WHAT YOUR DOCTOR MAY NOT TELL YOU ABOUT (TM):

Coronary heart disease has long been the number one killer in this country, and for decades, we have been told about five basic risk factors: elevated cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, and smoking. But the truth is that heart disease is much more complex-- with close to 400 risk factors! In this innovative guide, Dr. Mark Houston helps readers discover the causes of heart disease, how to prevent and treat its debilitating effects via nutrition, nutritional supplements, exercise, weight management, and lays to rest to various myths (cholesterol isnotthe primary cause) based on scientific studies and medical publications. Readers will also learn how to indentify the risk factors most likely to endager them and construct an arsenal of non-pharmacological preventitive strategies that can counteract this most deadly disease.

Dr. Mark Houston is presently Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Director of the Hypertension Institute, Vascular Biology, and the Life Extension Institute at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN.

Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 3
The Real Reason People Have Heart Attacks	p. 9
The Integrative Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Program	p. 26
Inflammation: A Fast Track to Heart Disease	p. 29
Quenching Oxidation, a Disaster in the Making	p. 42
Fixing Cholesterol: Beyond the Numbers	p. 62
Maintaining Proper Blood Flow Through the Arteries	p. 78
Preventing Blood Sugar and Insulin from Harming the Heart	p. 92
A Potpourri of Other Risk Factors	p. 104
Eating for Optimal Heart Health	p. 116
ABCT Exercise: The Theory	p. 139
ABCT Exercise: The Practice	p. 148
New Understandings, New Possibilities	p. 187
Key Cardiovascular Risk Factors	p. 195
Homocysteine and Its Effects on Nitric Oxide and LDL Cholesterol	p. 197
Quenching Inflammation and Controlling High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein	p. 202
Reducing Oxidative Stress	p. 218
Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory Supplements and Other Approaches	p. 227
Expanded Supplement Regimens for Specific Problems Related to CAD	p. 253
Assessing Functional Heart Age	p. 260
Resources	p. 275
Notes	p. 279
Index	p. 291
About the Author	p. 303
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WHAT YOUR DOCTOR MAY NOT TELL YOU ABOUT (TM): HEART DISEASE

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