Dad desperately needs to lose a lot

[emk]

My dad is in his early 60's, around 350 lbs (+/-), and his family has a history of heart problems (he's already had angioplasty). After the latest scare after a stress test his doctor put him on the American Heart Association diet (sorry if they have more than one, I'm not clear on the details yet).

Low-carbing let me lose a good bit of weight in just a few months and I've kept close to 90% of that weight off without really trying. I'm confident that the PP diet would be great for my dad...but I don't want to make him have to choose between me and his doctor.

Anyone have any suggestions on how to approach this tactfully?

[laughingW]

Dr. Mike had a great post about how your dad can talk diet with his doctor.
The example is about a diabetic but the whole article talks about how the doctor might work with your dad.

http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/statins/talking-diet-your-doctor/

A quote:


After documenting normal renal function, that patient adopted a recovery plan of exercise and a high-protein diet. His exercise consisted of walking 2 mi 3-4 times per week. He kept his daily carbohydrate intake below 30 gms, but otherwise did not count calories. In a 3-mo period of time, he lost 35 lbs. His cholesterol was lowered to 204, his triglycerides [which had been greater than 500] lowered to 238, his fasting blood sugar lowered to 100, a 2-h post glucose load lowered to 122, and he discontinued his hypertension medication and remained normotensive. The patient has continued the high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet with a gradual increase in the amount of calories from carbohydrates and for 1 yr has maintained quarterly hemoglobin A1C in the low 5 range. He reports feeling better than he has in many years and has successfully returned to flying.


Another great success story for Mark Sisson's low carb is

The Look on the Doctor's Face was Priceless

It's about bad heart numbers getting better for an overweight guy. Very fun.

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-look-on-the-doctors-face-was-priceless/

[emk]

Thanks W, those links were great!