Boston Heart Disease Consultation - To make available to the public the state of the art information on how to reverse heart disease. This is an evidence-based organization utilizing the best available science, including diet, exercise drugs, and other resources to best fight this disease.

Two or three instances of a weight on my chest led to an angiogram about two and a half years ago. The doctor came back to see me soon after and pointed out three or four blockages of 70 and 90 percent and said they were not able to insert a stent or do bypass surgery due to their location, He looked at me and shrugged. I had led a quite healthy life, a normal but careful diet, even growing most of my own organic vegetables, so I was stunned. A good friend said she knew a guy who led an informal group of cyclists interested in heart disease and connected me. It was Peter. I went to the first meeting I could in February 2018 and started learning about a group of doctors advocating a Plant Based Whole Food/no Oil diet.

After being diagnosed with heart disease in 2015 I began scouring the internet for information. I was in my 50’s and I wasn’t content to simply take the 80mg Lipator pills my cardiologist prescribed. As I reviewed the numerous publications online, I was introduced through a friend to Dr. Peter Megdal, a like-minded spirit in taking responsibility for your own healthcare, who had a practice helping people make informed decisions about their heart care. We met on a regular basis and Peter would share the latest research and analysis on heart health, and answer my endless questions. Together it helped me come up with a plan for my heart health, involving both diet and medical choices, that I was confident in.

I’ve known Peter for almost 30 years as a cyclist. We trained and raced in the same amateur bicycle racing team, and had many discussions about equipment, training and diet over the years. In 2010, I developed angina despite a known family history and years of working to avoid developing the disease. Like most, I probably listened too much to the conventional wisdom, which may have merit for the average person, but not necessarily for individuals at high genetic risk, or who have already been diagnosed with coronary artery disease. When I learned that Peter had also developed coronary artery disease, we began to compare notes on treatment, and around this time, Peter began his extensive research on the topic. Although I’m not a biologist, as a scientist, I appreciate his thorough analysis of the latest research.  I have taken Peter’s insights to my cardiologist, and have been able to tailor my own treatment to reduce my LDL cholesterol by more than 60 percent. After eight years, I now feel like my old self again, angina free, and I’m able to exercise close to my previous level. My heart disease seems to have stopped progressing if not reversed its course. As any honest cardiologist will tell you, this alone is quite unusual and significant.

Dr. Peter Megal is an excellent advocate for personal metabolic and cardiovascular health. I attended his PhD defense and was amazed at the depth and breadth of his research and understanding of the mechanisms of the dietary impacts on diabetes.  Since then he's made personal medicinal and dietary changes that have reversed some of his coronary artery disease, and maintained his health at the high level sufficient to set a national bicycling record. As an aging male with the goal of living another 25 years, I joined Peter's support group. He monitors the the publications, keeps well informed, and makes clear presentations on usable results from them.  While I've not attempted all of Peter's life style changes nor can justify CAD radiography, I've already dropped my total cholesterol by ~20% with corresponding improvements in HDL, LDL, and triglycerides.