Heart Surgeon Speaks Out on What Really Causes Heart Disease
Dr. Dwight Lundell, M.D. discusses how a diet of more natural, unprocessed foods can prevent or even reverse heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s disease. He looks back on his time (decades) as a renowned cardiac surgeon prescribing cholesterol-lowering medications, while also suggesting patients to follow a low-fat diet. In the following article, he confesses to realizing the error of his ways, leading him to stop his practice and dedicating his career to the prevention of heart disease.
We physicians with all our training, knowledge and authority often acquire a rather large ego that tends to make it difficult to admit we are wrong. So, here it is. I freely admit to being wrong...As a heart surgeon with 25 years experience, having performed over 5,000 open-heart surgeries, today is my day to right the wrong with medical and scientific fact.