture, causing a heart attack.
The process of heart disease begins in our teenage years and slowly worsens over time. By
reversing the oxidative process and decreasing inflammation, we can
effectively slow down, and even reverse, the progression of heart
disease in your body!
Dwight C. Lundell, M.D.
Dr. Lundell is a board certified cardio-vascular surgeon with more
than 30 years experience in the operating room. During his time in
private practice, Dr. Lundell has performed over 5,000 heart bypass
operations.
His credentials as a medical doctor include Chief Resident during
his cardiac surgery residency at Yale University, Chief of Staff and
Chief of Surgery at several hospitals, "Top Doc" ratings by his peers
in Phoenix Magazine, many industry and professional certifications and
accreditations, and thousands of happy and grateful patients.
Dr. Lundell's no-nonsense approach to science and medicine, and his
caring attitude toward patients, has helped guide his career
transformation from surgeon to author of The Cure for Heart Disease, lecturer, and founder of the Healthy Humans Foundation.
Dr. Lundell's Theory to Prevention
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