Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease: The Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven, Nutrition-Based Cure

I actually ordered this after watching Forks Over Knives as a follow up refresher kind of thing. I figure we always have more to learn. Now I will start by saying I think America as a whole would benefit from watching Forks Over Knives. This books goes into detail about Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr. and his research and conclusions about today's main killers in America and boy is it a wake up call. If you are like me we grew up being told to always eat that meat and boy was it the main part of the meal. Now somewhere in my mind I always knew I should be eating the vegetables more and the meat less. I knew that meat and oil wasn't all that healthy just by how I felt when I ate it compared to when I ate something healthy like a salad or some other ruffage. What I want to know is why it was never totally clicking that food that made me feel like crap after I ate it probably did the same thing to my organs but big duh to me. I mean we all hear about all of this healthy Vegan like food habits that save lives now but we were blind to it for so long and it is so much easier to order a pizza than cook right? I was the type that made dinner for my family I got rid of most of the red meat when my dad had his first heart attack but I always thought fish and chicken were healthy for us. Now don't get me wrong I do believe fish has its place even now but I am able to see where I was wrong and that was the whole mindset that the veggies were a SIDE. I have rethought all of this since watching Forks Over Knives as I said that was the real wake up call for me and this was like follow up homework. Now I thought this book was easy to read he has a good personality and is not condescending in the least but if you are like me and have health paranoia at all this may not be for you. I say that only because it does go into a lot of detail about heart attacks and symptoms. I admit I am a hypochondriac. And no I am not just exaggerating, I am not ashamed I am beating such an awful disease. But as a fair warning to those out there like me this may go too into detail and cause some what of a scare. I was glued to the pages none the less and finished the whole book and am o.k. now that I really sorted it out in my head but just wanted to put that in there. Now I have made the lifestyle change personally and so far have lost 11 lbs and 5 inches on my waist. I read a couple other supportive books as well. This one has great recipes in it and there is a common sense education on cooking etc in it that I find to be awesome and ever so helpful for someone like me that is learning a whole new way to cook. I thought I knew how to read a label but sadly no I didn't. So if you want to enrich the health of yourself and family this is a great read and it does go into detail on the studies and science, there is no doubt in my mind that this just makes sense. This book also shows you how to do it and believe me you will feel and see the difference. I am even more emotionally stable since starting the Forks Over Knives Diet. It helps in all areas of your life and if you think it costs too much to eat healthy think again what is the cost of not??? How much does a heart attack cost you and I do not mean in money so think it over how much does a good steak honestly cost you? Then if you say a cheeseburger at oh McDonald's is cheap so I cannot afford to switch to veggies. Well if you live off of McDonald's you cannot afford to not switch unless you like committing slow suicide. Sorry if this is blunt but America we need to wake up! I know that if you are reading this review you get what I am saying anyhow so do yourself a favor and just go for it get the book and make that change. You wont regret it and this is not coming from someone that loves to choke down salad trust me it was a shock for me but if I can do it why cant you?

Interesting, readable book on preventing and reversing heart disease. The concepts are easy to understand. The recipes are reasonably easy to make, with readily available ingredients.

This book was recommended to me to read by my PCP! Anyone with high blood pressure or heart disease should get this book read it and implement it into their cooking habits. I admit I still eat beef steak, butterfly pork chops and some chicken. It is a life changing book and a life saving book!

************************UPDATE*********************************************** Status. I started this Lifestyle in March. Wt: 193 Total Cholesterol: 210 Average Blood Pressure: 140/90 After Diet Wt: 167 Total Cholesterol: 120 Average Blood PRessure 118/78 It works. I'm staying with it. I will not need meds for blood pressure or cholesterol as I would have. Thanks you Dr. Esselstyn. ***************************************** NOV 30TH, 2009 UPDATE. I had my cholesterol taken last month. 116 Total. Average blood pressure still 114-120/70-80 . Weight 165-170, it varies every day but usually is 167. I still need to start exercising and am sure this will drop the 10-15lbs I still need to lose, I've hit a plateau. However, I lost 30 pounds in about a month (February 2009), and have kept it off. There are sooo many recipies out there, this book and books by Dr. John McDougahl I've found, at least here, getting a cholesterol check every few months is easier than you'd think (since Insurance usually pays for only 1-2 per year unless you've got a disease related or are on a statin). There are news channel health fairs here that offer blood panels for $15 2-3 times a year, and my local county health clinic offers cholesterol checks every 1-2 months for $10/15. Will post again in February 2010, my 1 year mark for starting this diet and report back! ****************************************** Well, I am going to make this 'review' a running blog of sorts. I will be starting the diet and posting my results via edits here. My review: The book is well written and provocative. Enough so that I am going to try it due to my family heart history (I'm 29 almost 30 but have had a 'bad' cholesterol recently of 199). It gets 4 stars because being that this book was written by a physician, he makes a few unsupported claims... the main one being that no one with a total cholesterol of less than 150 has any heart problems, and therefore you are heart attack proof. There are several BILLION people on the earth. It highly likely that there are several people that have had heart attacks at or below this number, however rare. Next... Dr Esselstyn's book focuses on a study of about 21 people. He has great results, indeed. But any scientist of any sort, ESPECIALLY A PHYSICIAN should know that this is an insignificant number (take a college level statistics class if you don't believe me). With approx 300 MILLION Americans... 21 is statistically irrelevant. Had his study been of a few hundred, per city, composed of random varying cities across the US, with randomly selected participants, it would have much more validity. Despite this serious scientific faux pas, which he should have at least addressed, the pictorial results of the progress are amazing, and thus I will be trying this, and probably sticking with it. I would like to see my two daughters grow up and not meet the same fate as both of my grandfathers and two uncles. Thus, I will be posting my results every 2 months or so here. I recommend it :D.

Excelente texto para referencias y puntos importantes en la justificación del porqué es necesario llevar una dieta basada en plantas para prevenir la enfermedad coronaria.

A VERY GOOD BOOK JUST READ IT IT WILL CHANCE YOUR LIFE AND YOUR EATING HABITS THEIT ARE SPECIAL PHOTO'S IN THE BOOK

I have been following the advice of the author since Sept 2014. Before I started the programme my readings were BP 155/ 85 , Total Cholesterol 189, Sugar 187(PC); after being in the programme for about 4 months, the readings are BP 140/77 , Total Cholesterol 152, Sugar 120 (PC). When I am free from, meat, oil, egg and milk products , the angina comes down. Still I am on medicine for angina and BP. I stopped statin and clopilet, but my cardiologist advised me to continue with a vitamin and mineral supplement, I am following it. I walk daily for 30 minutes with a mild yoga. It's a wonderful programme. I am waiting for the day when I am free from all my medication. Since I am from South India , I am following the programme suitable to the vegetables available here. Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease is a must read for all the heart patients around the globe. -Cornelius, South India

If you have heart disease, or care for someone who has it, buy this book. Dr. Esselstyn can save your life. Most unfortunately, the good doctor has nothing to say about heart failure except that his diet should be tried. If you have heart failure you need to read The Sinatra Solution: Metabolic Cardiology by Dr. Stephen Sinatra. These two books are life savers. Read and educate yourself.

Ya conocía al Doctor Cadwell Esselstyn, escuchado numerosas conferencias médicas en yotube, por lo que el libro no fue ninguna decepción. Junto al Doctor Ornish, Barnard, Greger, el futuro de la medicina curativa y preventiva con bases científicas e investigaciones clínicas de varias décadas. Todos deberían tener la oportunidad de conocer lo que este médico y los otros mencionados han descubierto en las últimas décadas. Cambiaría drásticamente nuestras costumbres alimenticias y estilo de vida para siempre.