Heart disease diagnosis rarely prompts diet change

If they want to remain sick, let them pay for it. It is their choice.

"To gauge the quality of their diets, the researchers used the Alternate Healthy Eating Index (AHEI), which measures several aspects of heart-healthy eating such as fruit and vegetable consumption, amount of trans fat consumed, and ratio of white to red meat eaten."

This is the "who cares?" part. What I believe matters most are the Calories in vs. Calories out part.

Still, what it suggests is that these people are unwilling to make changes that could improve their conditions.

And, what do you know, this is true.

"And while public health guidelines recommend getting less than 0.5 percent of total calories from trans fat, people in the study consumed an average of 3.41 percent of their calories in trans fat form.

Just half had exercised for at least 20 minutes at least once in the past three months.

About 80 percent of people don't go to cardiac rehabilitation programs after having a heart attack, the researcher noted, and even if they do such programs often emphasize exercise over nutrition."

But the nincompoop researchers still don't get it.

"'What this paper indicates is that a lot of work needs to be done to basically translate what we know to practice and make sure the patient gets that message,' Ma told Reuters Health in an interview.

He and his colleagues are now investigating ways to 'deliver a message' about the importance of improving diet for patients with heart disease. Simple messages, like urging people to eat more fiber, may be more effective than complicated guidelines, he added."

This paper indicates nothing of the sort.

The message is out there. It is simple already.

The paper clearly states that the message is being ignored.

Stop wasting resources on these parasites.