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The Great American Heart Hoax: Lifesaving Advice Your Doctor Should Tell You about Heart Disease Prevention (But Probably Never Will)

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ISBN 1935251635
Publication Date 2010-01-05
Number Of Pages 272
Publisher BenBella Books


   
Customers Reviews

2010-06-05
a good book of information
Since my blood pressure has been up I've been concerned about what "natural" things I could start using instead of prescription drugs. Several items were mentioned that I am now using. My blood pressure isn't normal (according to WHO?) yet but it is down 25 points in about 6 weeks! I call that good news and the book does help.


2009-08-31
A very troubling book
I'm a practicing Internist, Board certified with about 30 years experience. While I agree entirely that coronary disease can be reversed by a natural approach including a very low saturated fat diet, stress management and exercise, Dr. Ozner's ridiculing of the medical profession is to be, well, ridiculed. I recently saw a a lady on whom I did a stress test and found it to be grossly abnormal. Cardiac cath showed over 90% blockage of 2 vessels, and stenting was successfully done, resulting in complete opening of both vessels. If the cardiologists and I had recommended Dr. Ozner's lifestyle approach and she wound up with a heart attack and died we'd all have wound up in court, sued to our necks. A friend of mine had an abnormal stress test, 95% blockage in one major vessel, stented, and then had a normal stress test, for the first time in years.

The medical profession uses solid data in its work. Coronary bypasses have not been proven to be useless, as Dr. Ozner claims. Since the advent of stents, bypass work is now limited to blockages of the left main coronary artery (the widow maker, it is called) and multiple blockages that cannot possibly be stented. What Dr. Ozner is doing is subjecting the entire cardiology profession to needless ridicule, and his poor advice to patients to completely avoid stents or bypasses, amounts to poor judgment bordering on malpractice. It ought to be between a patient and his/her Cardiologists and Internists to make an approach to management.

Dr. Ozner's approach is not new. We need to combine the interventional strategies along with lifestyle changes. http://www.heartattackproof.com/ is Dr. Esselstyn's web site; he has shown dramatic reversals of coronary blockages with dietary intervention: severely limited animal and dairy fat intake. (he didn't talk about smoking cessation in his book, though) Dr. Dean Ornish has shown similar results also. Elimination of anger and hostility is an important part of management as well as smoking cessation.

I do recommend the work of Dr Ornish and Esselstyn and others, but Dr. Ozner's book is something I would have my patients avoid because I'm afraid they would decline a potentially life-saving procedure right when they need it. Yes he does cover the full spectrum of factors that contribute to heart disese, and yes, a mediterranean diet is very heart-healthy, but a chronically hostile person isn't going to get much benefit from it. So the approach to heart disease is most certainly multi-faceted, and a comprehensive approach is required. And intervention when needed is an essential part of heart disease management. I believe Dr. Ozner has picked out only the studies that show no benefit of bypasses or stents and not quoted the ones that do show benefit.

Raja Bhat

2009-06-26
A Heart Health "How to" manual...
Read and heed the excellent information in this book and you will
not end up being "sold" unnecessary surgery and procedures, or exposed
to dangerous radiation. This is a comprehensive manual on how to live a heart healthy life.

2009-03-23
Excellent Book!
This is an excellent book. I was actually told about it by a patient who had recently had by-pass surgery. Like many, he wasn't told of the research that is in this book. He wishes he had read the book first. The book is well-written, and can be understood by lay people. This country could save billions if only this research and suggested diet was understood.

2009-03-23
Stop Being So Dogmatic--Health Isn't All About The Mediterannean Diet, Dr. Ozner!
Dr. Michael Ozner is obviously passionate about this subject and provides some interesting food for thought in terms of the subject of heart health. Unfortunately, he is so dogmatic in his belief that the Mediterranean diet is so far superior to all others that his thinking is completely jaded. He ignorantly blasts away at healthy low-carb diets by describing them as a "fad" diet devoid of any long-term data to support them.

On pages 101-102, Dr. Ozner goes through a laundry list of health conditions you will supposedly suffer from if you go on a low-carb regimen-none of which have happened to me in the five plus years I've been eating this way. Do yourself a favor, Dr. Ozner! Open your mind to the idea that the world of diet and health doesn't revolve exclusively around the Mediterranean diet alone!

Find Out About The Dangers Associated With Dieting

qweDieting should have sensible basis otherwise it may do nothing but undermine and ruin your health. There are some dangers associated with dieting. Danger 1 - on my own The habit always to rely upon oneself is not the appropriate tactics in dieting. Fattiness like any other diseases should be treated under the strict doctor’s control. Every one is unique and needs certain and specific approach. Someone may be stout but have a good health someone may have few “extra kilos” which will intermix with serious diseases. So you should be completely aware of your current state. Work, life style, surroundings, living conditions and even climate should be taken in account when choosing a diet. Danger 2 - on the buckwheat There are several dieting myths: you should eat meat, you should eat once or twice a day, it’s useful to eat only buckwheat or apple pines for example. Each product is wholesome for sure but only in the combination with other useful products. And if you decided to keep to a “one-side” diet you merely deprive yourself of necessary and vital elements. The greatest problems may cause incredible protein decrease, especially animal protein which can not be substituted by soy or legumes protein. Animal protein is the base for ferments and hormones production. In case you reduce protein consumption the reproductive function gets worse and the blood formula changes. Another danger is the lack of calcium which we usually get of the diary products. This element is absolutely necessary especially for the young organism which bones are still in the process of formation. The variety of food is the main point of the right diet. Remember you may eat everything but with the sense of measure. Fish, vegetables and fruits are irreplaceable products and should “find place” in your diet however. Danger 3 – only diet If you really want to loose weight and not to regain it you’d better thing about dieting and physical loading as separate things but work out the plan of healthy life style. It may include the food we eat, the way we spend our free time, sleep and whatever. The main tendency today is square meals and minimum of physical exercise. The quantity of energy we receive should not exceed the quantity we consume. The simplest recommendations are to eat divisionally – every 3 or 4 hours in little quantities, not to eat before going to bed. Danger 4- food is my best friend The other stumbling block is to compensate stress depression by eating sweets and chocolates. Some times in such situations a person may eat even when he is not hungry. Remember everything is in your own hands.

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