Chicago, Illinois September 23, 2006. The heart failure was produced strictly by feeding the monkey a high fat/high cholesterol diet. The diet was very much like what many Americans consume every day. They called it SuperMarket Food. It was about 42 percent fat and about a 50th of an ounce of cholesterol per day. After two years on the diet the monkey had developed the characteristic yellow outcroppings (called xanthomas) on his skin, which showed that its atherosclerosis was already well developed.

After two and a half years of feeding, the fatal heart attack happened. The attack was massive, involving about half of his left heart muscle. The heart and the coronary arteries looked just like a human heart looks after such an attack.”

The heart showed many areas of cell death, and the arteries were filled with plaques. It should be pointed out that rhesus monkeys do not have heart attacks under normal circumstances. On ordinary “monkey chow,” a rhesus monkey will never have a heart attack.

There are implications for pre- and early 2 Diabetics. Some have found help with these kinds of natural exercise and eating. Risk of Diabetes in the USA is greater than ever today, and complications from the killer degenerative diseases like, heart disease, atherosclerosis, cerebrovascular disease (stroke) and arterial hypertension are greater than ever also. We are relearning that “The bottom line to holding in check the degenerative diseases can be boiled down to five words: Stay lean and stay active”

It appears that there is hope for all including those with pre- and early type 2. While we humans do not eat “monkey chow” we should eat the Good Foods, the “Longevity Foods.” Talk with your nutritionist and discover these foods. There is a Treasury of easy to identify healthy, Longevity Foods just sitting in the Supermarket just saying “Pick me-Pick me.