Friday, July 10, 2009
OrnishWe went over to Prof Michael's house yesterday for someone's farewell party, and I had an enlightening talk with him. Learnt about this guy called Dean Ornish, and it's quite astounding what an ultra-low fat diet can do for you. I'm not talking about trying to maintain the usual RDA of 20% fat - Ornish advocates way less, something like 5% I think. It's a freaking difficult thing to follow, but it does make one think. Apparently, Ornish published in the Lancet in 1990
(Lancet. 1990 Jul 21;336(8708):129-33) his results on the Lifestyle Heart Trial, that such a low fat diet can actually lead to reversibility of CAD, not just prevention. Losing weight is one thing, but decreasing the cardiac risk index sounds really great. The only problem? My patients will cut my head off and put it on a pike if I were to ever suggest this. Imagine sticking to just 15g of fat per day. That's 2 packs of Mac's fries, and you're done for the day. Lke, you really need to eat just veggies for the rest of the day. No milk, no milo, no stir-fried stuff even. The stuff he made during the party actually tasted good, to my surprise. There was potato salad (fat-free mayo, of course!), macaroni with veggies, and braised tofu. Maybe I should *try* this out too, and see how difficult it is.
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