Here’s surprising good news for the 60 million Atrial Fibrillation sufferers worldwide. The low fat diet of Bolivian Indians prevents 99% of atrial fibrillation and arteriosclerosis. This 2021 research demographic study shows the close dietary link to dangerous arrhythmia.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7894370/
However, this information about the optimum low fat diet (14 to 20%of fat calories) is not new. This confirms the Pritikin, Esselstyn, and Ornish dietary low-fat protocols for reversing heart disease. Most Blue Zone diets have this characteristic, although the pre-1942 Okinawa longevity diet originally had 6% fat. This research also reflects the macrobiotic Japanese diet restricting to ~ 15% total fat calories, proven in the Framingham Heart Study to establish lifelong low cholesterol and blood pressure.
https://www.pritikin.com/healthiest-diet/pritikin-eating-plan
The Tarahumara Indians, the finest natural distance runners in the world, had a dietary content of 12% fat. Particularly notable was their virtual absence of the hypertension, obesity, and the usual age increase of serum cholesterol in adults.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0002916523283951
Dr. Weston A Price, DDs, spent ten years studying various primitive tribes around the world. He found that unadulterated fats were essential to excellent health. However, he made no comments regarding the amount of fat required, as that depended on tribal circumstances. But all tribes distant from civilization’s processed foods enjoyed wide dental arches avoiding braces, and low incidence of dental caries and other bone deformities.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/544354.Nutrition_and_Physical_Degeneration
Will this put an end to invasive ablation procedures and temporary biochemical fixes? Not likely because it’s easier to get ablations, take pills, eat TV dinners, and wallow sedentary. Besides a high fat diet is satiating. Most people wouldn’t discipline themselves enough for this low fat protocol and adequate daily exercise. So their cardiologists nod in patronizing sympathy, bet on their patients’ ignorance and sloth, and grow filthy rich.
Note the perfect dentition of this Bolivian Indian woman.


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