"Dr. Al Sears really gets it. What a refreshing breath of fresh air ­ an MD who really understands nutrition and isn't afraid to speak out and bust the myths! The Doctor's Heart Cure is my new favorite book!" — Jonny Bowden, author, Living the Low Carb Life: From Atkins to the Zone Choosing the Diet That's Right for You

Would you like to save yourself the indignity, inconvenience and foul taste of modern diet fads? Are you sick and tired of frittering away your money on heart medications that leave you feeling more wretched than ever? Do you spend frequent, precious hours jogging or pounding away at the gym? And despite all of this effort, are you still fatter and weaker than you want to be?

Then it's time to abandon the Modern Gospel of low-fat food and long-duration exercise as a path to heart health. We need the very opposite, says Al Sears, M.D. in The Doctor's Heart Cure. According to Dr. Sears, heart disease continues to be America's biggest killer — and obesity has reached epidemic proportions — because of the fad for low-fat diets and despite aerobics.

Your heart's salvation lies in reengineering the diet and exercise habits of our hunter-gatherer ancestors to fit our modern culture. What does this entail? To build a strong and resilient heart, says Dr. Sears, engage in brief, explosive bouts of intense exercise. Consume a diet rich in high quality fat, pasture-fed meat, free-range dairy, wild-caught fish and liberal helpings of low-glycemic fruits and vegetables. Avoid grain-based starches as best you can. And take appropriate supplements to counteract the nutritional deficiencies of modern produce.

As Director of The Center for Health and Wellness, an integrative medicine and anti-aging clinic in south Florida, Dr. Sears has used this plan to help more than 15,000 patients successfully reverse heart disease, build stronger hearts, manage their weight and abandon their heart medications. In The Doctor's Heart Cure, for the first time, Dr. Sears reveals his entire, proven program, so you too can safely build an impregnable heart.

Build an Impregnable Heart Today
— Without Unnatural Diets, Dangerous Drugs
And Time-Wasting Aerobics

Discover:

• Why starches — not fat — are the villains behind heart disease
• Why traditional "cardio" may be harmful to your heart
• Why cholesterol does not cause heart disease
• The real reasons obesity has been skyrocketing in America
• How the PACE^tm exercise program puts you on the fast track to heart health — in less than 20 minutes a day
• How to enjoy a diet rich in fat and animal protein — while strengthening your heart
• How The Doctor's Heart Cure makes it easier-than-ever to reach and maintain your ideal bodyweight
• Why heart disease continues to be America's biggest killer
• Why the conventional approach to heart disease fails
• The three key principles for building heart health
• The new paradigm for healing heart disease and achieving heart health
  
  
• How to rediscover your natural diet
• What our ancestors really ate
• The link between heart attacks and other health problems
• How AGEs accelerate the aging of the heart — and how to control them
• Why long-duration exercise is a waste of your time, and can actually cause other health problems
• Why "downsizing" you heart could you be setting you up for premature death
• How to increase your heart's horsepower
• How to improve your cholesterol ratios
• How maintain healthy testosterone levels
• The heart attack risks from long-distance running
• How to shed more fat with interval exercise
• Why endurance exercise encourages fat production
  
  
• Why PACE^tm may help you live longer
• The most important predictor for chronic heart failure
• How to build muscle mass with effective interval workouts
• The tragic consequences of the cholesterol drug campaign
• The health benefits of higher cholesterol for the elderly
• How to remove plaque from your arteries
• The truth about cholesterol drug research and the incidence of heart disease
• The many health dangers of statins — and the healthier, cheaper alternatives
• Why heart medications can make your symptoms worse — and the safer alternatives
• Why you should say "no" to nitrate-based cardiac drugs, if you can — and the safe, natural alternatives
• Why you need to beware of beta blockers
  
  
• How to assess your heart health
• How to protect yourself from the "sinister killer" homocysteine
• The link between high homocysteine levels and heart attack and stroke
• Major causes of elevated homocysteine levels
• Three ways to measure body composition to check for risk of heart disease
• Three easy principles for healthy eating
• The seven major benefits from eating The Doctor's Heart Cure way.
• Why you should eat protein at every meal
• What proteins to choose and what proteins to avoid
• How to protect yourself from mad cow disease
  
  
• What seafood to eat and what to avoid
• Why being a vegetarian could be threatening to your heart health
• Why protein is good for your bones
• Why you need to limit your carbohydrate intake
• What carbohydrates to choose
• The link between processed starches and heart attack
• Understanding the health benefits of natural fats
• The best sources and kinds of natural fats
• Why choosing organic meat becomes so important for your heart health
• Why you need to avoid trans fats
• The dangers of processed low-fat foods
• The real problem with fast food
• Why you do need to say "no" to genetically altered foods
  
  
• The health dangers of distilled water
• Why you shouldn't overcook your proteins
• Why you should turn the USDA pyramid on its head
• The Doctor's Heart Cure food pyramid for a healthy heart
• How to re-condition your heart and lungs
• Why the classic cardiovascular exercise prescription doesn't work to strengthen your heart
• The key concepts of PACE^tm for cardiovascular fitness
• How to choose the exercise activity that's best for you
• How to train your heart and blood vessels to deliver more oxygen faster
  
  
• The best exercises for functional strength
• How to strengthen your foundation by exercising your legs and lower body
• How to strengthen your core with exercises for your abdomen and lower back
• How to strengthen your upper body
• How and why CoQ10 works to strengthen the heart
• How to pump up your mitochondria for high energy production
• The health dangers of CoQ10 deficiency
• How CoQ10 helps lower blood pressure
• How CoQ10 helps reverse congestive heart failure
• How CoQ10 helps ease angina pectoris
• How CoQ10 helps you recover from heart surgery
  
  
• How to feed your heart the nutrients it needs
• The five most common nutrient deficiencies
• The healthy heart super-nutrients for greater protection
• More heart-smart antioxidants
• How to defend yourself against atherosclerosis or "hardening of the arteries"
• The link between inflammation and heart disease
• How arterial plaque causes heart attacks
• How to easily reduce homocysteine — the McCully discovery
• Why dental hygiene gives you a healthier heart
• How to prevent or reverse gum disease
  
  
• How to address the underlying conditions behind heart disease
• Simple and effective measures to prevent or reverse high blood pressure
• How to improve your cholesterol profile — the best foods, herbs and supplements
• How Will, a middle-aged African-American man (and thousands like him) reversed his diabetes and high blood pressure at the Center for Health and Wellness
• Why it's important to keep or build your muscle
• Training tips for building muscle
  
  
• How to lose weight easily and naturally
• The key to effective weight loss
• How to evaluate your individual protein needs for effective weight loss
• The truth about carbs and weight loss
• A little-known fat-blasting secret
• Five simple weight loss tips
• How thousands of patients have reversed their heart disease, regained their vitality, and changed their lives — and you can too
• Why your genetic inheritance need not dictate your future health
• How to use a daily log to enhance your heart health success

Everything in this book makes sense once you read it. It explains what you need to know well and is easy to understand. After reading this book I have totally changed my cardiovascular work and changing my meals (I really had no Idea how to eat.. I thought I did but I was totally wrong). Anyway getting this book is the second best thing you could do for the health of your heart and your body.. the first is doing what it says. I recommend this book 100%
skinnymuscle - Minneapolis, MN USA

The Doctor's Heart Cure is excellent in scope and content.
Well-written and easily readable for non-medical persons, it has already helped me improve my own health.
It also has helped me offer better training to my clients.
Frank - Gulf Coast

Loved this book. found out a lot of stuff that my doctors didn't tell me.

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Your name here - Costa Mesa, CA

Dr. Al Sears is the one to read. He knows what many others don't. Low carbs is the way. Low fat is not. But, you have to know the right carbs and the right fats. Dr. Sears knows.
I've read over 3 dozen health books in the last several years. This is one of the very best. Anybody who thinks their cholesterol should be below 180 is sadly mistaken. Anyone who thinks cholesterol of 220 needs a statin is a pawn of big pharma. Cholesterol is the main part of your brain cells. Cholesterol is needed for ALL of your sex hormones (and others). Cholesterol is not the problem. We've been led, and continue to be led, down a deadly path by the establishment (but, very lucrative for them). Follow the establishment if you want the normal statistics of today, because you'll become one of them. Follow Dr. Sears if you want to get really healthy.
Only caveat I have is that I think he didn't put enough emphasis on vitamin C. Still, it's the best heart book out there so far!


Hal - Westchester, NY

Very interesting, and provides good information.
Bud Wunderlich - Yorba Linda,Ca.

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The best and most important health book of the past 30 years, in my opinion. More and more information is starting to appear that the pre-agrarian diet is THE most healthy for us to follow and this flies in the face of all conventional medicine. Dr. Sears turns all the conventional health information topsy-turvy in this book where he recommends a protein based diet with cutting out almost all grains and explains WHY this is so important. I was already seeing a natural/alternative doctor for my low thyroid condition, but his book has really fine-tuned my regimen and I feel the best I have felt in YEARS! My doctor wanted me to go on the diet he recommends, but didn't have time to explain WHY, and after reading his book, I was then motivated to follow the plan. Eating pasture-fed meats, eggs, dairy, healthy fats, with fruits/vegs and severely restricting grains has made me feel fantastic with much more energy than ever before. I am now losing weight on a consistent/steady basis and with the addition of CO Q-10 (as recommended in his book), my blood pressure is normalizing and my resting heart rate has come down from the mid 60's to the mid 50's (evidence of a strong/efficient heart). ALSO, the exercise recommendations have been a life saver as he explains why these hour long exercise sessions are NOT necessary and are even harmful and why you need NO MORE than 20 min. of exercise per day. I have a graduate degree in health and have read MANY health books through the years; however, this one, in my opinion, is by far the MOST important health book for anyone who wants to improve their health, get OFF prescription medicines and take control of their health and their life...
Candy Hill - Conway, Arkansas

Still wading through for a second read. It is clearly writen with not too much jargon and that is a good start. I'll have to work hard to draw up new exersize plans and eating plans. There could be plans set out in the book as a supplement at the end, detailing a variety of foodstuffs to avoid or eat. Also how do you convince orthodox General practice doctors and hospital doctors to change the 'norm'. I am 66 and have primary dilated cardio myopathy, but still play golf, swim and dance. I am reluctant to give up prescription drugs without a period of trial.
Perhaps a document could be made detailing the books messages, a document that would MAKE doctors sit up and take notice.

When I have read the book again, in depth I am happy to send another review. I would be interested in how to tackle my own heart condition but there is nobody to approach. Over here they have not really heard of Homocysteine and I had to insist on a test that came out just below 11. I was told this was acceptable, but a doctor told me that homocysteine is still not considered important in the UK.
The book is reasonably clear, but lacks the aforementioned DETAILED eating and exersize plans for short and long term.



Gordon D Hodgskin - Cambridgeshire England UK

I think this book is great, and I'm glad to see a perspective of heart disease that highlights it as a *deficiency* disease instead of the traditional view of it as an *excess* disease.

I'm also glad to see that the subject of dental hygeine and its relationship to heart disease is getting exposure through this book. The book has a few drawbacks, especially its discussion of cholesterol. Dr. Sears doesn't go far enough in exposing what a true "great red herring" this molecule has been, and perpetuates myths about "good" and "bad" cholesterol.
Chris Masterjohn - Cholesterol Town, USA

There are so many inconsistencies with the prevailing wisdom of today's diet and exercise advice. Now I understand why I didn't lose any weight while jogging at least 5 miles per day. There are so many other revelations (about bad advice and it's consequences) in this book that I have personally experienced. I just started reading this book last night and can't put it down. I plan to order copies for my friends and family.
Dennis - Carrollton, TX USA