Michael Greger Quotes

Any kind of blockage is heart disease; when you have a blood clot anywhere, that's heart disease. When Wilt Chamberlain died, strongest man I ever met in my life, I started paying attention.

Fat is one of the chief enemies of the heart because it has to be plentifully supplied with blood and thus needlessly increases the pumping load that the heart must sustain.

A heart beset by coronary disease will begin to recruit secondary arteries to carry oxygenated blood.

As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft.

I want the public to know the truth, not every condition affecting the heart comes from a blockage.

Heart disease is no laughing matter. After my father suffered a massive heart attack, I realized just how serious heart disease can be.

Most women do not realize that heart disease is the #1 killer of American women.

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in women.

I was 19 when my father died from a heart attack. He was a 55-year-old college professor and had led what was by all appearances a risk-free life. But he was overweight, and heart disease runs in our family.

I am a doctor. I have long experience with heart disease.

The importance of heart health became very real for me when my father died of heart disease seven years ago. Having experienced the loss first hand, I am inspired to do everything I can to break the cycle and prevent families from losing loved ones to this preventable disease.

Both my parents had heart problems: my mother had type 2 diabetes, and my father had a stroke.

I'm concerned about heart disease. I've raised money to fight heart disease; my dad died of it.

I thought I had a chest infection and went to the doctor - five days later I was under the knife. It came completely out of the blue. My arteries were 95% blocked.

It's a bit of a myth that too much cholesterol causes heart attacks.

You know what our number one threat is? Heart disease.

A man is as old as his arteries.

I've had people in the family, male and female, impacted by heart disease. But people can prevent it.

Cholesterol does not exist in vegetables. Vegetables do not clog arteries.

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.

The worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades.

I accepted the role of spokesman for Lipitor because I am dedicated to the battle against heart disease, which killed my father at age 62 and motivated me to become a medical doctor.

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.

I'm constantly in fear of having a stroke.

Harvard University researchers found that women at high risk of heart disease who had a tablespoon of peanut butter five or more days a week appeared to nearly halve their risk of suffering a heart attack compared with women who ate one serving or less per week.