The Heart Disease Breakthrough: What Even Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Preventing a Heart Attack

by ThomasYannios (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1999

  $23.81

  For those seriously concerned with preventing heart disease, this is your guide: detailed, current, strongly worded guidelines. -Kirkus ReviewsComplete with all the latest guidelinesIt's not just your cholesterol count. Half the people who have a heart attack have a normal total cholesterol level below the borderline 220 level! Even knowing your ratio of good cholesterol to bad cholesterol isn't enough. Your true risk depends on other factors-which your doctor might not even know about. Packed with surprising, often alarming information and case studies of patients, The Heart Disease Breakthrough combines state-of-the-art medical research with a straightforward ten-step preventive program for years of optimum heart health.Discusses all risk factors for heart disease, including subclasses A and B, homocysteine, fibrinogen, and more * Filled with research-based information revealing the nutritional pros and cons of everyday foods and the benefits (and ineffectiveness) of specific kinds of exercise Thomas Yannios, MD (Albany, NY), works in critical care and nutritional support at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, New York. He is also the author of The Food Report Card.