Robert Atkins Quotes

My heart may be black but it was still capable of heart failure.

Not really, and actually my cholesterol was 190 when I had the heart attack. 190, which isn't that high. I took it down to about 130 and it's probably about 140 or 145 now.

I have learnt a lot about my body since my heart attack. I don't drink as much now as before.

I had actually hurt my neck, and because I went a while without getting it taken care of - it was pushing up against the back of my heart - and because I have heart issues, they thought it was this whole big deal. So I spent a good three days in the hospital, two nights in the ICU.

My daughter, when she was a week old, was diagnosed with congenital heart disease. For the past thirteen years, she's had four major heart surgeries. She's a candidate for - and must have - heart replacement surgery in order to have a long life.

I almost fainted. There was no family history. I had been eating a vegetarian diet and I exercised.

I had a 23 per cent blockage in my micro-arteries. At first the doctors thought I needed a heart transplant, then they said I have microvascular angina, which means I will be on medication for the rest of my life.

It isn't a secret that my heart is damaged. All the treatments and medications haven't been effective.

When I was nine, I was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat and was prescribed beta blockers, which had the side effect of turning my skin green. Looking like Shrek's little sister at school wasn't the easiest thing.

I don't want to become a diabetic.

I am diabetic.

I've had some heart problems, and I'm on the straight and narrow.

My aortic valve was a bit different than normal, and some doctors thought I shouldn't do triathlons.

Addiction is a disease like anything else. It's like cancer, like heart disease, like diabetes.

My left descending septal branch artery decided to close without consultation with any of my other organs. It happened on Saint Patrick's Day, 1978.

Some people receive medication in order to properly deliver films.

Oliver . . . well. Who knew if Oliver’s problem was the disease or just a bad attitude?

I was born with a crippled leg. I wore a corrective shoes since I was three years old and I still wear them.

There's no medical term for what I've got.

I have what I guess is medically known as a farting problem.

Heart disease is not a Lipitor, Crestor or even an “anacetrapib” deficiency. It is a complex end result of multiple factors driven by our diet, fitness level, stress, and other lifestyle factors such as smoking, social connections, and, increasingly, environmental toxins.

Is he all right?" Jade asked Sterns. He Swooned" I know he swooned," Jade replied.

Is there a tumor in your humor?

... I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Suddenly I had to spend all my time getting well.

I saw a specialist who asked me 'Are you familiar with the phrase faecal impaction?'. I said I think I saw that one with Glenn Close and Michael Douglas.