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.
I trained for many  years with other prominent physicians labelled “opinion makers.”   Bombarded with scientific literature, continually attending education  seminars, we opinion makers insisted heart disease resulted from the simple  fact of elevated blood cholesterol.
The only accepted therapy was prescribing medications to lower cholesterol and  a diet that severely restricted fat intake. The latter of course we  insisted would lower cholesterol and heart disease. Deviations from these  recommendations were considered heresy and could quite possibly result in  malpractice.
Full article here:
http://preventdisease.com/news/12/030112_World-Renown-Heart-Surgeon-Speaks-Out-On-What-Really-Causes-Heart-Disease.shtml
 
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