Diet and heart disease reversal

What is the best diet to prevent or reverse heart disease?What diet is really best for heart disease? The topic has been hotly debatedfor years. In 2010 researchers at the University of California at SanFrancisco used a low-fat vegetarian diet as part of a lifestyle program toreverse blocked heart arteries. 80% of the participants reversed theiratherosclerosis on such a program.These researchers apparently thought that one of the advantages of thevegetarian diet was its low fat content. However, subsequent research hasrevealed that certain types of fat-rich foods may actually play a role inheart disease prevention.For example, 2011 Israeli study found that a higher fat diet can actuallyreduce cholesterol levels---that is if you choose your fats carefully. A 33%fat diet using high fat plant foods like almonds, olive oil and avocadoslowered cholesterol values more than a low fat diet with only 18% of caloriesfrom fat. That higher fat diet lowered the critical LDL cholesterola full14%!In other words, you don't have to give up all high fat foods to fight heartdisease.