Hello you all!
I am new to your site. I have been on atkins for a year and 3 months. I have lost around 60 lbs. I have had a hole in my heart and recently found out that the hole is bigger and my heart is beginning to enlarge. I am starting to hear alot of people telling me that it is probably my diet that is damaging my heart. I am going to speak to the heart surgeon next week so I just wanted some imput.
thank you
Momof4 girls

Welcome, mom.

We're not qualified to give specific medical advice here. That having been said, I'm comfortable saying that I'm not aware of anything about the Atkins Nutritional Approach, properly followed, which would have anything but a beneficial effect on cardiac status. The research supports this.

Certainly, having almost just about normalized your weight as you have done (Congratulations! ) you have reduced the work your heart has to do considerably. Don't forget, Robert Atkins was, first and foremost, a cardiologist.

I think that your cardiac surgeon will confirm that, at your present weight, you are a much better candidate for surgery, if that's what's called for, than you were 60 pounds ago.

Best of luck, and let us know how your appointment goes.

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