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Nutritional Atherosclerosis Control: Overcoming 'Psychosclerosis'
Here comes the major obstacle to any change - 'psychosclerosis', in other words, the "hardening or narrowing of the attitude." 'Psychosclerosis' is usually rooted in your fear of change. After so many years of being in a comfort zone (read: in love with your old dietary and lifestyle habits), you are ready to defend it against anything new or different. You will try to find any possible excuse to reject the need for a change. Most probably, you will use all your intelligence to find fault with the nutritional approach to atherosclerosis. As an idea quite different from the typical medical treatment, it may be easily refused. However, in order to make positive changes in your cardiovascular health you need more flexibility in considering other options. The willingness to consider new methods will enble you to see much more of what is possible for you. Therefore, if you really want to control atherosclerosis, you must become less rigid in your ideas about your diet, lifestyle nad nutritional supplementation, and what is possible for you. Instead of dwelling on all the reasons why this method would NOT work for you, concentrate on why it would. Do not act as your own prosecuting attorney building the case against yourself! It starts with changing your thinking from "whether" to "how." Begin to focus on "how" you are going to protect and improve your health and, simultaneously, you will stop considering whether it is possible or not. In this way, your entire attitude toward your old, more comfortable dietary and lifestyle habits will begin to change for the better. Remember, most of the time you do get what you think about, and if you continually think in terms of the nutritional measures you should take to move toward reversing atherosclerosis, you are much more likely to be successful in achieving your goal in the end.
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