Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late

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by  Stephen T. Sinatra MD, James C Roberts MD, Martin Zucker, Linus Pauling, Pat Coleby, Wendell Belfield

STOP DEADLY CARDIOVASCULAR
PLAQUE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE
The newest cardiology breakthrough to halt
arterial disease & high blood pressure, prevent
heart attack & stroke, and reverse heart failure
Stephen T. Sinatra,
M.D.
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Reverse
Heart Disease
Now

Reverse
Heart Disease
Now
Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque
Before It's Too Late
STEPHEN SINATRA, M.D., F.A.C.C.
and
JAMES C. ROBERTS, M.D., F.A.C.C
with Martin Zucker
IICENTENN1AL
■ICENTENNIAL
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Sinatra, Stephen T
Reverse heart disease now : stop deadly cardiovascular plaque before it's too late / Stephen
Sinatra and James Roberts ; w ith Martin Zucker.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 13: 978-0-471-74704-8
ISBN 10: 0-471-74704-1 (cloth)
1. Heart — Diseases — Alternative treatment — Popular works. 2. Heart — Diseases — Preven-
tion— Popular works. 3. Atherosclerotic plaque. I.
Roberts, James, date — II. Zucker, Martin. III. Title.
RC684.A48S564 2006
616.1'205— dc22
2006004868
Printed in the United States of America
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
To Jan, Cindy, and Rosita — our wives — -for their love,
patience, and support.

Contents
Preface From Crisis to Prevention: The Transformation
of Two Cardiologists ix
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction The New Cardiology 1
Part One
How We Get Clogged
1 Death by Inflammation 1 7
2 The Cholesterol Obsession 3 1
3 The "Dirty Dozen" Risk Factors 3 8
Part Two
How to Get Unclogged
4 Tests You Need 61
5 Medication: What You Need and Don't Need 75
6 Supplements: The Basics 92
7 Supplements: The ATP/Energy Boosters 134
8 Detox 163
9 The Anti-Inflammatory Diet 172
10 Exercise: The Secret for People Who Can't
or Won't 183
11 Defusing Stress 188
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