The End of Heart Disease audiobook

Good advice but hard to live it. As a nutritionist I know and have been sharing much of what this book touts. However, as a nutritionist I also know that these suggestions are far beyond what many can or want to do. Our job is to help people determine what it is they can do to eat healthier within the world they live. This book could help guide those choices. Trish Ward MPH RD LDN

I enjoyed the The End of Heart Disease book. I learned so much and have already changed my eating habits and have lost 20 pounds since the day I start reading this book in July. I enjoy eating different types of green foods actually as Dr Fahrman calls it power foods.

Good stuff. I've talked with Dr. Fuhrman and wasn't sure that his diet could be applied to everyone. After reading this I think it is possible for anyone to start. It's evidence-based and he doesn't seem to be driven by anything other than finding the diet that will allow a person to live long and well. This is a great companion to Dr. Michael Greger's How Not to Die.

This is a must read book for anyone who has a family history of heart disease. As America's number one killer, heart disease is a preventable lifestyle result of bad habits and distorted culture (for all with the exception of rare heart defects). Fuhrman cites the research findings, both old and new, to support a needed major dietary overhaul.

Very comprehensive!Have read a few plant based diet books, I like Dr. Fuhrman's comparison with other heart diets and his Q and A at the end. He is aiming for the ideal and doesn't mince words. Great information...with recipes to boot.

For anyone who has heart disease or has heart disease in their family, this is a must read. Dr. Joel Fuhrman has presented the latest scientific evidence of what is required to lower and even reverse your heart disease. I have read "The China Study" which advocates a whole food plant based diet and this book is similar in its recommendation but with some nuances made by Dr. Fuhrman with the scientific literature backing for it. Dr. Fuhrman calls his diet plan the "Nutritarian Plan" because he believes in eating the foods that are natural and nutrient dense. He helps the reader get started on his program by providing many recipes in second half of the book. Dr. Fuhrman lists 388 references of scientific literature to support his recommendations. This is a book I will keep as a reference book!

Great book that everyone should read. Literally.

I had read this book before - it was during a time when I was vegan and so I had taken a lot of the insight by the author for granted. But I also believed that just not eating an animal based diet was protective enough. Dr. Fuhrman does a great job of not making it all about veganism which other authors do to a religious extent, and for me that takes away the clinical insight. Here, the author lays out the reasons and describes how a whole plant-based diet with some nuts and seeds and even whole grain can be a great diet for people. I think it's important that he is writing this mostly for people who want to do everything possible to prevent heart disease. I suspect a lot of people can cheat on this diet and still have animal products and likely they would be fine. The problem is you don't know that for sure, which is why his dietary approach, even though strict, would have a far higher success rate than winging it. As for the keto and carnivore diets and other low-carb diets, I think that's become a hotly debated topic and those who are firmly in the keto and butter camp won't be the target audience for this book. This is the most approachable way to eat that I've ever come across. Excluding all oils and nuts and seed oils and avocados as Dr. Esselstyn suggests is likely not wrong but it's tougher to stick to that. In the real world it's better to follow a dietary regimen you can stick with longterm than do it perfect for 1 year and then burn out from it. I don't intend to prove to my patients or heart health coaching clients that this is the right diet but I will certainly share this book and others like it with them and help them make a good decision for their health.

Bagels, white bread, pasta, pizza, and rolls are all staples of the standard American diet, contributing to our epidemic of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.What do you say to someone who says they would rather die younger, if need be, to enjoy life more & eat without restrictions. I say; I hope you live close to a good hospital-because you'll need it. Being fit is not the same as being healthy. Exercise is almost worthless if you don't eat right. Jogging 2 or 3 times a week gave the most favorable lifespan. Running too much, too often, or too fast was not favorable. Analysis that paid proper attention to re[placement nutrients reported that while replacing saturated fat with (processed) carbohydrates did not reduce heart disease risk, replacing saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat from foods such as nuts, seeds, & avocados did reduce risk. Many attack the science, deny the consistent superior results, & risk their lives by making the very same food choices that led them to get sick in the 1st place. People who embrace the status quo will experience the typical health outcomes that befall other Americans; in plain terms, their lives become a crapshoot.

oel Fuhrman, M.D., the New York Times bestselling author of Eat to Live, Eat to Live Cookbook, Super Immunity, The End of Diabetes, and The End of Dieting, presents a scientifically proven, practical program to prevent and reverse heart disease—coinciding with the author’s new medical study. Heart disease and strokes are the leading cause of death in the United States—but it isn’t inevitable. The cure for America’s most lethal killer doesn’t require expensive medications or rounds of invasive surgery. In fact 99 percent of heart disease–related deaths are entirely preventable with diet and nutrition. The cure for reversing heart disease is as simple as changing the food we eat.One of our country’s leading experts in both preventive medicine and the science of food, Dr. Fuhrman speaks directly to readers everywhere who want to take control of their health and avoid taking medication or undergoing complicated, expensive, unnecessary, and often ineffective procedures or surgery. He asserts that the public is rarely informed by their doctors of the most effective options for treating high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and heart disease. Nor are we provided an accurate evaluation of the true health risks from commonly prescribed drugs. Given this lack of vital information, how can we possibly make an intelligent and informed choice regarding a pill, procedure, or change in diet? Grounded in the latest scientific research and Dr. Fuhrman’s twenty-five years of clinical experience treating heart disease, The End of Heart Disease shows us how we can significantly lower cholesterol and blood pressure, reduce weight, heal obstructive coronary artery disease, and even eradicate advanced heart disease —all without the need for dangerous procedures like angioplasty or bypass surgery. Dr. Fuhrman shows us how to eat for optimal heart health, with a range of options for differing needs and conditions. He provides detailed menu plans and delicious recipes for heart-healthy meals and snacks and includes helpful questions for doctors and patients.

My husband and I listened to this together. It was not my first introduction to Fuhrman's way of eating, but it has been a good ten years since I read Eat to Live and Disease Proof Your Child. Back then, we moved more and more in line with his way of eating, combined with some ideas from other mostly plant food, low fat diet advocats. After a few years, though, less healthy food snuck into our diet more and more resulting in my husband, who comes from a family with a history of cardiac disease, to go back to having high cholesterol. After experimenting with statins and half measures when it comes to food, we decided to give ourselves a kick in the pants with a read of one of Fuhrman's books and a diet overhaul. First, Fuhrman's ideas are extreme, but backed by solid science. He's not afraid to change his recommendations based on the most current research. His plan does work for those who are willing to stick to it.Second, he makes it out to be easy to stick with this way of eating. It's not. I did it for years, but living in society makes it difficult. It's easy to have a cookie here or french fries there (enter your own special temptation) on a special occasion and then for those occasions to become more and more your norm. I resent that he implies it's easy once you know. It's not.Third, the actual writing. Fuhrman presents strong, scientifically backed ideas. Sometimes he gets so bogged down in the science that it can be tedious to read. Depending on your tolerance for this (mine is higher than my husbands, for example), this can effect your experience.Ultimately, his books are worth a read if you care about your and your family's health.

What I like about this book is that Joel Fuhrman compares a several diets that are deemed cardioprotective and discusses their pros and cons. He also takes a critical look at his own recommendations when it comes to its protective effects regarding heart disease and states what adjustments need to be made for diabetics.I'm glad he acknowledges the issues surrounding diets:“As anyone who’s ever been on a diet knows, relying on willpower alone to help you stick to a plan sets you up for failure.” He also states: "It's not about deprivation."He furthermore states you should be able to eat relatively large quantities of food without getting into problems. It's about quality in the end, by which he means nutrient-dense foods.Based on my own experiences and the scientific literature I have seen, I tend to agree with this.

I read this book multiple times and followed it like I do a prescription. Dr. Fuhrman's books (I read most of his books!) changed my life, as they helped me reverse several health situations, permanently. Now, my husband just finished reading "The End of Heart Disease" and started to follow the same principles about a month or so ago. He can already see a clear difference in his health situation. In the area of health and nutrition, there is no one I trust more than Dr. Fuhrman. I recommend his books to most of my family and friends. Those who chose to follow his principles are thanking me for leading them to him (that includes my husband!).

Now that’s how you should write your health education book, you use science to scare the shit out of the reader, then you start paving the way to a better optionsDr Fuhrman did just that, he did not suffer coat anything, he laid everything on the table, he was the Abyss that was staring backBacked up by a simple direct approach and a extensive studies, Fuhrmans claims was well put and directed and not randomised and relied on Wishful Presenting..etcI’m already using some of the health methods, he’s approach is directly on what we eat, we are what we eat, it boils down at thatRecommended for any health fanaticDrink tea

Full of good info...lots of science to back up his beliefs. Diet he proposes is pretty drastic or radical (0 sugar and pretty much 0 oil),but sounds like it works. Lots of recipes to try.Funny story- I was on an elevator in an outpatient clinic and I was holding this book in my hands, anticipating a long wait to be seen, and a young woman got on and glanced at my book and said "Oh I love Joel Fuhrman! My husband and I are obsessed with everything he writes." She then told me that he even does some nutrition stints on Netflix. Such a Charlottesville story lol. But I am going to look for him on Netflix!