This is a great book for those who want all the details on how to proect your heart, against cholesterol and other heart disease risk factors.The author is trained in both journalism and science, and after suffering one heart attack and thinking about leaving his kids fatherless, he "got religion."He now reads all the medical research on heart health, distilling it down and explaining it to the lay reader.He has the right attitude, only trusting studies that have good methodology and have been replicated.He considers diet, including fruits and vegetables, fats, meats, soluble fiber and alcohol.He goes over the research on antioxidents and other supplements, including the vitamin that works better than prescription drugs: niacin.He also covers stress and exercise.
Heart disease is completely preventable.If you have high cholesterol or other risk factors, this book will set you straight on what works and what doesn't.My doctor agrees with the parts he's read, and the information here is in agreement with other sources like the American Heart Association website and webmd.com.
If what you want is an owners manual for your heart, a book length treatment that mentions all the important studies and their results, then this book is for you.For me and my nurse mother-in-law, this is the bible on heart health.
Product Description
Robert Kowalski's personal story is legendary. By the age of forty-one, he had suffered a heart attack and had undergone two coronary bypass surgeries. A traditional dietary approach to lowering his cholesterol failed dismally, and faced with the unpleasant alternative of a lifetime on medication, he created a program that proved astonishingly effective for him -- and legions of others worldwide who use it.
Today Kowalski has beaten heart disease, lives an unlimited and vigorous lifestyle, and uses no prescription drugs. Now, with new information about risk factors, exercise, and supplements, The New 8-Week Cholesterol Cure is even more powerful in fighting heart disease.
It includes:
The facts about homocysteine and the deadly cholesterol Lp(a)
A diet that jump starts cholesterol reduction
The heart-healthy secrets of niacin, other B vitamins, and safe supplements
The latest findings on exercise
New cholesterol-testing methods
New heart-healthy products…and more!
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