Your doctor might be killing you. So says Dr Michael Mogadam who illustrates how even the best-intentioned doctors have failed to keep up with scientific breakthroughs in preventing heart attacks -- and are often advising patients to do the opposite of what is right. Among his other findings, Dr Mogadam shows that for thirty years American medicine has pegged cholesterol as Public Enemy Number One in the fight against heart disease -- and proves who wrong that analysis is. Dr Mogadam highlights the 20 risk factors associated with heart disease, of which cholesterol is only one, and offers a step-by-step guide to avoiding -- or controlling -- all of them. He includes his own Twenty Risk Factors diet, which combines good nutrition and the latest science with practicality and a joy in good food.
| ||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Frequently Bought Together
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
THIS BOOK WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE,
This review is from: Every Heart Attack is Preventable:: How to Take Control of the 20 Risk Factors and Save your LIfe (Paperback)
I only wish I had seen this book before suffering a heart attack at 42. In seeking to change my life, I read six decent books on overcoming heart attacks before finding this one. Friends, this book has more great information than the six previous books I read combined. Mogadam should get an award for writing it. Every single page has great information. It even addressed one area -- lipoprotein A -- that caused my heart attack that very, very few others even note. Do yourself or a loved one a favor, buy this book now and make the changes that will save your life. It's easy to read, take notes and implement.
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The risk factors for heart attack are quantified,
By Kevin Louche (Granite Bay, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Every Heart Attack is Preventable (Hardcover)
Finally, the risk factors for heart attack (or other coronary event) are put together and quantified. The author enables the reader, after much background analysis, to assign a personal risk rating for age, diet, exercise, cholesterol, and family history. I was able to find out that given my circumstances, my risk of heart attack over the next 10 years is 20%. Sure it's a rough guess, but it's a start. More importantly, I can get the risk down to 10% or less; and know when I'm there. If you are middle aged, you need this book.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book on important topic,
By
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Every Heart Attack is Preventable:: How to Take Control of the 20 Risk Factors and Save your LIfe (Paperback)
Great book because:1) He's an M.D. that also teaches at a university hospital. What I didn't like: 1) He says I have to exercise more. I can now understand that: all food is bad, but without it you die; some foods are better than others; food is not the only part of this problem. Overall, this is a great book that summarizes current understanding of heart disease. Perhaps most important is his point on the multi-faceted nature of heart disease. There are some really interesting charts and diagrams showing how its just not X (just not fat, just not cholesterol). Great book. I highly recommend it. John Dunbar
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Browse and search another edition of this book.
First Sentence:
Right or wrong, the first item on the mind of everyone concerned about a heart attacker stroke is their blood cholesterol level. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
four seafood meals per week, twenty major risk factors, increase oxidization, abnormal blood cholesterol levels, major coronary risk factors, every heart attack, cholesterol disorders, blood homocysteine level, other coronary risk factors, minor risk factors, percent risk reduction, cholesterol particles, abnormal cholesterol levels, coronary plaques, developing coronary artery disease, advanced coronary artery disease, abdominal obesity, premature coronary artery disease, antioxidant potency, elevated blood cholesterol levels, many red blood cells, future heart attack, percent higher risk, percent lower risk Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, African Americans, National Cholesterol Education Program, Scores of Frozen Entrees, American Heart Association, Burger King, Great Britain, Unless Otherwise Noted, San Francisco, Per Serving New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Right or wrong, the first item on the mind of everyone concerned about a heart attacker stroke is their blood cholesterol level. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
four seafood meals per week, twenty major risk factors, increase oxidization, abnormal blood cholesterol levels, major coronary risk factors, every heart attack, cholesterol disorders, blood homocysteine level, other coronary risk factors, minor risk factors, percent risk reduction, cholesterol particles, abnormal cholesterol levels, coronary plaques, developing coronary artery disease, advanced coronary artery disease, abdominal obesity, premature coronary artery disease, antioxidant potency, elevated blood cholesterol levels, many red blood cells, future heart attack, percent higher risk, percent lower risk Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, African Americans, National Cholesterol Education Program, Scores of Frozen Entrees, American Heart Association, Burger King, Great Britain, Unless Otherwise Noted, San Francisco, Per Serving New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
5
books
cite this book:
- What Would Jesus Eat? The Ultimate Program For Eating Well, Feeling Great, And Living Longer by Don Colbert in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- ¿Que comeria Jesus?: El programa vital para comer bien, sentirse bien, y vivir mas (Spanish Edition) by Don Colbert M.D. in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Prolonging Health: Mastering the 10 Factors of Longevity by J. E. Williams on page 63, and Back Matter
- Answering Your Questions About Heart Disease and Sex by Eduardo Chapunoff in Back Matter
- Eating For Life: One Simple Diet For Total Health by Michael Mogadam in Back Matter
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
