column AGEING WELL
Real heart healing
DR MICHAEL ELSTEIN is a Sydney-based anti-ageing physician and writer. He is the author of three books including his latest, The Wellness Guide to Preventing the Diseases of Ageing. He has also designed the app The Diet Guide to Ageing Prevention.
Once we jettison fat we also liberate our liver cells from all their fatty constraints and, hey presto, they process and eliminate triglycerides just as nature intended.
What really causes heart disease? Despite sophisticated medical technology, a medicine cabinet loaded with advanced pharmaceutical weaponry and a huge amount of nous, heart disease remains globally our numberone killer. How is it possible that a disease that we appear to know so much about with our heart-healthy diets and our cholesterol-lowering strategies is still our principal nemesis?