Before the Heart Attacks

Summary

Until now conventional medicine could detect heart disease in only one out of every two patients. Until now the only way to know if you were sick was by waiting for a heart attack. Until now nearly everything you had ever learned about the link between cholesterol and heart attacks was false. Enter H. Robert Superko, M.D., and his groundbreaking book, Before the Heart Attacks. As a pioneer in the science of blood lipid management, Dr. Superko has turned the cardiac establishment on its ear by introducing brand-new ways to prevent and treat heart disease. Dr. Superko has developed an approach to treat and prevent heart problems that is based not on pills but on diet and exercise. While Dr. Superko recommends blood testing to ensure the highest accuracy, readers will be able to improve their heart conditions immediately simply by completing a questionnaire and shifting their diets in one of four ways. -Reveals nine important, cutting-edge medical tests that doctors rarely use -Offers an individualized approach based on risk factors, test results, and a self-assessment questionnaire This enormously valuable information will enable readers to learn how to best care for themselves for longer, healthier lives.

Author Biography

H. Robert Superko, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.H.A., is cofounder of the prestigious Berkeley HeartLab in California. He has published over 100 scientific articles in top peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, American Journal of Cardiology, Circulation, New England Journal of Medicine, and Journal of the American Medical Association; is a frequent speaker at American College of Cardiology meetings; and has turned around the lives of countless patients. In the past he directed the medical aspects of the Lipid Research Clinic at Stanford University and was codirector of the American Heart Association Lipid Disorders Training Center at the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently director of both the Cholesterol, Genetics, and Heart Disease Institute in San Mateo, California, and the Center for Prevention at the American Cardiovascular Research Institute in Atlanta, Georgia.

Laura Tucker is the coauthor of several health and medical books. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Lisa Sawrey-Kubicek, M.S., R.D., is a sports, cardiovascular, and wellness dietitian with 20 years of experience as a researcher, educator, and consultant. Her special area of interest and expertise is heart disease prevention and she has collaborated with Dr. Superko since 1983.

Foreword	p. vi
Preface	p. viii
Acknowledgments	p. x
Introduction	p. xii
Decoding Your Cardiac Fingerprint
How the Heart Works and How It Breaks	p. 3
The Cardiac Fingerprint: A Comprehensive Risk Assessment	p. 12
The Factors Putting You at Risk	p. 20
Unlocking the Secrets of Your Heart: The New Generation of Screening Tests	p. 45
Getting Tested	p. 84
Changing Your Cardiac Destiny: The Prescriptions
Prescriptions for Lifelong Heart Health: An Introduction	p. 99
The Nutrition Prescription	p. 113
The Diet Plans	p. 161
The Exercise Prescription	p. 202
The Exercise Plans	p. 229
The Medication Prescription	p. 240
The Medication Plans	p. 252
The Supplement Prescription	p. 283
The Supplement Plans	p. 290
Making (and Maintaining) a Lifelong Commitment to Your Heart	p. 306
Selected Bibliography	p. 317
Index	p. 321
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