Word: dieting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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They begin to form when he is still an adolescent, smooth fatty streaks on the interior wall of a major coronary artery -- the ominous consequence of a typically American high-cholesterol, high-fat diet. By his 20s, the streaks have formed plaques, growths with a fatty center covered by a fibrous cap of smooth muscle cells. By his 40s, the plaque, its buildup accelerated by smoking and high blood pressure, has protruded well into the bloodstream, closing 65% of the arterial passage. The blood swirls and eddies dangerously as it forces its way past the swelling obstructions...
Only a few years ago, this happy ending would have been considered unlikely, if not impossible. While the progression of heart disease could be slowed and perhaps even halted by diet and drugs, surgery was apparently the only way to reverse -- albeit temporarily -- the damage from heart disease and restore a healthy blood flow. Now, for many cardiac patients, there may be a safer and much less expensive...
...separate controlled studies, Dr. David Blankenhorn of the University of Southern California and Dr. Greg Brown at the University of Washington have shown that the buildup of arterial plaque can be reversed by a combination of drugs and a low-fat diet. A third study, by Dr. Dean Ornish of the University of California at San Francisco, has generated even more remarkable results. In his book, Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease, published by < Random House this month, Ornish describes how changes in life-style alone, like reducing stress as well as fat, can effectively reverse heart...
...says Blankenhorn, "who clearly can't wait. If they try therapy alone when they really need surgery, they can have a disastrous outcome -- a catastrophic heart attack." But others, with less serious cases, may be able to avoid surgery -- if they are willing to make radical changes in their diet and life-style...
...watched as timorous rank-and-file House members defeated a painfully crafted deficit-cutting deal worth $500 billion over five years. For once, Darman's goals had been economically laudatory, even politically reasonable. He had wanted to solve the deficit problem by shifting the government onto a healthier diet of lower borrowing. He had envisioned an end to an era of divided, do-nothing government. And he had desired to extricate his boss, George Bush, from his crippling "no new taxes" campaign promise. The long-term strategy was obvious: even if Bush took a drubbing for raising taxes...