PINOY Newsmagazine/Inquirer.net/Philippine News
April 2005
Text and photo by Ted Regencia
CHICAGO — Because of “poor diet,” many Filipinos are vulnerable to heart disease, the number one killer in the United States.
Take that valuable words of caution from Dr. Annabelle Santos Volgman, one of the top cardiologists in the country. Volgman is the director of the Electrocardiography Services at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. She also happens to be the cardiologist of TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey.
In an exclusive interview, the Marikina-born, New York-raised, medical practitioner laid out the scientific facts and enumerated crucial life-saving measures to protect one’s heart.
“Eighty percent of strokes and heart attacks are preventable,” Volgman declared. “And if more people knew that it’s in their hands to prevent them, I think they will change their lifestyle.”
For Filipino families, that change of lifestyle starts in the kitchen.
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Ted Regencia Reports 