The Natural Way to a Healthy Heart A Layman's Guide to Preventing and Treating Cardiovascular Disease

by Holt, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780871318893
• ISBN10: 087131889X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-11-29
• Publisher: M. Evans & Company
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Summary

Explores the mind/body connection in relation to our most critical muscle, and how keeping it strong impacts our entire lives. This 'pluralistic' medicine involves the conventional, alternative, and treatments defying classification.

Author Biography

Stephen Holt, M.D., FACP, FRCP (C), FACN, FACG, MRCP (UK), is the founder of BioTherapies, Inc., and practices medicine in New York

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vi
Preface	p. 1
Introduction--The Optimal Way	p. 5
The Secret to Youth?	p. 11
What the Terms and Cholesterol Numbers Mean	p. 30
The Key Culprits: Cholesterol, Triglycerides, and Homocysteine	p. 53
Lateral Thinking	p. 68
Looking at Your Lifestyle	p. 85
Your Emotional and Spiritual Health	p. 111
Weight Control	p. 132
Nutrition for a Healthy Heart	p. 151
Vitamins and Supplements	p. 179
The Omega Factors	p. 196
Soy, the Heart of Health	p. 237
The Healing Plants	p. 258
Hospitals and Dangerous Drugs	p. 285
Pulling It Together: The CardioPlan	p. 301
Suggested Reading	p. 321
Index	p. 323
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