[SamAdams76]

This is very young to have a stroke and die from it. I wonder if it will come out what his diet was. I know many will say "none of my business" but I think it will be instructive to know if Luke had a typical American high-sugar diet consisting of a lot of processed foods and fast foods.

I've been reading a lot of books on how high-sugar diet contributes all kinds of "western diseases" such as diabetes, heart disease, strokes, hypertension, obesity, cancers and even tooth decay.

Perhaps we could all learn from this. I know one thing, we cannot depend on government "food pyramids" and other nonsense.

Since eliminating added sugars from my diet (mostly from processed foods) and focusing on whole, natural foods, I've felt a lot better. I sleep better and have more energy.

[Bigtigermike]

I know genetics have something to do with it but looking at the recents pics of him, he looked much older than 52. He looked like someone in their late 50s to early 60s

[babble-on]

Also he may have been on a “low-carb” diet resulting in huge intake of artery clogging fats. So many strokes coming off these bacon and egg diets these death. Total death trap.

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

I tend to agree about the high sugar diet. My husband has suffered from arthritis and gout and he's only in his early 60's. We changed his diet to no grain, no sugar, drinking lots of water, and his arthritis is almost gone and he hasn't had a gout attack in over a year. Also no red meat or shellfish. I still eat red meat and shellfish, but other than that our diet is the same. He's lost 25 lbs also. Also, according to our wellness doc who helped him figure this out, the inflammation also affects blood vessels, and could cause strokes, heart attacks, etc.

I'm sorry about Luke Perry.

[Yaelle]

It’s amazing what getting rid of all sweet tasting foods will do. I agree. (Including all the sugar substitutes which still keep the sugar addiction going)