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The best-selling book on heart disease, updated with the latest research and clinical findings on high-fat/ketogenic diets, sugar, genetics, and other factors.

Heart disease is the #1 killer. However, traditional heart disease protocols—with their emphasis on lowering cholesterol—have it all wrong. Emerging science is showing that cholesterol levels are a poor predictor of heart disease and that standard prescriptions for lowering it, such as ineffective low-fat/high-carb diets and serious, side-effect-causing statin drugs, obscure the real causes of heart disease. Even doctors at leading institutions have been misled for years based on creative reporting of research results from pharmaceutical companies intent on supporting the $31-billion-a-year cholesterol-lowering drug industry.

The Great Cholesterol Myth reveals the real culprits of heart disease, including: inflammation, fibrinogen, triglycerides, homocysteine, belly fat, triglyceride to HDL ratios, and high glycemic levels.

Best-selling health authors Jonny Bowden, PhD, and Stephen Sinatra, MD, give readers a four-part strategy based on the latest studies and clinical findings for effectively preventing, managing, and reversing heart disease, focusing on diet, exercise, supplements, and stress and anger management. 

Myths vs. Facts

Myth: High cholesterol is the cause of heart disease.
Fact: Cholesterol is only a minor player in the cascade of inflammation which is a cause of heart disease.

Myth: Saturated fat is dangerous.
Fact: Saturated fats are not dangerous. The killer fats are the transfats from partially hydrogenated oils.
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Myth: The higher the cholesterol, the shorter the lifespan.
Fact: Higher cholesterol protects you from gastrointestinal disease, pulmonary disease, and hemorrhagic stroke.

Myth: High cholesterol is a predictor of heart attack.
Fact: There is no correlation between cholesterol and heart attacks.

Myth: Lowering cholesterol with statin drugs will prolong your life.
Fact: There is no data to show that statins have a significant impact on longevity.

Myth: Statin drugs are safe.
Fact: Statin drugs can be extremely toxic including causing death.

Myth: Statin drugs are useful in men, women, and the elderly.
Fact: Statin drugs do the best job in middle-aged men with coronary disease.

Myth: Statin drugs are useful in middle-aged men with coronary artery disease because of its impact on cholesterol.
Fact: Statin drugs reduce inflammation and improve blood viscosity (thinning blood). Statins are extremely helpful in men with low HDL and coronary artery disease.

From the Publisher

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fair Winds Press; Expanded, Revised edition (October 20, 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1592339336
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1592339334
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.3 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 0.85 x 8.95 inches
Reviewer: AlexaG
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Dr. Sinatra was and still is a life saver
Review: Years ago, as new young nurse, I remember working on the cardiology floor at in Manchester Memorial Hosptal in Connecticut. There, Dr Sinatra was beloved and deeply respected. The older nurses who were training me called him the "wonderkid doc", like "Here comes the wonderkid doc to make his rounds". I asked why they called him that. They replied, "Because almost all his patients get better!" And that, let me assure you, did not normally happen on the cardiology floor. He was the nicest guy, but more importantly, he was the cardiologist, despite his baby face, that you wanted your beloved grandpa with heart disease to be a patient of. Well, now it's decades later, and I no longer work in that field or even live in that region. Frankly, I'd long ago forgotten about hospital nursing and Dr. Sinatra. But researching my own seemingly alarming lab results, I stumbled onto this book. I wanted to make informed decisions about what my current doctor was reccomending (Statins), but had these vague memories from my work in Connecticut at that hospital that were giving me pause on the whole accepted notions regarding cholesterol and its role in heart disease. Seeing the name of Dr. Sinatra as the author obviously rang a bell, so I looked him up, and sure enough, he was that same smiling, warmhearted cardiologist from the 1990's, just not so baby faced anymore. Knowing that he was way beyond smart, caring and deeply respected way back there in my Connecticut hospital days, I bought this book without hesitation, and am so grateful for the education it provided. It has changed my understanding of cholesterol, heart disease and its causes, and enabled me to actually feel able to prevent heart disease. This will not be via statins or by worrying about eating too much grass fed beef or cheese, but by controlling sugar/"bad" carb intake, which leads to insulin resistance, which leads to pre-diabetes, which is what really leads to heart disease. These conditons create the environment that damages the sub-type of cholesterol that is an issue, to allow it to become deformed into a dangerous shape, and to insert itself where it shouldn't, in the walls of arteries. He argues very convincingly that the amount cholesterol is not the problem for most of us-it is found at the scene of the accident, but it is not the root cause of the accident . He has a way of explaining complicated scientific concepts in a way even kids can grasp, which is a rare gift. For those who feels he and his co-author ignored research or studies and are re-writing accepted medical facts, I strongly disagree. I did the work of looking up many of the studies cited in the bibliography and many more studies released since this book was published in pubmed. His explanation of how modern medicine got here by believing the cherry picked data from the JUPITER ('Justification for use of statins preventatively, or something like that name....') study, was quite a revelation to me, since only data from a few countries out of the 18 countries collected from was actually used to promote the authors preconceived conclusion. Countries with traditionally low "bad" carb intakes had data that completely contradicted the 'high cholesterol causes heart disease so you need statins to lower it' conclusions, so the majority of the countries studied had their data simply omitted. I found this book reliable, thorough, comprehensible, and despite being a few years old, in agreement with more current published studies. The majority of people will read on their favorite news site, "studies say such and such causes such and such ....." , and they will believe the interpretation of the author without looking up and reading the study for themselves, finding out if it had 50,000 or only five participants, etc. They will not be aware if the author(s) of the study has a bias, or if the study itself was free of financial conflicts of interests, or if it was sponsored by a pharmecutical corporation. These authors have looked at the original studies, who did the, the data they show regarding heart disease, cholesterol, diebetes, etc, and have come to starkly different conclusions than many others. I believe they have done a huge service for many of us searching for accurate information free from financially motivated bias. This book will help many of us to make educated decisions and to take care of ourselves and our loved ones as best we can and prevent heart disease and its leading causes. TLDR: 1. Your triglycerides to HDL ratio matters the most. The higher it is, the higher your risk. It should be a low ratio, 1:1 is best. If your HDL is 80 and your triglyceides are 80, Dr. Sinatra believes you can throw away the book because your risk is so low. 2. Don't eat much sugar or (bad) carbs because they are literally giving us heart disease. 3. Statins are antiinflammatory and may benefit men under age 69 years old who have already had a coronary event or are at a very high risk. But they also do a lot of other things that might not be so good, especially for women and for everyone age 70 or older.So maybe read the book, get a CT score scan and some more detailed bloodwork, talk to your doc about the findings, and make more thoroughly educated decisions.

Reviewer: Renee Mitchell
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great book
Review: This is a great book. If you’re wanting to stay off of drugs and improve your health and your lifestyle, this book is for you. It was done very well, lots of information, and references. I absolutely love this book!

Reviewer: Kindle Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Your Body Wants You to Read This Book!
Review: My cholesterol is always a little high, no matter how healthy my diet is. Doctors are always threatening me with statins (I took Lipitor for several months a few years back). Because of this book, I now have the knowledge I need to say oh, heck no to any doctor who wants to put me on cholesterol meds.This book is very well written, informative, and strangely entertaining. And I guess I have to throw in "life-changing" as well. I wish my doctor would read it.Before you take statins, please read this book. Or if any doctor has ever been concerned about your cholesterol, please read this book.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good but confusing book
Review: This book has some wonderful information about cholesterol but, to me, it is confusing. The whole premise of the book is that cholesterol is not a factor for heart disease but yet the book mentions several examples where parts of our cholesterol (like small dense LDL) does correlate with heart disease. It also mentions another example where you take the triglyceride number and divide by the HDL number and if your number is around 2 the book says you "should be happy." Both of those numbers are party of a typical lipid panel. The 2 best parts of the book IMO is the part about what type of cholesterol tests are the most accurate (fractional ion mobility) and which supplements do actually help (even though most doctors oppose this).

Reviewer: Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Read this book!
Review: Very informative book with research to back it up. Although it shares the research Tonia an easy to read book. An eye opener for sure.

Reviewer: JeriOwl
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: We credit Dr. Stephen Sinatra for saving my husband from END STAGE HEART DISEASE - Cholesterol is a red herring!
Review: Cardiologist Dr. Stephen Sinatra MD is RIGHT ON THE MONEY. We owe my husband's continued life to the TRUTH as revealed by Dr. Stephen Sinatra as he discusses in his books including The Sinatra Solution: Metabolic Cardiology and Earthing: The Most Important Health Discovery Ever?. When I heard the Great Cholesterol Myth was coming out I quickly nabbed a copy from our local library - I have since purchased a copy here on Amazon to be able to share with our many friends who are overly concerned with their cholesterol to the detriment of over-looking inflammation. Be sure to get the NEW & UPDATED 2015 version of the The Great Cholesterol Myth Now Includes 100 Recipes. The Great Cholesterol Myth Now Includes 100 Recipes for Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease: Why Lowering Your Cholesterol Won't Prevent Heart Disease-and the Statin-Free Plan that WillDr. Sinatra discussed The Great Cholesterol Myth in good detail on the Dr. Oz show. Both Dr. Oz and Dr. Sinatra have publicly stated they no longer believe so many people should be prescribed statin drugs and they both have discussed why children should NOT be taking statin drugs.When entire teams of cardiologists sent my husband home to die and gave us NO advice to keeping him alive, a friend told us about The Sinatra Solution: Metabolic Cardiology and Lower Your Blood Pressure in Eight Weeks: A Revolutionary Program for a Longer, Healthier Life. We also found Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late and The Doctor's Heart Cure, Beyond the Modern Myths of Diet and Exercise: The Clinically-Proven Plan of Breakthrough Health Secrets That Helps You Build a Powerful, Disease-Free Heart informative as well. In Dr. Sinatra's books we learned the truth of the Awesome Foursome (supplements) and how to re-energize the heart at the cellular level. Instead the 10 years prior his former medical doctors always lectured him about his cholesterol levels (never high, but they wanted his levels lower due to his former diagnosis of type 2 diabetes (now "resolved" per our primary care M.D.) and hypertension (under far better control now since we learned the truth of Metabolic Cardiology.)Despite being prescribed statins, high blood pressure medications and diabetes medications, my husband developed END STAGE heart disease. After 4 stents his ejection fraction was still less than 15%, he could not get out of bed to get a shower, he was weak, sick, frail and pale. Today he's growing stronger, vibrant, glowing skin and is the picture of improving health. ALL because of healthy eating and VERY wise supplementation including the Awesome Foursome as Sinatra writes to great length about - magnesium, l-carnitine, d-ribose, and co-enzymeQ10 (though we prefer to use ubiquinol with PQQ instead.)INFLAMMATION IS THE PROBLEM. Lack of NUTRITION is the problem. OVER-PROCESSED FOOD is the problem (we refer to this as chemicalized sludge). OVER-MEDICATION is the problem! Egotistical medical doctors who deny the truth further contribute to the problem! HEAVY METALS is ALSO part of the problem. Find a ACAM doctor willing to do an IV Chelation challenge with urinalysis and see which heavy metals are involved - we're repeatedly seeing MERCURY, LEAD, THALLIUM and MRI Contrast GADOLINIUM among our friends and acquaintances on local support groups. We will NEVER EVER EVER consent to an MRI with contrast EVER AGAIN, GADOLINIUM IS TOXIC! GADOLINIUM CAUSED MY HUSBAND's ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND PARTIAL PARALYSIS.The answer is NUTRITION, supplementation wisely, ANTI-OXIDANTS for reducing inflammation, EDTA treatments followed up mineral supplementation to remove heavy metals, etc. We use LOTS of turmeric in our home for cooking rice, soups, stews, homemade french salad dressing, etc. Turmeric is an awesome anti-inflammatory - so much so my husband controlled pain from surgery to repair his hip fracture - yes, turmeric is indeed that powerful! This is why turmeric has been used so widely in Traditional Chinese Medicine as well as in Ayurvedic medicine (India) as practiced the past 4,000 - 8,000 years, respectively. Garlic and the other culinary herbs have so many wonderful phytonutrients that also help to further reduce inflammation and increase overall cardiovascular health, this is why they have been so widely used over many thousands of years. Our ancestors were far wiser than we generally give them credit.By the way, STATIN DRUGS deplete Co-enzyme Q 10 which causes MUSCLE PAIN, JOINT PAIN, CRIPPLED "arthritic" HANDS, BACK PAIN, etc. Read THE GREAT CHOLESTEROL MYTH for the truth... you will be surprised.Highly Recommend! EVERYONE concerned with heart disease should read The Great Cholesterol Myth. We feel this is so vital that we are giving a copy to our cardiologist and primary care doctor so they are on the same page with us. Please consider giving a copy of this book to YOUR primary care doctor and YOUR cardiologist, let's get them ALL on the same page for the benefit of our entire society as a whole. Big Pharma is NOT looking out for our best interests.

Reviewer: Lance Hatton
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: This book is a great read and very informative

Reviewer: george
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Claro, conciso y educativo,basado en meta estudios para evidenciar con investigaciones a largo plazo, un libro que abre los ojos.

Reviewer: dave
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Very interesting read

Reviewer: capra
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Sehr gut mit Verweisen auf Studienlage belegt. Wissenschaftlich absolut aktuell und seriös.

Reviewer: Lars Boelman
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Great source of information. Learned a lot and feel like I understand the topics much better now.Pity there were a number of sections which included duplicates of nearly the same text. Should have been caught in proofreading.