The Healthy Heart Miracle: Your Roadmap to Lifelong Health

by Diana Mirkin and Gabe Mirkin

Book Overview

For those hoping to reduce their risk of heart attack, stroke, and diabetes, The Healthy Heart Miracle offers a simple, 8-week plan that works or without cholesterol or blood pressure-lowering drugs.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060196807
• ISBN13: 9780060196806
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

The Healthy Heart Miracle by Mirkin

This book will assist you in maintaining a healthy heart utilizing natural protocols. The authors caution to utilizerefined carbs sparingly. Protein builds up the body in elderly people. As such, lean meat, fish and non-fat dairy are preferred.The DASH protocol is described at length. It involves generous helpings of fruits, veggies, fat-free dairy, nuts, legumes and olive oil. Exercises are depicted to assist arthritis sufferers.One exercise involves sitting in a chair, folding the arms andbending forward. The C-reactive protein and homocysteine blood levels are cited as meaningful predictors of heart disease.This book is an excellent value for the money. It will help you craft a meaningful exercise program and diet regimen. The contents will benefit people of all ages. The book is directed to middle-aged and elderly people. As such, it will benefit this constituency maximally.

Atkins was half right.

Carbs aren't the problem, refined carbs are. Dr. Mirkin's book explains exactly how to diet and exercise correctly - including tasty recipes and cooking instructions. Dr. Mirkin takes the proven "DASH" diet, developed by the NIH, and takes it one step further to the "DASH PLUS" diet. What will "DASH PLUS" do for you? Besides lower your blood pressure (the DASH component) the "PLUS" component will lower your risk of heart disease an cancer, and probably cause you to lose weight. Why believe Dr. Mirkin? He and his wife Diana have proven this with 100's of patients. Also, Dr. Mirkin relies on the lastest published research - to learn more about him see his website www.drmirkin.com. I'm a huge fan of the Mirkins - in my book he is the "Mc Coy" - the one you should trust. Dr. Mirkin's most popular book, "The Sportsmedicine Book," published in 1978, has stood the test of time - very impressive. The Mirkins not only talk the talk, they walk the walk. Buy their book - it may just save your life.

Needed to take control

My cravings and bingeing of sweet carbs was so bad that I needed to take control. My husband who has been a follower of Dr.Mirkin for years decided it would make a great holiday present. Because of all the diet advice out there, often contradictory, I decided to read the book backwards. I was impressed with the resources and references. Most impressive is the way the book is laid out and how clear each section is to follow.I especially like the fact that medical jargon is made simple. Because I was just diagnosed with insulin resistance I think Dr. Mirkin has given me the key to taking back my life. I am anxiously waiting for him to schedule book signings so I may meet him in person after all these years of listening to him on the radio and reading his marvelous website.

Building bridges towards a healthier life....

It's TRUE!!! My husband and I are proof that this works!!! Not only has the diet & exercise program prescribed by the Mirkin's allowed me to lose the unhealthy, excess weight (27 pounds !) I'd been carrying since the birth of our child, it has motivated me to become healthier, more active & consequently more fit. The lifestyle I've developed in pursuit of these activities has boosted my self-esteem and mental well being. I'm 53 and now have the energy to match my Fit 35 years old friends!! My 57 year old husband's (3 yr.) high cholesterol readings are back down within a normal range after having adhered to this diet plan for the past 6 months The food groups we now eat are easy on the budget, fresh and attractive to prepare..and delicious to enjoy. Thank -You Dr. Gabe & Diane for the positive impact you have had on this family! Sincerely, Cheryl & Peter Lamont Sooke, British ColumbiaCanada

A dramatic turnaround for a dying diabetic

The story I have to tell concerns my then 69-year-old husband, a long-time diabetic who refused to toe the line until he ended up with a congestive heart failure and hypertension. He was waiting for a quad bypass (1998--the urgency being one point below an emergency op.) when I happened to tune in to Dr Mirkin's radio program. During the scary four months he had to wait for the op (sudden death being the option), he agreed to try the Mirkin's whole grain, veg, fruit, nuts legume diet. Since then, he's cut his weight by twenty pounds and has never been healthier. After the first year, his cardiologist was amazed at his progress, his heart's size shrinking to normal, and its ejection fraction improving from a 22% to normal. It was a dramatic recovery and things have stayed this way for five years. Another important point is that his insulin requirements have more than halved since he's been on this "diet" or lifestyle.