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Getting to the Heart of the Matter

 I want to tackle the single most important and most obvious question anyone who reads my introductory post will have. It's the "elephant in the room," and it deserves a direct, honest answer. The question is this: "Chris, you've had five heart attacks. How can you possibly be on a high-fat diet? Isn't that just pouring gasoline on a fire?" It’s a valid, logical, and vital question. For 50 years, we’ve been taught that a "high-fat diet" is a one-way ticket to heart disease. And if I were following the standard, "dirty keto" version of this diet, I believe my critics might be correct. But I'm not. The lifestyle I'm building is not just a "high-fat" diet; it's a strategic, anti-inflammatory protocol. My research and my journey have convinced me that the "fire" that led to my cardiac events wasn't just fat—it was a raging inferno of chronic inflammation and insulin resistance caused by a lifetime...