Cholesterol Protection for Life

by Joel Fuhrman

Book Overview

There is irrefutable evidence that high cholesterol levels are associated with increased risk of coronary artery disease and a resultant heart attack. Cholesterol Protection For Life explains my... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0974463329
• ISBN13: 9780974463322
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Gift of Health Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

CHOLESTEROL PROTECTION FOR LIFE

I have not yet read all of the pages, but so far what I have read was well worth the money. It is informative, interesting and life changing. I have already referred to the book for recipes and information on a dietary program to improve my life. This book makes sense!

A New Opportunity to Take Advantage Of

Great book! Just letting people who are interested know that they can purchase it online at www.drfuhrman.com, since it is currently unavailable here. As a testment to this way of eating, I can say that it works wonders and should you buy it and follow Dr. F's suggestions, be rest assured that your cholesterol will return to a normal range. Right now I can tell you that Dr. Fuhrman recommends eating large amounts of vegetables, esp. green ones like kale, spinach, bok choy, broccoli, brussel sprouts and lettuce, as well as fruits, and small amounts of beans, nuts and seeds. If this does not sound appealing to you, I would definitely give it a shot anyway. It is not as if you will be eating these foods on their own. Dr. F provides delicious recipes in the book and has many more delicious ones on his website. Also, this is your health we are talking about. I think it would be worth trying new or unfamiliar foods in the quest to regain your health. Also, as a follower of Dr. F myself, I would like to say that he has mentioned that taste buds can actually change over time. I am learning that in myself now. I used to despise brussel sprouts and now I am not repulsed and will eat them on occasion. Quite a shocker, I know. But if you are a skeptic, read Dr. F's books, try his diet and then tell me I am wrong. Best of luck in lowering your cholesterol! I know you will be able to do it with this diet :)

excellent book

EXcellent book written to given alternatives to taking the normal cholesteral lowering drugs. He is very motivational, informative yet balanced in his view. I just got my blood test back and my cholesterol has lowered by 99 points. He also gives lots of ideas on things to eat that are helpfu.

easy Informative read

I found this book so easy to read and understand. It is a lifesaver if you are suffering from high cholesterol levels or heart disease or if you want to ensure you never do! Dr. Fuhrman gives you delicious recipes and easy to follow nutritional advice. He also tells you exactly what supplements to take if needed. There really are other options besides statin drugs and their unwanted side effects. It is sad that more doctors don't give advice and information like this to their patients.. I admire Dr. Fuhrman so much for the tireless effort he puts into helping us learn ways to cure illness and live longer, healthier lives. This book gives you the knowledge you need to find your own way back to a healthy life free from drugs and heart disease.

Effective heart health advice, without using statin drugs

Don't believe anybody who says aggressive nutritional therapy can't work miracles - it can! If you've been told that you need to take cholesterol lowering medications for the rest of your life, even if you have already tried "dietary intervention", read Cholesterol Protection for Life (CPFL). You have the right to know that there is an effective option besides statin drugs; your doctor probably has not mentioned it. The patients of the author, Dr. Joel Fuhrman, routinely see their cholesterol plummet within weeks of adopting the eating style outlined in CPFL and expanded upon in the "mother" volume, Eat to Live (ETL). The advice on the web site of the National Cholesterol Education Panel (NCEP) is a disgrace. According to NCEP's "Be Heart Smart!" page, we should eat meat with some fat cut off, skim fat off our gravy, make biscuits by glopping vegetable oil into them instead of lard, and use low-fat cheese to make macaroni and cheese. - i.e., tweak the fat but continue eating the junk that contributed to our heart disease to begin with! CPFL, instead, talks about the foods we should eat to reverse CVD: vegetables, raw nuts, beans, oats, and pomegranates and their wondrous heart-healing micronutrients. CPFL provides the dietary framework and some recipes that exemplify how to make vegetables, fruits, and beans taste so great that you won't miss NCEP's biscuits and gravy much. CPFL also discusses the dangers of statin drugs; salt and stroke risk; homocysteine and folate absorption; the persistence of high cholesterol levels in some people (like me), despite nutritional excellence. Seven months after starting CPFL's recommendations, my LDL was 136, HDL was 46, and I was still 15 pounds from my ideal weight. I then started adding 100% safe cholesterol lowering supplements to my nutritional regime. Two months after that baseline I reached my ideal weight. Ten months after the baseline my LDL fell below 100 and my HDL rose to 77 - using only food and nutritional supplements!