Now people showing early warnings of heart disease can improve their health without medic-ation, the study's authors say.Professor David Jenkins, who led the project at the University of Toronto, said patients were being put on cholesterol-reducing drugs too early. "This study shows people now have a dietary alternative to control cholesterol, at least initially," he said. "These foods have an almost identical effect on lowering cholesterol as the original cholesterol-lowering drugs."The study said the vegan diet may work because humans are adapted by evolution to foods apes eat with high fibre and vegetable protein levels. Every year, 50,000 people in England and Wales die of cardiac disease linked to cholesterol.A TYPICAL DAY'S MENUBREAKFAST* Hot oat bran cerealsoya drink* Strawberries* Oat bran bread with margarine and portion of double-fruit jamSNACK* Almonds* Fresh fruitLUNCH* Spicy black bean soup* Sandwich of soya slices, lettuce, tomato and cucumberSNACK* Soya drink* Psyllium seedsDINNER * Tofu bake with aubergine, onions and sweet peppers* Pearl barley and broccoli. "About four years ago, a woman came in and said she needed to find a flat as she was leaving her husband She asked us to be discreet We took her out, found her a property and did the paperwork. We took her out, found her a property and did the paperwork. "A few days later, a man came in. He had the same surname as the previous lady, but I didn't make any connection.
He told me that, having sold their house, he and his wife wanted to rent a place. His wife hadn't wanted to come down and view it, so he asked me to describe the property over the phone to her. Having got quite excited about the flat, the man persuaded his wife to come down and see it."When his wife appeared in the doorway behind him, as white as a sheet and shaking her head, my jaw dropped Here was the woman who was leaving her husband. 'But surely,' I thought to myself, 'this gentleman is her husband.' I took a deep breath and greeted her with a 'How lovely to meet you'."When I got back to the office, the woman called, thanking me for keeping quiet.
She also cleared up a few other things I'd been wondering about - yes, he was the husband she was about to leave and yes, she still wanted the flat. However, she also asked that I did not mention to her husband that she was buying the other flat, or, that she was leaving him. I assured her it was hardly my place to divulge such sensitive information."I then set about doing separate credit checks on her and him. She had planned everything out: the removals company had already been round to the shared house, and she had shown them what she was taking and what he could keep. She had ordered one van to pick up her things, and another for his. And still, he knew nothing of it."One day, the wife came in to see me. She thanked me for my understanding, and said she felt that she ought to explain the whole story They had been married for 30 years, and were fairly happy.
