Be careful what you eat

[bearfan454]

47 years of smoked briskets, breakfast tacos, deep dish pizzas, fried chicken, polish sausage, hot dogs, chili dogs, cheeseburgers, enchiladas, deer salami and deer sausage, gyros, shrimp, catfish, and all the other good stuff has finally caught up with me. I am having an angiogram tommorow where they shoot the dye to see what to do next since I am more than 70 percent plugged up. Hopefully stents are all I will need. Careful what you eat. If it tastes really good it is usually not good for you.

[GOPisEvil]

1. Holy crap, dude!

I hope everything comes out ok for ya. That's scary. :scared:

[mermaid]

2. My Prayers Will Be With You

I still remember the Super Bowl party earlier this year at your place. You were a most wonderful host. I hope all goes well with you!

[bearfan454]

3. It still tasted really good.

I will proably have a veggie and fruit diet with meat only once a week after tomorrow. Man am I going to miss my Chicago hot dogs and deer salami.

[Flaxbee]

6. a friend of mine ate nothing but cheeseburgers morning, noon

and night for his first 45 years and went to the dr. b/c he was feeling dizzy all the time (didn't help that he smoked 2 packs a day, either); the dr. checked him over, did usual dr. things and told him he was going into surgery the very next day for stents b/c he was so damn blocked they didn't know how he was still alive. The smoking was the kicker, I think, b/c he was mauling both his lungs and heart.

Anyway, 10 years later, he's absolutely fine. And still manages a cheeseburger or two each week. It's much easier to change your diet & maintain it if you don't have to do a 180 from your usual habits.

Good luck! Let us know what the doctor says.

And I know for a lifelong meat eater, meat substitute products probably sound horrible, but the non-meat pepperonis you can find in some grocery stores really can be pretty good on pizzas, etc. Hard to imagine, but true. And turkey and chicken-based hotdogs, salamis, etc., can also be good if you can't stomach non-meat substitutes, just watch the amount of sodium they pump into those things!

[philosophie_en_rose]

4. Eat better = Feel better.

You can probably still eat that stuff in moderation. However, processed meats are slow poisons.

[Aristus]

5. Sorry to hear that, bearfan.

Hope everything goes well.

[jpgray]

7. That's why Atkins worries me so much

All the studies that proclaim it 'safe' (not simply better than crap people already eat) are taken over a quite short period of time when compared to the timeline that would truly show some of the most serious consequences. And the worry is also that people will try to follow Atkins without really following it, and just eat meat all the time to the exclusion of vital carbohydrates and other nutrients. That much animal or saturated fat is extremely unhealthy.

Eating a balanced diet and staying trim is easy, but you have to break your addiction to junk foods and understand that you only need to eat as much as you are going to burn. That's it. Worked for me and most of my family, and it worked for people in Europe and in this country for centuries. If you absolutely refuse to exercise a reasonable amount, don't eat so much. And don't eat junky food. That's it.

Good luck to you--I'm sorry to hear about this.

[RebelOne]

8. That's why I'm a vegetarian. All that red meat, plus pork and

junk food, such as hotdogs and cheeseburgers, eventually catches up with you.

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. Oh no bearfan! Eternally grateful that they caught it before the major

damage was done. You will be in my thoughts tomorrow. You are after all, one of two of my favorite bears fans...and I think there are only two.

Big Hugs,
:hug:
Laura

[SarahB]

10. Thinking about you Bearfan.

Hopefully, everything will work out well. :hugs:

[HuckleB]

11. Take care.

I wish you the best possible outcome.

Salud!

[bearfan454]

12. Thanks for the good thoughts everyone.

For my last day of eating whatever I want my sister and Mom and I are having barbecue for lunch and chicken fried steak for supper at Springhill Catfish in Pflugerville. They are having catfish, me and Mrs bearfan get the CFS because it is gigantic. My Mom flew in from Tampa and my sister from Chicago. One last binge since nothing to eat or drink from midnight on. I can only take my bp meds. I'll post in a day or two if no bypass is needed. Thanks again everyone.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

14. Best wishes

but if you have a family history, it might not have anything to do with what you ate (that's the good news) I am thinking of you.

[bearfan454]

15. I do have family history.

My brother died about 3 months ago at 38. His cholesterol was 171. He was 80 percent clogged up. My Dad had a heart attack 11 years ago and survived. Both of my Mom's parents had heart disease. It is in my genepool for sure.

[Speck Tater]

13. Good luck, and bear this in mind...

Surveys of the healthiest populations around the world find that the groups who have the lowest incidence of heart disease, hypertension and obesity, and are the healthiest all around are those who get 10% of their calories from fat, 10% from protien, and 80% from complex carbohydrates (like vegies and whole grains, not refined carbs like flour and sugar).

Do youself a favor and get Dr. Dean Ornish's book. His diet is the ONLY one medically proven to reverse artery blockage, and actually clear out the arteries. Plus, many ethnic and tribal groups around the world have lived on a very similar diet for hundreds of generations and maintained excellent health, unlike the recent fad diets where nobody knows what the long term damage to the body might be. Stick with what is proven to be safe long term.