FOREWORD Nutritionist Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., and cardiologist Stephen Sinatra, M.D., have teamed up in this book to slash through the tall thicket of misinformation surrounding cholesterol, lipoproteins, and the lipid hypothesis. They wrote their fact-based book using easy-to-understand terminology, and present a much more valid hypothesis of what really causes heart disease and a host of other diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and obesity, which will open your eyes to the emperors state of undress. If you are worried about your cholesterol level or contemplating taking a cholesterol-lowering drug, we urge you to read this book! This book will put the facts in your hands to make a more informed decision. And were confident you will enjoy their book as much as we did. Read more WHY A NEW EDITION OF THIS BOOK WAS NEEDED A LOT HAS CHANGED IN THE WAY THE MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT views cholesterol and heart disease since we first came together almost a decade ago to write the original version of The Great Cholesterol Mythand most of those changes have been for the better. We now have technology that allows us to clearly identify at least thirteen different subtypes of cholesterol, many of which behave in unique ways in the body. Being able to measure cholesterol with much greater specificity than ever before is good news indeed, because it gives us much more information and far greater accuracy when it comes to predicting future cardiovascular events. WHY YOU SHOULD BE SKEPTICAL OF LDL AS AN INDICATOR OF HEART DISEASE THE TWO OF US CAME TOGETHER TO WRITE THIS BOOK because we believe that you have been completely misled, misinformed, and in some cases, directly lied to about cholesterol. We believe that misinformation, scientifically questionable studies, and corporate greed have created one of the most indestructible and damaging myths in medical history: that cholesterol causes heart disease and that statins are the answer. CHOLESTEROL IS HARMLESS NOW LETS TALK ABOUT YOU Unless youre an information junkie, theres a good chance that youre reading this book because you have something at stake here. Let us guess: Youre concerned about your cholesterol. Maybe youre a woman whose doctor has read you the riot act because your cholesterol is approaching 300 mg/dL, and your doc has convinced you that youll drop dead of a heart attack if you dont go on medication right away. Maybe youre a middle aged man who has already had a heart attack, and your doctor is adamant about putting you on a cholesterol-lowering drug. THE REAL DEAL ON CHOLESTEROL WHEN WE WERE KIDS, DOCTORS STILL MADE HOUSE CALLS. One of usJonny vividly remembers Dr. Leo coming to the house, always dressed in a suit and tie, with black satchel at the ready. Hed take out his trusty tongue depressor, tell you to say ah, put a flashlight in your eye and a stethoscope on your chest and voil, hed pronounce his verdicta flu, a bug, strep throat. Hed dash off an unreadable prescription and within a day or two the bug would be gone. Read more INFLAMMATION AND OXIDATION INFLAMMATION AND OXIDATION are two of the most vicious processes in the human body. This chapter explains why they are so destructive and what we can do to minimize their damage. Lets begin with inflammation, which comes in two flavors. We all have experience with acute inflammation. It happens every time you stub your toe, bang your knee, or get a splinter in your finger. When you complain about your aching back, an abscess in your mouth, or a rash on your skin, thats acute inflammation. Its visible and uncomfortable, if not downright painful. SUGAR: THE REAL DEMON IN THE DIET SUGARESPECIALLY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MODERN INDUSTRIALIZED DIETis a far greater danger to your heart than fat ever was. In this chapter, we are going to venture into the labyrinth-like worlds of endocrinology and neuroscience. But relax! We promise not to make your eyes glaze over. And we promise that by the time you finish this chapter you will know more than many doctors do about the common link among heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and hypertensionserious conditions that are of interest to most readers. THE TRUTH ABOUT FAT: IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK YOU CANT TALK ABOUT CHOLESTEROL WITHOUT ALSO TALKING ABOUT FAT, which is convenient, because its exactly what were going to discuss in this chapter. When youre done reading it, you may have an entirely different perspective on fat and a much more accurate notion of what the terms good fat and bad fat mean. And no, were not just going to tell you the stuff youve heard a million times, such as fat from fish is good (completely true) and saturated fat is bad (very far from always true). THE STATIN DECEPTION STEPHANIE SENEFF ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A BIOLOGIST. For as long as she can remember, she has been fascinated by how things work, particularly how living things work. She wanted to know how frogs jump, how grasshoppers breathe, how cells communicate, how the heart talks to the brain, all of which scientists study in detail, frequently by spending hours a day peering into a microscope. She was interested in systems, and to her the human body was the most fascinating system of all. So she was more. Read more THE REAL CAUSE OF HEART DISEASE WEVE ALL HEARD ABOUT THE APPARENTLY HEALTHY PERSON with no history of heart disease and no known risk factors who suddenly drops dead of a heart attack at age forty-seven while running in the park. Everybody clucks their tongue, expresses shock and disbelief, and says some version of, But he was so healthy! Well, he wasnt. BEYOND THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET: WHAT DO I EAT? NEARLY EVERY HEALTH ORGANIZATION ON THE PLANET routinely recommends the Mediterranean Diet, as do most doctors and dietitians. But the definition of what exactly the Mediterranean Diet is remains far more elusive than you might think. First of all, there are twenty-one countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea Montenegro, Spain, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Monaco, Italy, Malta, Slovenia, Cyprus, France, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco. And guess whatthey dont all eat the same foods. HELP YOUR HEART WITH THESE SUPPLEMENTS ASK YOUR TYPICAL DOCTOR ABOUT NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS and the first thing youre likely to hear is this: Theres no good research showing they work. Both of us have heard this refrain time and time again when we discuss nutritional medicine with our more conservative colleagues. Its not true. You or your doctor can go online to the National Institute of Medicines library (www.pubmed.com), enter into the search box the name of virtually any vitamin or herb you can think of, and, depending on what you choose, hundreds to thousands of citations will pop up. So the problem isnt an absence of research THE SCIENCE OF HEALTHY LIVING: EAT, LAUGH, PLAY, LOVE BOTH OF US, DURING OUR GRADUATE SCHOOL YEARS, trained in psychology. Jonny earned a masters in psychology from the New School for Social Research, and Steve trained for two years in gestalt therapy and then followed up with a six-year certification in bioenergetic psychotherapy. Perhaps thats why both of us, throughout our careers, have been keenly aware of the role that attitude, thought, feeling, emotion, and the subconscious play in our physical health. We have both seen the collapse of the old fashioned way of thinking about mind and body as two separate areas of study. Today, every scientist worth his weight in Bunsen burners understands that mind and body are not two discrete entities, but two completely entwined and interrelated parts of a whole that operate together and are impossible to disentangle. Read more
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