A Way to Reverse Coronary Artery Disease? [pdf]
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A Way to Reverse Coronary Artery Disease? [pdf]
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#2"Results: Of the 198 patients with CVD, 177 (89%) were adherent. Major cardiac events judged to be recurrent disease totaled one stroke in the adherent cardiovascular participants—a recurrent event rate of .6%, significantly less than reported by other studies of plant-based nutrition therapy. Thirteen of 21 (62%) nonadherent participants experienced adverse events."
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#3"Methods: We followed 198 consecutive patients counseled in plant-based nutrition. These patients with established cardiovascular disease (CVD) were interested in transitioning to plant-based nutrition as an adjunct to usual cardiovascular care. We considered participants adherent if they eliminated dairy, fish, and meat, and added oil."
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#4"Thus, 99.4% of adherent patients [cardiac patients who switched to a whole foods, plant-based diet] avoided major cardiac events."
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#5Link to PDF of full article: http://www.jfponline.com/fileadmin/qhi/jfp/pdfs/6307/JFP_063...
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#6It doesn't look like they had a control group, did they?
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#7Hmm... The title of the paper is highly speculative, given the more narrow results. Also, study does not appear to have a randomized control group.
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#8I suspect that rather than what they ate, what they did not eat played a major role....
" Patients were also asked to avoid sugary foods (sucrose, fructose, and drinks containing them, refined carbohydrates, fruit juices, syrups, and molasses). Subsequently, we also excluded caffeine and fructose."
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#9 > Foods prohibited. Initially the inter- vention avoided all added oils and processed foods that contain oils, fish, meat, fowl, dairy products, avocado, nuts, and excess salt.
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#10I suspect that rather than what they ate, what they did not eat played a major role.... " Patients were also asked to avoid sugary foods (sucrose, fructose, and drinks containing them, refined carbohydrates, fruit juices, syrups, and molasses). Subsequently, we also excluded caffeine and fructose."
Considering it states exactly that in the article in two places, I's say it's a safe assumption.