Steven Lome

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Hello Gwendolyn! That is a great question and somewhat difficult to answer. All of the dietary patterns heart disease reversal studies (whole food plant based no oil) were quite low in sodium. When consuming this pattern, you may get as little as 500-700 mg of sodium per day. Adding a little bit more sodium, while keeping the sodium content under…[Read more]

Hello Caron and thank you for your kind words. I hope to continue improving the content and adding new features in the next few months. Please feel free to offer HeartStrong.com as a tool for your cardiac rehab patients who want to take their recovery to the next level. Let them know they can use this forum to get answers to their lifestyle and…[Read more]

Thanks for the great question!!!

The first is where the extra cholesterol plaque goes when heart disease is reversed through diet and lifestyle change. This is difficult to answer with 100% confidence, however the thought is something called “reverse cholesterol transport”. Your HDL cholesterol can actually take cholesterol from plaque to the…[Read more]

Great question! The goal of any heart disease reversal diet, whether Dr. Esselstyn’s, Ornish or Pritikin, is to keep total calories from fat to 10% or just slightly less. While in the Pritikin days plant based milks were not as widely available, they certainly are now and are markedly healthier than dairy skim milk, which was actually included in…[Read more]

That is a great question! Remember this, genetics may load the gun, but diet and lifestyle pull the trigger. You are not destined to have heart disease even if it runs in your family if you do the right thing. See the Genetics and Heart Disease article.

Follow the HeartStrong.com program for “Plant Perfect” and you should be just fine! Good luck…[Read more]