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Take Control of Your Cholesterol— Without Drugs
If you are one of the nearly 100 million Americans struggling with
high cholesterol, then Dr. Janet Brill offers you a revolutionary
new plan for taking control of your health—without the risks of
statin drugs. With Dr. Brill’s breakthrough Cholesterol Down
Plan, you simply add nine “miracle foods” to your regular diet
and thirty minutes of walking to your daily routine. That’s all.
This straightforward and easy-to-follow program can lower your LDL
(“bad”) cholesterol by as much as 47 percent in just four
weeks.
Cholesterol Down explains Dr. Brill’s ten-point plan as
well as the science behind it. You’ll learn how each miracle food
affects LDL cholesterol and how the foods work together for maximum
effect, as well as:
• How eating whole grains helps reduce LDL cholesterol in your
bloodstream
• Why antioxidants keep plaque from building up in your
arteries
• How certain steps change the structure of LDL cholesterol
particles (and why it’s best for them to be large and
fluffy)
• Why walking just thirty minutes a day lowers “bad”
cholesterol and cuts dangerous belly fat
With everything you need to stay focused on the plan, including a
daily checklist, a six-month chart for racking LDL cholesterol
changes, tools for assessing your risk level for cardiovascular
disease, sample weekly menus, and even heart-healthy recipes,
Cholesterol Down is the safe and effective alternative or
complement to statin drugs.
Right on the Money!Reviewed by S. Oloriegbe, 2010-03-02
There can be no better alternative to lowering Cholesterol than the
natural methods outline in this book. I implemented about 7-8 of
the steps and incorporate some of my own remedies. I took lot of
fish oil, krill oil and seal oil with lots of DPA included in the
seal oil and Krill oil. DPA is also necessary along with EPA and
DHA.
After 4 weeks my total Cholesterol went from 199 to 187, LDL went
down from 127 to 102 and the most impressive is HDL increase from
44 to 71. I am happy. Thank you Dr. Janet Bond.
Buy the physical book, not the Kindle versionReviewed by Debbie Burroughs, 2010-02-14
I'm just beginning to follow the advice in this book. I won't comment on the effectivness of the book, except to say that the advice seems very sound and there is exhaustive scientific research presented for each of the items on her list. My advice is to PURCHASE THE PHYSICAL BOOK AND NOT THE KINDLE VERSION. First, it isn't easy to flip through and find the parts that you might find relevant. Second, the parts that are presented in a sidebar or text box on the printed page are suddenly inserted right in the middle of an unrelated sentence and it makes absolutely no sense until you figure out what is going on. And third, and most aggravating to me, tables and menus are presented as a unit, and I have been unable to increase the font size or make them readable in any way. Perhaps it is just me and someone more experienced with the Kindle can figure it out, but I have tried to no avail. I even opened the menu page on my computer monitor, thinking I could increase the font size or at least print the page, but no luck there, either. Not only is the print tiny, but it's sideways on the computer. The author instructs you to copy certain pages to use as daily checklists, but I've been unable to print them. The highlight and print selection method has also been blocked unless I am doing something wrong. (Any advice would be appreciated) Frankly, I could use the menus to figure out how to incorporate everything into a manageable diet plan.
Great resultsReviewed by Nancy J. Mumford, 2010-01-26
With a cholesterol count of 258 my doctor was anxious to put me on a drug to lower it but I asked for time to do it with diet. I bought this book and found it not only readable but the steps were well explained, made sense and were easy to follow. I didn't do absolutely everything recommended but still was able to bring my cholesterol down to 215 after 3 months (and this was over the holidays too). My doctor was so pleased he said I should continue in the hopes that my cholesterol will be under 200 in another 3 months. On top of all that I feel great and have lost a little weight in the bargain.
The Catch-22 of all natural curesReviewed by Samuel Chell, 2010-01-16
Most readers are likely to pick up a book like this when they know
there's trouble a-brewin--because of a recent "bad" lipid count,
high blood pressure reading, irregular heartbeat, etc. In fact,
they may be at a stage where prompt and effective, proactive action
indicates the immediate use of statin drugs. Yet the author begins
the book by, in so many words, "condemning" such medications by
listing a lengthy string of unpleasant side-effects. But it may be
too late for "natural" cures, especially if dramatic and quick
improvement is being sought. I've known a number of individuals
who, after trying no end of "natural" remedies, altering their
eating habits, taking up exercise to an obsessive degree, downing
the garlic and fish oil capsules, were more than a little
discouraged to have their blood levels analyzed again only to
discover that their cholesterol levels had changed very
little.
Without realizing it, the author herself proves my point. After
beginning the book with a (by now) familiar scare tactic--Will you
die of heart disease? (At present, the odds are "yes," since most
people do), she proceeds to make the situation seem even more dire
by revealing that although she was a marathon runner, ate sensibly,
and had her gender going for her (a disproportionate number of
those afflicted with HD are males), she was shocked to be
confronted with alarming cholesterol levels--in SPITE of a healthy
lifestyle. So what then are we to make of her demonizing statin
drugs in practically the same breath? Apparently, not using statin
drugs was not to her benefit; could using them have been so much
worse?
The Catch 22 of so many of the "alternative medicine" books is that
readers don't read them when they might be of benefit, and are most
likely to read them and take their recommendations seriously only
when it would be in their best interests to follow doctor's orders,
whether or not that entailed the use of Lipitor, Crestor, Plavix,
etc. Nevertheless, for the reader who is just becoming aware of a
need to lower "bad" cholesterol, raise "good" cholesterol, etc.,
this book can certainly be recommended. It's more comprehensive and
informative than its title, with the "simple 10 steps," might
imply. And I would agree that "if" you can get the same results
without prescription meds as with prescription meds, it's better to
achieve that result med-free. In other words, I wish my son would
read this book and follow its directions--now--and not when he gets
to an age and stage in his life when it's all too clear that action
has to be taken.
Like the other heart books that I've read--some classifiable as
"alternative" in their approach; others as "mainstream"--this one
could use more emphasis on the role of not just HDL and LDL
cholesterol but of triglycerides as well as more attention to not
only fats but blood sugar and a dangerous condition known as
"insulin metabolic syndrome."
Also, I'm frankly surprised, and a bit disappointed, that more of
the current HD/CDV books--especially the ones advocating
alternative, natural approaches--have not more seriously, fully and
emphatically taken on the increasingly controversial issue of
chemically-treated stents. Maybe authors are afraid of the
politics, especially in light of all the fuss we've witnessed in
recent months. But more important than offending a party or
profession or corporation, it seems to me, is the health of the
nation and its people. Europe has practically outlawed
chemically-treated stents, and some say that heart patients and
their precious "endothelium" (the inner lining of the lifeline
arteries) are the better for it; the U.S., by contrast, keeps on
inserting chemically-treated stents and accepting the consequences,
medically and economically.
Certainly, a book is due out on this explosive subject (maybe it's
out there already). I understand that the government is even
initiating lawsuits against some of the manufacturers of the stents
and of the prohibitively expensive medications they necessitate. I
hope we don't all become so exclusively preoccupied with our own
cholesterol counts that we neglect some of the larger issues,
however unpleasant or distasteful they may be to special-interest
groups. It's not only in our own interest but the next
generation's.
Book is a Treasure Trove!Reviewed by Linda J. Hachfeld, 2010-01-11
Author has done a great job in simplifying good heart-health
information into a 10-step daily checklist. Used it for 3 months
and lowered my cholesterol by 50 points! I am thrilled! No
medications (which the MD was constantly pushing all the while
telling me I was expecting too much from dietary
interventions).
This book saves anyone seriously needing to lower their LDL
cholesterol a lot of money. I used the LDL chol progress chart in
the book and made the recipes Spinach Salad, Chix w/ 40 cloves of
garlic, and Oat-Apple-Flax Pancakes. My husband enjoyed the
Pepperless Bean Salad (he, too doesn't eat bell peppers). Then, we
used the Cooking ala Heart recipes for the rest of the week.
You won't regret buying this book. I give it a hearty full thumbs
up. Thanks Janet for working so hard to put all this great
knowledge into one book. Iknow first hand the amount of work that
goes into writing and producing a book! Nice job. Linda Hachfeld
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