The McDougall program for a healthy heart : a life saving approach to preventing and treating heart disease

Disease (atherosclerosis) of the arteries is the number one killer of people following the Western diet. Artery closure causes problems from hearing loss to impotency. Remove the cause and the disease heals. Present day treatments, like angioplasty and bypass surgery, are temporary fixes at best that can be avoided by the well-informed patient. Learn how to reverse heart disease, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, and hypertension—and to stop unnecessary medications. Includes over 100 recipes. This pioneering book by Dr. John A. McDougall, founder of the nationally renowned McDougall Program, addresses ways to combat the number one killer of Americans today - heart disease. At St. Helena Hospital in the Napa Valley of California, Dr. McDougall teaches cardiac patients a revolutionary new way of living that frees them from fear of future heart attacks and allows them to lead healthy lives. Now he offers readers the same breakthrough advice that thousands of people have learned through his clinical practice. Combining step-by-step diet, exercise, and lifestyle recommendations, it is designed to bring about dramatic health improvements in less than two weeks. A lifesaver for patients who have already suffered a heart attack or been diagnosed with heart disease, it is equally valuable as an authoritative guide to prevention.

"...includes more than 100 recipes, a 12-day full menu plan, "an attainable exercise program, and tips for stress reduction."

Designed to produce dramatic health improvement in two months, a healthy eating program focuses on helping those who have already had, or are in danger of having a heart attack, but is also useful as a guide to the prevention of coronary disease. Reprint. Offering an innovative approach to diet, exercise, and lifestyle to prevent and treat heart disease, this guide offers a menu plan, more than one hundred recipes, and advice on how to break bad habits and set realistic exercise goals Not too long ago, one of my patients presented me with an age-old dilemma.