21 Days to a Healthy Heart: Eat Your Way to Heart Health

Heart-Related Disease Claims One Million Lives a Year. Is Cholesterol Really the Culprit? Did you know that: * Most people who die of heart disease have low or average blood cholesterol. * Lowering your cholesterol below 200 will not protect you from a heart attack. * Eggs and butter do not raise blood cholesterol. * Refined sugar—not cholesterol—causes heart disease. * Low-fat diets increase the risk of diabetes and heart disease. * Trans fatty acids in margarine and vegetable shortening promote inflammation and deadly blood clots in the arteries. * Strenuous exercise may increase your risk of a heart attack. With well over ten years of research in cardiovascular nutrition, Alan Watson refutes the current medical hypothesis that dietary cholesterol and saturated fat cause heart disease. Rather, he provides compelling historical and scientific evidence that refined sugar, highly processed foods, margarine and shortening, and following the nutritional advice from “leading authorities” in government and medicine have cost us dearly. He analyzes the role of carbohydrates, fats, and protein in diabetes and heart disease and provides specifics on what to eat and what not to eat for heart health. A One-of-a-Kind Book on Understanding, Preventing, and Reversing Diet-Related Heart Disease.

Alan Watson is author of 21 Days to a Healthy Heart (2002) and Cereal Killer, the unintended consequences of the low fat diet (2008). Watson is a health and nutrition researcher - a you can't trust the experts patient advocate - and a long term proponent of a low carb, high fat, whole foods diet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I began researching and writing about Diet Heart issues after attending the Atkins vs. Whitaker debate in New York City in April, 1997. The rosy cheeked Dr. Atkins - citing compelling scientific and clinical data - easily defeated his overweight, vegetarian opponent. Atkins was walking the talk and telling the truth about America's failed low fat diet. Referring to my first book, 21 Days to a Healthy Heart, Writer's Digest said: Although he's not a doctor himself, Watson does seem to be qualified to discuss cardiovascular nutrition, and he definitely did his homework on this book; his research here is impressive, making his argument/theories well-substantiated and convincing.... In March 2009, Midwest Book Review said: Cereal Killer is a look at the plague of diabetes and obesity that is becoming a huge problem among all age groups of children.... Watson discusses remedies to America's epidemic as well as speaking of its origins. Cereal Killer is well worth the read for those concerned with the health of a nation...