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I have been following the advice of the author since Sept 2014. Before I started the programme my readings were BP 155/ 85 , Total Cholesterol 189, Sugar 187(PC); after being in the programme for about 4 months, the readings are BP 140/77 , Total Cholesterol 152, Sugar 120 (PC). When I am free from, meat, oil, egg and milk products , the angina comes down. Still I am on medicine for angina and BP. I stopped statin and clopilet, but my cardiologist advised me to continue with a vitamin and mineral supplement, I am following it. I walk daily for 30 minutes with a mild yoga. It's a wonderful programme. I am waiting for the day when I am free from all my medication. Since I am from South India , I am following the programme suitable to the vegetables available here. Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease is a must read for all the heart patients around the globe. -Cornelius, South India

This excellent book narrates how lifestyle changes with respect to food and excercise can not only prevent cardiovascular disease but also reverse the damage already suffered to a great extent. This is a fresh alternative to interventional medicine/cardiology with its own attendant risks. Dr. Esselstyn from the Eastcoast of US has followed in the footsteps of Dr Dean Ornish from the west coast of US. There is lot of nutritional advice tailored to western tastes and eating habits but suitable alternatives can be found in the plant-based Indian vegetarian food. The book is based on irrefutable scientific evidences enhancing its value.

Like the author emphasise , those who have very few choices of therapy left this is absolutely needed. Those who are at risk for CAD ,diabetes ,Alzheimer's,obesity etc a dietary modification is as much or more important Than the regular medical therapy. The author has done a marvelous job of compiling great recipes.not only they are of high nutritional value and also very enjoyable.I am sure many many people will benefit from this book.I have been gifting these books to my friends who are in need of lifestyle changes.

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Wonderful study and advice to prevent and reverse your heart disease. Food is the most important ingredient in maintaining your health and it has been brought out in an excellent manner . Thanks Dr. Esselstyn for creating such a great study and helping the people of the world to learn and improve their health.

I am 52 and I suffered a heart attack in August 2015. Later I came to know it was a significant triple vessel disease. After reading this book , I changed my diet completely and as on date have lost 17 kg . I feel energetic too. This book is a must read for anyone who has heart disease .

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Excellent Service from Amazon. This is good book for awareness for coronory heart disease. Highly recommended for heart patient.

Excelente texto para referencias y puntos importantes en la justificación del porqué es necesario llevar una dieta basada en plantas para prevenir la enfermedad coronaria.

A VERY GOOD BOOK JUST READ IT IT WILL CHANCE YOUR LIFE AND YOUR EATING HABITS THEIT ARE SPECIAL PHOTO'S IN THE BOOK

I am a complete science dork. My favorite course in undergrad (just last year!) was biochemistry where we learned about how food is broken down and used up in our bodies, to put it very simply. Anyway, I actually became no-added-fat vegetarian on the weekdays while in undergrad just because it made sense due to the basic science principles. I didn't need to read studies to figure that one out...which is comforting because it makes the claims by this book easily understood and accepted. Anyway, I read several books before this one that recounted research from the 1970's and earlier that all suggested the same dietary approach for several significant reasons. The thing is, I was still eating my pizza, ice creams, etc Friday - Sunday. I eventually came across this book which has transformed me completely. The book is written so well--very easy and entertaining read. Somthing I could not put down the 1st time and then read for a second time. The information is well explained for non-science geeks without being too elementary for us science folk. Whats especially nice is that the recipes are amazing and that there are many other recipe books out there for further support. I use the recipes in here on a daily basis (please try the black bean & corn salad...way more yummy than you would assume by just reading the ingredients!) and I retire to the Almost No-fat books by Bryanna Clark Grogan. Look her up--O-M-G. Good tasting comforting food...great holiday food too. Anyway, it's just nice that changing your entire dietary approach is not as hard as it may seem due to all the great CHEAP resources available out there. Please do not read the rules of the book and think its too complicated. Please give it a good honest try. For me, trying out some nonfat vegan junk food helped. I still eat it very sparingly due to habit, but it helped me out mentally to know that I could have anything I wanted with the promise of a fruitful future. Best of luck. Read the book--it's fun, enlightening and it challenges you to become the best person you can be for yourself. If you have high self worth and self respect, the first step to prevention or reverese should come easy. If you love to cook and enjoy experimentation in the kitchen like I do, then you're going to have a ball--just make sure to buy some recipe books out there because learning how to do many of these things out of theblue is a bit frustrating otherwise and the most important thing here is our compliance to the diet rather than our pride. You learn many new techniques and learn a lot about the vast array of foods around you that you may have not appreciated nearly as much. =) UPDATE: I am now writing as a medical student. I still stand by this book--it is a phenominal resource for all those lookingto avoid the many heart wrenching diseases that slowly torture it's victims. I don't mean to sound so artsy in that sentance but what I forgot to mention before in writing this review is that I spent 6 months as an intern for the social security disability service in my area where I spoke to hundreds of people who were seeing their last days of life approaching within a 12 month span....the majority of these disability benefit seekers were suffering from cardiac disease and it was so sad to know that they couldn't even walk to the mail box, play with their kids/grandkids or have intercourse with their partner--all of these "exertional" activities would be far too overwhelming for their frail hearts to handle. One man was in his later 40's without any symptoms of heart disease who, thanks to some routine medical care, found out that he had less than 8 months to live. He was to be wed that year. He was also not the first in his condition. I even had a marathon runner apply for the same reasons. Remember 2 things: 1. Heart attack / death may be your very first symptom that anything is wrong. 2. A good BMI does not mean "healthy." I've been super thin my whole life--always maintained a slim figure with pizza, hamburgers and ice cream. While I only ate each of these items "on occasion" I now realize, in retrospect, that I ate these things (considering you consolodate all the junk food into 1 general category) preettttyyyy frequently. Anyway, just some food for thought. You are what you eat....just beacuse you look one way on the outside doesn't mean everything. ALSO....my great grandmother lived to be 101 with PHENOMINAL health and died of a freak non-health-related accident. Mind you, her daughter has diabetes and is struggling with her health. Some of her grandchildren and great grandchildren are also in pretty bad health conditions. So don't do yourself the diservice of comparing your super healthy grandparent to the rest of society and brushing off health concerns as a concern merely for the masses and not for you or else you might end up in a very poor place. I'm just really happy to have been exposed to the things that I've seen and heard while working with the disability service. It SCARED me. I cried for the people over the phone and was motivated to never be in their shoes. If you're in the same boat, I urge you to read this book for enjoyment, education and for learning proactive measures to better your health. =)

If you have heart disease, or care for someone who has it, buy this book. Dr. Esselstyn can save your life. Most unfortunately, the good doctor has nothing to say about heart failure except that his diet should be tried. If you have heart failure you need to read The Sinatra Solution: Metabolic Cardiology by Dr. Stephen Sinatra. These two books are life savers. Read and educate yourself.

So important for everyone to understand the important diet messages in this book. Vegan approved