The Heart Revolution: The Extraordinary Discovery That Finally Laid the Cholesterol Myth to Rest

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Customer Reviews:

Still reading [Posted on 2005-05-25]
I just received my book and have yet to read more than 30 pages. So far, I find the material interesting and the arguments convincing. More than anything, I wanted to comment on the review by "a reader"...and his or her suggestion that readers would be better off skipping the book and instead seek established medical advice. Just go to quackwatch.com, well known debunker of less than scientific studies and bogus health and nutrition theories, and read how much credence they give to the same ideas espoused in this book. I would add, who better to present the medical evidence than McCully himself, who in 1969, first described the vascular pathology [of heart disease] as it relates to homocysteine levels?

Important Information About Treatment for Heart Disease [Posted on 2005-11-30]
The book logically presents information suggesting that there is a simple preventative treatment for heart disease. The author writes to the lay person, explaining the lack of information supporting the status quo - the supposedly heart-healthy low fat diet - and supporting his homocysteine hypothesis. The only short-coming of the book is in the final chapters, where the author over reaches the information presented and suggests control of homocysteine levels may be a cure all for a wide variety of conditions, including alzheimers and cancer.

A MUST READ ! [Posted on 2006-11-07]
This book is a must read for anyone concerned about his/her cholesterol level.......especially if your medical professionals are solely focussed on lowering them as the only rational strategy for good health. Kilmer McCully does a great job of adding balance to the medical community's current enslavement to the cholesterol=heart disease theory, and in the process demonstrates again how the world of science tends to banish those whose breakthrough insights don't fit the mainstream mold. Fortunately for us all, McCully's insights about the role of inflammation in heart disease are finally being more fairly considered by the
medical establishment.

The problem/solution is more than a single factor [Posted on 2007-12-28]
As a surgeon who is averse to giving patients most medicines ("Heart Frauds" and "Cholesterol Myths" are 2 of my favorite books), I nevertheless reject any uni-factorial "cure" for heart or most other diseases. It's no more appropriate to focus exclusively on homocysteine than on cholesterol. Human health and disease are related to a huge number of factors and we have an inkling of only a few of them. The only unequivocal 'truth' is that lifestyle modifications (Mediterranean-type eating rather than American fast-food and 'diets' + regular exercise [swimming, bicycling] + stress management + no smoking) are the best approaches to longterm health. The quick-fixes that Americans want don't work and are often toxic.

Heart Attacks [Posted on 2008-06-09]
If I would have read this book sooner I probably wouldn't have had a heart attack last year. Our current dietary government guides are more harmful than good.Statin Drugs: Side Effects and the Misguided War on Cholesterol

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