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Note that says reverse, not prevent. This means that if you are on the verge of a heart attack, you may wish to consider additional interventions. CVD takes years of bad behaviour.
Atherosclerosis is acquired from diet. There is no other way to get it. The components of diet that lead to atherosclerosis are entirely avoidable. They are not just non-essential, they are harmful.
I have a resource I can check for a source, but I don't think you're fully acting in good faith. You keep trying to deny the premise rather than actually engaging with it. Like I'm trying to pull one over on you or something. Or, like 99% of other Americans, you are desperately trying to avoid processing the truth of the matter.
I get that you are skeptical. I also see that you are not informed. So maybe just take a minute and consider, what if it's true? What would that discussion look like?
(Here is a collection of links to research showing that CVD is both preventable and largely reversible: https://pmri.org/research/heart-disease)
I just have trust problems whenever somebody says a medical condition is 100% one thing and nothing else could ever cause or cure it. I've had too many doctors tell me that my GI problems are just anxiety and couldn't possibly be a real thing. I've had doctors tell me that my GI problems are actually an eating disorder and I need more antidepressants. I've had doctors tell me that I should be happy about my GI problems because a lot of people struggle with losing weight.
So yeah, diet is a tricky subject for me right now, because all I want to do is eat a normal meal, and the main response I've gotten has been "have you tried eating normal meals?"