- ISBN13: 9781583332726
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease challenges conventional cardiology by posing a compelling, revolutionary idea-that we can, in fact, abolish the heart disease epidemic in this country by changing our diets. Drawing on the groundbreaking results of his twenty-year nutritional study, Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., a former surgeon, researcher, and clinician at the Cleveland Clinic, convincingly argues that a plant-based, oil-free diet can not only prevent and stop t… More >>
Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease
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If i knew this guy is advocating no fish, no meat, no chicken, basically just fruits and vegetables, I would have saved my money.
Rating: 1 / 5
Very helpful book. If you have heart problems, this book focus on your diet. Highly recommended. Get ready to move towards a vegetarian diet.
Rating: 1 / 5
I wish I had not wasted my time and money on this worthless book. If it has a face, according to the author, don’t eat it. That means, no fish, no poultry, no lamb no lean beef or any other high quality protein. My aim was to get away from prescriptions that do not cure a condition, but simply relieves symthoms. However, this book advocates statins to control cholestrol something that I would prefer to do via diet when you consider the many dangerous side effects of drugs especially the statins. When Dr. Esselstyn stated that no oils including Olive oil was good for you, and went on to state that this monosaturated ‘heart healthy’ oil should be avoided because it contained a small amount of saturated fat, I knew it was time to put down the book and move on to a doctor—preferably and alternative physician—who knew his subject.
Rating: 1 / 5
This book can be summed up very quickly – no meat, no fish, no oil – if you enjoy eating at all, this is not a solution for you. If you are willing to live on fruits and vegetables only, I suppose it probably works.
Rating: 2 / 5
While the possibility of reversing all the damage done to your vascular system over time is quite exciting, the diet is so rigorous that even if it doesn’t actually make you live longer, it will seem like it, LOL. No denying that the average American’s diet is not healthy, but Dr. Esselstyn’s diet allows only vegetables, fruits, and grains, period, with no deviations allowed, ever.
One serious flaw in the book is that everything is written through Dr. Esselstyn’s perspective. There is not one anecdotal account written by one of his patients providing testimony of how this diet has improved their life. And, there is the issue noted by others that over half of the book is recipes. He also does not address how diabetics should use his diet. Although it may be argued that you will lose so much weight and correct bad body chemistry so that type II diabetes will no longer be an issue, but the fruit and grains are carbs.
So, with Americans’ penchant for quirky diets, why isn’t this sweeping the land? For me, I may be in denial, but I don’t think I’m sick enough, yet, to do this. It’s almost as though Dr. Esselstyn touts this as such a miracle cure that one can start on it the day the need for a coronary bypass is identified and not have to proceed with the surgery.
Rating: 2 / 5