A nutrient-rich diet can reverse heart disease that neither medications nor surgery can claim,according to nutrition expert Dr. Joel Fuhrman. He says if a person follows a healthy diet, he/she can experience close reversal of the nation's number one killer -- heart disease.
"People think that meds make them OK," Dr. Fuhrman said to Newsmax. "But their risk continues to get worse. My contention is that if people had informed consent, and if they understood the risks of meds and surgery, millions would embrace diet change," he added.
In his bestselling book, "The End of Heart Disease: The Eat to Live Plan to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease," Dr. Fuhrman makes a firm case that a nutrient-rich diet can reverse heart disease, which is something that medications and surgery can't claim. His book is established on extensive researches and proof of how a nutrient-rich diet, which he also calls "nutritarian diet," can lessen heart illness.
So how can a "nutritarian diet" reduce the risk of heart disease? "There is a preponderance of evidence supporting a nutritarian diet," he says. According to Newsmax, here are plans involved in Dr. Fuhrman's three-step strategy:
- Delimit intake of animal-based foods such as chicken, fish, turkey, pork, meat, etc. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, in 2012, the average American consumed 54.1 pounds of poultry (chicken and turkey) and 71.2 pounds of red meat (beef, veal, pork, and lamb). Lessening the consumption of animal - based products would greatly reverse cardiovascular disease, The Wall Street Journal reported.
- Avoid carbohydrate-containing foods such as cereals, whole grain breads, legumes and dried beans that lift up blood sugar as well as raise the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other incurable health conditions.
- Change the kinds of fats you consume. For example, change your salad dressings by mixing roasted garlic, balsamic vinegar, seeds and nuts.
- Eat all-natural foods like vegetables, 'good' fats found in nuts, fish and olive oil, as well as some vegies like avocadoes. "The full rainbow of veggies - the full spectrum - is full of phyto-chemicals that benefit the heart," Dr. Fuhrman says.
