Hi Riana,

I'm so sorry to hear the unfortunate news, it is so cruel, that it
seems that there is no god.

But let's see what can be done dietwise. Nutritionally, the health
promoting diet for CHD patient is very similar to the diet which is
good for cancer patients: Mediterranean type diet with vegetables and
extra virgin olive oil, fatty fish and fish oil, very little or no red
meat, not much dairy products, no refined carbohydrates, perhaps one
glass (no more) of red wine daily. And some aspirin. In the Lyon Diet
Heart Study, the Cretan traditional style Mediterranean diet reduced
cardiac events and mortality by 70% in CHD patients. Fish oil has also
reduced sudden cardiac deaths in clinical trials. So has aspirin. Your
husband may get statin which will lower his LDL (bad cholesterol), and
may sometimes slightly help with cancer too. If your husband has a low
HDL (good cholesterol), statins will not raise it much, but reducing
the amount of carbohydrates in the diet could. I had had low HDL for
most of my life, although I ate healthily, but when I eliminated
potatoes and most of the grain products from my diet, my HDL went up
100%! Many people have had similar experiences. The eliminated carbs
could be replaced with more olive oil, fatty fish, and leafy low carb
vegetables such as broccoli and other cabbage family vegetables.

In one trial 250 ml 100% pomegranate juice daily partially reversed
atherosclerosis of carotid arteries. Pomegranate juice also improves
lipid profile, reduces elevated blood pressure and inhibits LDL
oxidation. In preliminary studies pomegranate have been found also
have some anti-cancer effects. IMHO every CHD patient should take 250
ml 100% pomegranate juice daily and/or pomegranate extract capsules.

Nuts prevent CHD, and may have some beneficial effect on existing CHD.
Therefore IMHO CHD patient should take daily a small amount of some
nuts such as walnuts, almonds, pecans or pistachios.

Cocoa powder also has beneficial effects on blood pressure and
arteries, but it should be free of sugar and milk. It can be added
into hot or cold water (no sugar and no milk) or into some foods.

Reducing inflmmation may help with both cancer and CHD. Here some
hints how to do it:

Reducing Inflammation with Diet and Supplements: The Story of
Eicosanoid Inhibition
<http://www.itmonline.org/arts/lox.htm>

Lyon Diet Heart Study references:

de Lorgeril M, Renaud S, Mamelle N, Salen P, Martin JL, Monjaud I,
Guidollet J, Touboul P, Delaye J.
Mediterranean alpha-linolenic acid-rich diet in secondary prevention
of coronary heart disease.
Lancet. 1994 Jun 11;343(8911):1454-9. Erratum in: Lancet 1995 Mar
18;345(8951):738.
PMID: 7911176 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=7
911176&dopt=Abstract>

Renaud S, de Lorgeril M, Delaye J, Guidollet J, Jacquard F, Mamelle
N, Martin JL, Monjaud I, Salen P, Toubol P.
Cretan Mediterranean diet for prevention of coronary heart disease.
Am J Clin Nutr. 1995 Jun;61(6 Suppl):1360S-1367S.
PMID: 7754988 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
<http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/61/6/1360S>

de Lorgeril M, Salen P, Martin J-L, Monjaud I, Delaye J, Mamelle N:
Mediterranean diet, traditional risk factors and the rate of
cardiovascular complications after myocardial infarction. Final report
of the Lyon Diet Heart Study.
Circulation 1999, February 16, 99:779-785
<http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/99/6/779>

Leaf A.
Dietary prevention of coronary heart disease: the Lyon Diet Heart
Study.
Circulation. 1999 Feb 16;99(6):733-5.
<http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/99/6/733>

Pomegranate juice studies:

Aviram M, Rosenblat M, Gaitini D, Nitecki S, Hoffman A, Dornfeld L,
Volkova N, Presser D, Attias J, Liker H, Hayek T.
Pomegranate juice consumption for 3 years by patients with carotid
artery stenosis reduces common carotid intima-media thickness, blood
pressure and LDL oxidation.
Clin Nutr. 2004 Jun;23(3):423-33.
PMID: 15158307 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstra
ct&list_uids=15158307>

Sumner MD, Elliott-Eller M, Weidner G, Daubenmier JJ, Chew MH, Marlin
R, Raisin CJ, Ornish D.
Effects of pomegranate juice consumption on myocardial perfusion in
patients with coronary heart disease.
Am J Cardiol. 2005 Sep 15;96(6):810-4.
PMID: 16169367 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstra
ct&list_uids=16169367>

Esmaillzadeh A, Tahbaz F, Gaieni I, Alavi-Majd H, Azadbakht L.
Concentrated pomegranate juice improves lipid profiles in diabetic
patients with hyperlipidemia.
J Med Food. 2004 Fall;7(3):305-8.
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Fuhrman B, Volkova N, Aviram M.
Pomegranate juice inhibits oxidized LDL uptake and cholesterol
biosynthesis in macrophages.
J Nutr Biochem. 2005 Sep;16(9):570-6.
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ct&list_uids=16115546>

Aviram M, Dornfeld L, Kaplan M, Coleman R, Gaitini D, Nitecki S,
Hofman A,Rosenblat M, Volkova N, Presser D, Attias J, Hayek T, Fuhrman
B.
Pomegranate juice flavonoids inhibit low-density lipoprotein oxidation
and cardiovascular diseases: studies in atherosclerotic mice and in
humans.
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ct&list_uids=12224378>

Aviram M, Dornfeld L.
Pomegranate juice consumption inhibits serum angiotensin converting
enzyme activity and reduces systolic blood pressure.
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Kaplan M, Hayek T, Raz A, Coleman R, Dornfeld L, Vaya J, Aviram M.
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macrophage lipid peroxidation, cellular cholesterol accumulation and
development of atherosclerosis.
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Aviram M, Dornfeld L, Rosenblat M, Volkova N, Kaplan M, Coleman R,
Hayek T, Presser D, Fuhrman B.
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modifications to LDL, and platelet aggregation: studies in humans and
in atherosclerotic apolipoprotein E-deficient mice.
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Almond study:

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Haight JS, Faulkner D, Vidgen E, Lapsley KG, Spiller GA.
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Hello Riana,
I'm sorry to hear about Michael's heart and chest pains.
Perhaps the medications he's being given will help with that.
You can vent here anytime. I'll be here listening and caring.
Perhaps God's thought of a way that Michael won't suffer from the cancer
longer than necessary.
Only time will tell and hopefully the medications will give you both lots
more quality time together.
Hugs from me,
J

   ...   ...

but having a heart attack each time he has cheat pains
  ...   ...

Try not to worry,Rhianna. Garlic is very good eaten raw.
To help it down Michael should chew a wad of parsley
and when it becomes cud chuck in the garlic.Two cloves
or even three if he can manage it. It's easier to eat and
swallow that way without in any way impairing its efficacy.
(BTW did you know that  Hippocrates prescribed garlic for
his cancer patients?Just a passing thought).

The most important therapy, however, in my personal experience,
is not a magic bullet but an abstention.

                        It is NO SUGAR.

   Absolutely none whatsoever. White sugar,brown sugar, jams,
   marmalades, curds, and all other spreads,cakes,pastries, syrups,
   sweets and sweetmeats,anything with sugar in it is strictly TABOO.
   Carefully examine the ingredients of all tinned and packaged food -
    if sugar or glucose is amongst them put them back on the shelf.
   You will be surprised to find how ubiquitous this lethal substance is.
   Tinned peas are an obvious first, soups, also  many savoury foods
   which you would not expect to contain it have been contaminated by it,
   and I use that word advisedly.Do you ever buy battered fish for frying?
   Well it's in the batter!It is most insidious,and almost all-pervading
   so be vigilant.

You will find that Michael will manage confortably for the first three or
four
days while his body uses up its reserves in the liver, but after that he
will
feel faint and weak, and ketone bodies will be formed as the body tries
to change its metabolism. You will smell them in his breath, and he will
taste them.
But at the same time the tightness in his chest will ease off and he will
feel improved.

I gave it up in 1960 - that's why I can call myself "Old Bill".

If you can still get it read "Pure,White, and Deadly" by John Yudkin.
At that time an obscure lecturer in nutrition in one of our minor colleges,
Later knighted and acclaimed.

My best wishes and Good Health to you both,

Bill Thomas,
Cardiff UK.