Book Description
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. 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 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 problem 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 PACEtm 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 hi

About the Author
Dr. Al Sears owns and operates The Center for Health and Wellness an integrative medicine and anti-aging clinic in south Florida where he has treated more than 15,000 patients. Over the past 15 years, he has developed a revolutionary concept of integrative medicine by blending the best of modern western medicine with the sciences of nutrition, herbology and exercise physiology. He founded The Wellness Research Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to health research and education. His practice also includes the non-profit McCormick-Green Center for Integrative Therapies, the Library for Integrative Medicine, and an herbal apothecary of more than 250 organic herbs used for treatments, research and education. Dr. Sears has been appointed to the international panel of experts of the Health Sciences Institute, a worldwide information service for integrative healthcare. He is also an adjunct professor at Barry University where he teaches courses in anatomy, human physiology, and nutrition. He is a member of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine and is Board Certified in Anti-Aging Medicine. Dr. Sears has written numerous articles and reports in the fields of natural health and nutritional supplementation. He authors the monthly publication Health Confidential and the twice weekly Internet Health Alerts. He has authored the self-help prostate guide, The 21st Century Men’s Guide to Prostate Health and The T-Factor book, which details nutritional and herbal strategies for increasing testosterone naturally.