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In 1996 at the age of 44 I suffered a mild heart attack. I had been eating a low fat diet for 7 years, mostly chicken, turkey, some pork (the other white meat), and fish. I rarely ate red meat (beef) because I thought it was bad for me and I was eating a lot of low fat but highly processed carbohydrates because I thought anything low fat was good for me. I lost 25 pounds eating that way, but I wasn't healthy. My diet was low fat low cholesterol everything and yet my arteries were clogging up. The only advice I got from the learned medical community was "eat low fat, cut out the red meat, and eat more chicken and fish".
After my heart attack the doctors gave me medicine to bring my cholesterol down, which they said was my problem, but were not able to explain why their low fat low cholesterol diet didn't work. They said it must be my genes that gave me high cholesterol and they didn't care to find out any more about it.
Jump ahead 10 years to 2006 and the start of MaximumBoomers.com. I wanted to share my findings with other Baby Boomers who are dealing with health problems and fighting but loosing the battle of the bulge. Over the past 10 years of dieting, exercising, and ongoing research, I found the answer: If you eat you must exercise, and if you exercise you must eat! Cut out the highly processed carbohydrates, eat clean, and exercise. That was the only way that I was able to get back to good health. Medicine lowered my cholesterol but it didn’t make me healthy. I found out that fat and cholesterol are not the enemy; eating the right kind of fat is actually good for you. Also, the best way to raise HDL (good cholesterol) is EXERCISE! There is a lot more great fitness and nutrition information for Baby Boomers on MaximumBoomers.com.
I would just like to add one more idea for you to ponder. You do not have to look like one of those fitness models on TV to be healthy. Those models make a living by keeping a very low percentage of body fat, (almost impossible for normal human beings and not necessarily healthy). You can have strong muscles, strong bones, good flexibility, and still not see your abs.
Charlie Barnard
MaximumBoomers.com
Exercise daily - walk with the Lord.
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