From: Dr. Neal Pinckney (hnl02-055.gst.aloha.net)
Subject: Re: best results of reversal diet
Date: May 5, 2001 at 8:59 pm PST

In Reply to: best results of reversal diet posted by donna on May 5, 2001 at 7:36 pm:

It's impossible to tell anyone just how long it will take to get optimum benefits from a heart disease reversal diet, whether it's ours, Dr. Ornish's or Dr. McDougall's.

One's condition when the diet is started, how thoroughly the diet is followed, how much and what kind of exercise is practiced, and the degree and type of stress management undertaken all enter into the equation.

Ornish's published reports show that diet alone will not produce optimum results; that when exercise and stress management are also followed, blockages are reversed more rapidly and to a much greater degree.

The effects can be felt immediately, in less than a week for many people who were suffering angina before they started on the program.

I've been following the entire program for eight years, and arteries that were once 100% blocked are now more open than the average person my age. Although I no longer feel any signs of heart disease, I actually feel better in every respect each year I'm on the program. I intend to remain on the program permanently.