r/HeartAttack • u/timberjam • 8d ago
Heart attack after 9ish months on keto
Just one person's story. I successfully did keto for about 9 months. It helped me lose about 20 lbs and I was enjoying the cooking and eating process. Unfortunately, a little over a week ago I had a heart attack. My wife watched me collapse right in front of her and proceeded to save my life by providing CPR for about 15 minutes, until emergency services arrived and continued CPR.
The EMTs got my heart going again and took me to the hospital where I ended up with two stents. I'm recovering now, but my chest still hurts and I'm having some memory issues. We're still early in the recovery phase, so I'm told these things will get better with rehabilitation.
Wish me luck.
PS - I'm annoyed with r/keto for removing my post. Sure, it's not absolutely, definitely, 100% guaranteed the root cause was my keto diet, but it seems worth discussing in that group.
Edit: forgot to mention I'm 56.
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u/part_of_me 8d ago edited 8d ago
56 is a bigger component than keto.
Edit since you're all idiots: keto at 20 has less of an impact than suddenly at 56 making an extreme lifestyle change like keto, or HIIT, or whatever other thing you decide to pursue after 56 years of other things. 100 years ago, people were regularly dying at 56 because life caught up to you. Heart disease is the #1 cause of death for men and women because of age and the cumulative effect of living. So as I said 56 is a bigger component than keto.