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 In 2007, at the age of 60, I had a heart attack while walking on the treadmill that felt like a jabbing pain.  I stopped for a minute then started up again, this time the pain was so intense it brought me to my knees.  So, I stopped my exercising.

For several weeks after that I try to duplicate what happened by walking fast and uphill but it never replicated itself.  I mentioned it to my Oncologist who sent me to a Cardiologist who performed an angioplasty surgery taking a look-see inside my heart arteries.

My LAD was 100% blocked and two other arteries on my left side were blocked 90%.  What saved my life was that I was so damn healthy my body created dozens of other corollary arteries to push the flow of blood.  In other words, my body created its own bypass.  I avoided a triple bypass by having 5 stints inserted into my arteries.

Seventeen years later and because of my eating habits the stints are still as pristine as they were when they were first inserted.

At age 40, 1987, I stopped smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol, eating red meat, fried foods, and sugars...  focusing instead on fish, turkey, chicken, vegetables, and beans...  

HOWEVER...  in order to keep myself focused, I have a hot dog/hamburger/pizza once or twice a month, along with fried foods, and sugars.  With that said, for the last 8-10 years, I probably have only had 1-2 hamburgers and/or maybe a steak from Omaha Steaks, but no more.  I found myself without a taste for red meat anymore.

Although, I have never lost my taste for fries....  go  figure?