From: Dr. Neal Pinckney (ip64-75-190-206.dial.aloha.net)
Subject: Re: Ornish Program / Cholesterol
Date: November 27, 2001 at 11:54 am PST

In Reply to: Ornish Program / Cholesterol posted by rose5328 on November 27, 2001 at 11:22 am:

I don't know who "they" are, but that advice is not what we recommend.

I led groups at Dr. Ornish's residential retreats for three years and have guided over 700 people through my own support groups over the past eight years. While there are a few people who are not able to control cholesterol with diet and exercise, the overwhelming majority have found the program highly successful.

I wonder if you are following the program carefully, keeping calories from fat down and doing daily aerobic exercise. If you are, then you may be one of those persons for which cholesterol lowering medication is indicated.