The Simple Heart Cure: The 90-Day Program to Stop and Reverse Heart Disease REVISED & UPDATED 2ND EDITION

Some months ago I purchased from Amazon.com and read "The Simple Heart Cure", a well crafted book that deserves a comment based my findings. I really have no words to speak enough and express my true feelings about the author of this book. To put it In short, this is a must-read LIFE SAVING book that must be owned and used as a daily reference/guide by each and every household for a healthy and happy life. If we can have a healthy functioning heart, the rest of our organs can indeed take care of themselves. I carefully followed up the golden advices of the author, Dr. Chauncey Crandall, in his great book and immediately made changes in my lifestyle as recommended by him. The result in few months: I simply feel 40 years younger than my age. I am now 69 approaching 70 by February 2015. The changes are simple and duable by all people with positive mental attitude ready about making few behavioural changes to assure a healthier and longer painless life time for themselves. Eating fresh veggies and fruits, weight loss, simple but regular exercise, reducing/managing stress, get enough sleep are the fundamental and simple tricks that brings about a world difference in ones life. I sincerely recommend to read this simple but life saving book by everyone: male and female, young and old.Dear Dr. C. Crandall, I love you, and it is my sincere prayer that the Almighty God, who gave you the knowledge and opportunity to serve us, will continue to take good care of you and give you very long life-saving life. And, I also pray that one day I would be able to meet and congratulate you in person. God bless you, Sir!Abraham Y.Denmark

I could not put this down. I finished it in one night. My husband had 2 major heart attacks back-to-back and we were lost. This book was a huge help.

This book is incredible it's hard to put down everybody should read it he gives you such information that we're just really help you in your journey through life my brother twice already I continue to read it it's so incredible I dare you to get it and read it and you'll agree. And everybody know how wonderful this book is get it and check it out for yourselves.

User friendly.Carefully written.He has a website and sells many excellent products. Well-known cardiologist whose words will help millions- if you follow his advice.

The technical explanations of heart disease were good and easy to understand. However, the specific diet and exercise recommendations were outdated. Such as eating margarine instead of butter, poopooing coconut oil, little or no red meat or eggs, eating nuts sparingly and eating whole grains. Grass fed, grass finished beef is high in Omega 3s and eggs eaten raw or where the yolks are runny provide a lot of nutrition.I based my opinion on the findings of 2 doctors ... Dr. Mercola and Dr. Al Sears. The diet recommended by Dr. Mercola is closest to the Paleo diet and as follows:* A large-scale, 30-year long study found that people who regularly ate one ounce of nuts at least seven times per week were 20 percent less likely to die for any reason, compared to those who avoided nuts in their diet* Eating nuts at least five times a week corresponded to a 29 percent reduction in mortality risk due to heart disease; a 24 percent reduction for respiratory disease; and an 11 percent reduction for cancer* In order for your body to adapt to burning fat instead of sugar, replace non-vegetable carbohydrates in your diet with high-quality healthful fats. Raw nuts are one source of such fatsDr. Mercola recommends focusing on eating whole, unprocessed foods while avoiding grains and sugars which are precursors to disease. Consume a diet primarily high in healthy fats like coconuts, avocados, olive oil, butter and raw nuts like almonds(ideally between 50-75 percent in your diet) and raw, organic vegetables. Next, consume good protein, such as grass-fed, organic meats and organic pasteurized eggs. His current recommendation is one gram of protein for every kilogram of lean body mass, increasing it by 25% if you are pregnant or training for athletic events. This translates to about 49-70 grams of protein a day for most people. Eat Fruits moderately because they contain fructose, which should be kept below 25 grams a day, including 15 grams from whole fruit. Reduce or eliminate grains from your diet to help lower your insulin and for you to achieve optimal health and well-being.As for exercise, one of the best is alternating slow walking with fast walking. So you are doing short spurts of exertion. Check out Al Sears Pace method for an example.Following Dr. Mercola and Dr. Al Sears has helped me tremendously. I lost weight and lowered my blood pressure to normal levels. These diet and exercise recommendations are a way of life for me ... not just a temporary fix. Check out Dr. Mercola's and Dr. Al Sears websites and see what works for you..Update Jan 2015 --- I do not work for either doctor .... I am a regular person who has done a lot of research for my health. I watched my mother die a slow death with her low fat, low cholesterol diet topped with tons of Big pharma drugs. I refuse to live like that. Cardiologists work for big pharma ... and know how to slice and prescribe harmful drugs ... that is what they learn in medical school. To each his own .... and yes Dr. Mercola and Dr. Sears have products to sell .... just as this cardiologist is selling a book .... Both Mercola and Sears offer free "researched" and "well supported "articles on health topics. I prefer not to be sucked into the big pharma drug scene .... so my preference is Mercola and Sears. Dr. Sears has a new book that I just purchased The Ageless Heart Manual: Advanced Strategies to Reverse Heart Disease and Restore Your Heart's Pumping Power"

Dr. Chauncey Crandall commits to an honest appraisal of the medical side of heart conditions coupled with staunch advice to change one's eating habits to more healthy practices. It covers heart conditions, habits of people, recipe advice, shopping lists, and prescriptions and supplements. Well written to be understood by the average reader to understand medical terminology and examples of what can go wrong in the area of heart disease. This book is excellent and very eye opening to change poor habits into healthy eating and exercise.

Four years ago at the age of 76, I suffered 'The Widow Maker' blockage on 2 successive nights. On the third day, I had an electrocardiogram and was taken to hospital. On the fourth day in hospital I had an angiogram which showed that I'd had a blockage in my left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery and the part of the heart below the blockage was dead tissue. A decision was made not to put a stent in because it might cause further damage. I was sent home the next day.After a period of depression, I looked up books on heart disease and came across Dr Crandall's. I purchased this book because he had suffered the same serious heart attack, albeit at a younger age. Before mine, being fit and active I was totally ignorant of the new procedures available such as stents etc. I read the book and wished that I had read it a couple of months before my heart attacks. If I had and followed his advice, I am certain that I would not have had them. The problem is when you think your fit and healthy you eat the wrong foods, have an unhealthy lifestyle and certainly don't read books on heart disease etc.Since then, coming up to four years now, I've changed my eating habits and tried to follow his regime as best I can. The book is easy to read and offers really good advice. Some sections I ignore because they are not applicable to my case including religion.I would thoroughly recommend this book if you are over 50, even if you have never had a heart attack or stroke.

Very informative.

This book has changed how I live my life! It is full of information and I devoured the book in two days. Dr. Crandall does not mince any words as befits the subject matter. I like his style and I like his plan.

Worthy to read. Understandable, practical and basic knowledge about heart disease. Useful to peopleand doctors to better comunicate to our patients.

Clearly speaking from a wealth of expertise. The medical elements were very well written, so that a layman like me could understand it. It doesn't contain all the answers but its an excellent book to read in conjunction with other books on (in my case) why we get fat and what to do about it.