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Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease: The Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven, Nutrition-Based Cure | Caldwell B. Esselstyn | Life-Changing (and possibly life-saving)!

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	Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease: The Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven, Nutrition-Based Cure Caldwell B. Esselstyn Avery, 2008 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 77 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A powerful call for a paradigm shift in heart disease therapy. Based on the groundbreaking results of a twenty-year nutritional study by Dr. Esselstyn, a preeminent researcher and clinician, this book illustrates that a plant-based, oil-free diet can not only prevent and stop the progression of heart disease but can also reverse its effects. The proof lies in the incredible outcomes for patients who have followed Dr. Esselstyn's program, including a number of patients in his original study who had been told by their cardiologists that they had less than a year to live. Within months of starting the program, Dr. Esselstyn's patients began to improve dramatically, and twenty years later, they remain free of symptoms. Complete with more than 150 delicious recipes, this book explains the science behind the simple plan that has drastically changed the lives of Dr. Esselstyn's patients forever. It will empower readers to take control of their heart health.

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Imagine If Tim Russert had Read Esselstyn

It so happens that I was reading Chapter 5, "Moderation Kills", in PREVENT AND REVERSE HEART DISEASE by Esselstyn when I learned of the recent, untimely death of TV news host, Tim Russert, In this chapter, Esselstyn explains why the standard 'moderate' cardiac regiman as prescribed for Russert often is associated with sudden death - and why such death is preventable.

I was drawn to the monograph because, at age 74 and free of cardiac symptoms, a plaque was demonstrated in a major coronary artery when I had a Coronary Artery Calcium Score/GE determined. My score of 460 was abnormally high -- and compares with the abnormal score of 210 received by Tim Russert in 1998 at age 48: [...]
Now, based on the wealth of clinical and epidemiologic evidence nicely presented and using the practical notes to food sources offered on pages 289 to 299, my wife and I are choosing to embark on the Esselstyn diet.

BTW, a strict low fat diet was not among the options suggested by my cardiologist and I doubt if the choice were ever offered by the medical profession to Tim Russert.

Roswell Eldridge, MD

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Life-Changing (and possibly life-saving)!

My family has a history of heart disease. My brother and I have both been dealing with high blood pressure over the last few years. Although our BP is controlled with 3-5 prescription medications, we both want to see if we can get off of them ASAP. My brother read the book and started on the recommended diet about 3 months ago. He has lost more than 40 pounds and cut back on his medications. I started on the diet several weeks ago and have already lost 15 pounds and cut my medications. We both feel good and hope to cut our medications even more.

We both ate "healthy" foods and exercised regularly before starting the diet. We didn't start the new diet to lose weight, since neither of us was overly heavy. The diet can be difficult at times (traveling, restaurants, etc.), but the book provides some good hints on how to cope with such issues. I highly recommend the book to anyone who wants to truly change their health and is willing to change their lifestyle to do it. The recipes are great!

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Good For Diabetics Too!

To address the reviewer below, plant-based nutrition works for diabetics too! The 30-Day Diabetes Miracle: Lifestyle Center of America's Complete Program to Stop Diabetes, Restore Health,and Build Natural Vitality. And if you're concerned about prostate cancer, you have yet another reason to go plant-based.Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer, Second Edition

According to Dr. Esselstyn, it takes about three or four weeks, and possibly a little cholesterol-lowering medication, to essentially "heartattackproof" yourself. Along with fruits, vegetables and whole grains, beans are a critical element for this way of dealing with heart disease. Beans provide a good source of arginine, the raw material needed to make nitric oxide, a gas produced by the endothelial cells that line our cardiovascular systems. Nitric oxide keeps arteries flexible, and everything in the blood flowing smoothly. To use Dr. Esselstyn's analogy, flowing like teflon, instead of like velcro.

My father, grandfather, and great grandfather, all died young from heart attacks, my father being the youngest at 42. For most of my life, I didn't put that much stock in nutrition. ( Although I had a mother who did! ) Until my runnning took a bit of a hit in my mid-forties, I thought being fit was much more important than what I ate. I no longer think that way!

I would encourage anyone who's on the fence about this, to attend one of Dr. Esselstyn's speaking engagements. If that's not possible, order the 2005 Vegsource DVD's. I was so impressed with his presentation from 2005, that in 2006 I spent three days on a bus to meet him ( and others ) in person, in California.

While things were running a little behind in 2006, cutting his presentation a bit short, near the end Dr. Esselstyn had a man he'd met in a taxi at this conference join him on stage. His testimonial added an interesting "alternative perspective" that the reviewer below seemed to think was missing from the book. ( Also, I think the 2006 DVD's capture Dr. Joel Fuhrman at his best. )Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss

The review below also mentions how much of the book is recipes. Ann Esselstyn's large volume of very original recipes serve to emphasize the broad range of food choices available for defeating heart disease.

If you do have the opportunity to hear Caldwell Esselstyn speak, and to pose a question, ask about niacin in place of Lipitor. At least one other reviewer brought that up, and I'm sure Dr. Esselstyn is always looking for ways to tweak his lectures.

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This book is a real eye opener...Time we Americans start eating right

I came acroos this book after reading a commentary from the Health Ranger on the sudden heart attack of NBC's Anchor of Meet The Press. I followed that link to this book and bought it on Amazon.com . I am now buying one for my daughter. I have read this book and looked though the recipes and asked myself...Gosh, can I really do this diet or should I say lifestyle change? But, then I realized, it is not how can I give up my many beloved foods, but rather, I must give up killing myself slowly but surely.
The recipes in this book, of the few I have tried so far, are really tasty , much to my surprise. Who knew Almond milk could taste so good?
I do not think I could have even started this change in what I eat without the many recipes included in this book. Having gone organic now for almost a year this is now my next step. The hard part will be getting my husband on board. But I am easing him into it.
I even called Dr. Esselstyn and he personally called me back to answer any questions I had. Now that is one very caring doctor. So all you out there in cyberspace, lets start getting healthy, because the way things are going none of us will be able to afford to get sick even with insurance. This at least gives us a fighting chance. I highly recommend this book. It is a good truthful look at how what we eat will effect us and it is an easy to read book that is motivational, answering the questions in the next chapter that you are asking youself in the chapter prior. I am thankful to have found this book and hope the rest of you find it to be as good as I do. Good health, good food, good heart.

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