The Magic of Cholesterol Numbers: A step away from the cholesterol-lowering drugs

Picking up this book you might glance at the cover, see that essential word in the title, and skip ahead to this introduction. After all, another book on cholesterol? How tired can those get? Maybe it s some sort of guide on eating right or a book talking about the dangers of this evil substance. So many texts, all singing the same old song let s lower our cholesterol! Let s push that devil into submission so that we can all be healthy! If that actually was the book you are looking for, then we are sorry to disappoint you, because this isn t one of those. The subject of this book is indeed cholesterol, but perhaps in a different light than you might be used to seeing. Here, cholesterol is the hero, and not so much the villain. Well, not at all in fact, which we will show in due time. Consider this a handbook of sorts into this very unique and very misunderstood agent. This isn t an epic tome full of mind numbing scientific data worthy of a medical school classroom, revised each year with very little added information that for some reason sells for the same price as the previous edition. Nor is this a heavy excursion into understanding cholesterol, filled with lots of words and unnecessary descriptions. Instead, what you will find here is a book that will try to explain exactly what cholesterol is, why it is so very important to everyone s health, and what the actual facts are behind the numbers that all those commercials tell us to get to.

About Sergey A. Dzugan, MD, PhD: Dr. Sergey A. Dzugan graduated from the Donetsk State Medical Institute (Ukraine) with a Doctorate of Medicine in 1979. After medical school, he performed his residency in general and cardiovascular surgery and became the Head of Heart Services in 1985. In 1990, he received his PhD in Medical Science and subsequently became Assistant Professor at the Donetsk State Medical Institute. In May of 1991, he became the first Chief of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Senior Heart Surgeon at the Donetsk District Regional Hospital, Ukraine.In March of 1993, he became an Associate Professor at Donetsk State Medical University and became interested in the preventive aspects of heart disease and began studying hormone treatments. Dr. Dzugan moved to the United States from Ukraine in 1995 and in 1996, became a scientific consultant to Dr. Arnold Smith at the North Central Mississippi Regional Cancer Center (NCMRCC) in Greenwood, Mississippi for over 7 years. His role there was to study the latest advances in nutraceutical treatments with a particular focus on improving immunological function. In 1998, he was board certified by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. His employer at NCMRCC, Dr. Smith stated Dr. Dzugan is a brilliant, gifted physician whose talents we believe... make a significant contribution to the nation. In 2001, Dr. Dzugan suggested a new hypothesis of hypercholesterolemia and developed a new statin-free method of high cholesterol treatment. At the same time he also developed a unique multimodal program for migraine management. In October 2003, he moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and became the Manager of the Advisory Department at the Life Extension Foundation. Later, he became President of Life Extension Scientific Information Inc. In August 2006, Dr. Dzugan left the Life Extension Foundation to create a scientific organization that consults with physicians around the globe to develop programs to optimize their patients' physiology. Dr. Dzugan was accepted (June, 30 2006) to the International Academy of Creative Endeavors (Moscow, Russia) as a Corresponding Member. One year later, the Academy awarded him the honorary title of Academician. In December 2007, Dr. Dzugan was rewarded with the Honoree Medal by this Academy. Dr. Dzugan is the author of 151 publications in medical journals and these publications include surgical, oncological, academic, and anti-aging topics. He is the author of books The Migraine Cure, Your Blood Doesn t Lie!, The Magic of Cholesterol Numbers, and The Restoration of the Human Body and is a holder of 3 patents related to heart surgery. Dr. Dzugan is a Member of the Editorial Board of the Neuroendocrinology Letters and a member of the Medical Advisory Board at Life Extension Magazine. On numerous occasions, he has presented his work at the prestigious International Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine. The topics of his presentations were related to cholesterol disorders, migraine, physiology optimization, stem cell therapy, cancer, and immunorestorative / hormonorestorative therapy. Dr. Dzugan is President of iPOMS the International Physiology Optimization Medical Society. Dr. Dzugan s current primary interests are physiologic therapy for elevated cholesterol, migraine, fatigue, fibromyalgia, behavioral and hormonal disorders.