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“Dr. Fuhrman’s twenty-five years of clinical experience, extensive research, and knowledge of nutrition has resulted in this book, which outlines an eating plan that will make patients not just survive, but thrive. Side effects of this diet include reduction/elimination of medication, cancer prevention, loss of excess weight, improved immunity, more stable blood sugars, and increased brainpower. “What drug can claim this? Dr. Fuhrman includes his tastiest and time-tested recipes that will make anyone want to try this way of eating. Dr. Fuhrman has published multiple peer-reviewed articles in medicine journals, and this book is a synthesis of his research findings. This approach will be useful not only for heart disease, but for any medical condition for which lifestyle changes are helpful. The book is not only scattered with real clinical anecdotes that can inspire people, but also heavily referenced with the latest studies to back up all his advice and satisfy any health professional or scientist.” —Ashwani Garg, M.D. Family Physician and Lifestyle Medicine Specialist “A MUST-read for everyone wanting to be truly informed of their options to not only treat but to REVERSE heart disease and its risk factors. Dr. Fuhrman has no ulterior motive—he simply summarizes the evidence in a thorough yet easy- to-read fashion. At the same time, he dispels many of the mistruths about healthy eating. This book is a game changer!” —Arvinpal Singh, M.D. Medical Director, Emory Bariatric Center–Atlanta, GA Diplomate, American Board of Obesity Medicine “When it comes to protecting your heart and melting away plaque in your arteries, you will not find better guidance than The End of Heart Disease. With solid science, clear explanations, and inspiring real-life case studies, Dr. Fuhrman cuts through nutritional (and medical) nonsense to reveal a practical plan for avoiding heart attacks, stents, and bypasses, naturally and forever. ‘Let food be your medicine’ was never more effectively (and deliciously!) presented than in The End of Heart Disease—Hippocrates would be proud!” —Michael Klaper, M.D. Physician, True North Health Center, Santa Rosa, CA “Easy to read. Clearly explains why and how to implement this health-saving strategy. Being open to this simpler lifestyle has allowed my patients and me to

decrease medication dependence.” —Romeo A. Caballes Jr., M.D. Internal Medicine “Dr. Fuhrman is able to shine a light on the true role of food in our lives, which is to sustain us, keep us healthy, and not to promote disease. He puts into perspective the role of vegetarian diets, fats, and meats, and how to best nourish ourselves to optimal health. His diet program is about achieving success and balance and, in doing so, finding the best way to prevent the incidence of heart disease. Simply said, food is medicine, and in this book, Dr. Fuhrman provides us with a perfect prescription.” —Suzanne Steinbaum, D.O., Fellow of the American College of Cardiology Director, Women’s Heart Health Heart and Vascular Institute, Lenox Hill Hospital “Dr. Fuhrman has done it Again! Years ago, when I first heard of him and his book Eat to Live, I assumed he was a quack because most diet and nutrition books were fluff and full of inaccuracies. With my scientific background, I read that book very critically and looked up multiple sources referenced by it in order to evaluate whether he had correctly interpreted the original studies. I fully expected to ‘bust him’ as inaccurate and was pleasantly surprised by his astounding ability to take very complex scientific studies and interpret them down into layman’s terms without oversimplifying, and without losing the real meaning behind the findings. Once again, Dr. Fuhrman has taken a huge amount of scientific information and made it accessible to the layperson, and done it in such a way that they can apply this knowledge (including recipes) and make monumental improvements in their overall health and, more specifically, in most cases actually reverse coronary artery disease and ischemic heart disease, the #1 killer in America and around the world!” —David Bullock, MSW, D.O., BCIM President, Life Enhancement Medicine and Rehabilitation Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialist “Finally, a scientific compilation of studies proving that food is medicine as well as an excellent alternative. I have already enjoyed the success of several of my patients cutting their LDL cholesterol in half and being able to stop all medications pertaining to cholesterol and hypertension, because eating as a Nutritarian makes sense. In fact, just to be sure this eating plan was doable, I

tried it myself and my LDL cholesterol went from 120 to 65 in six months.” —Connie Hahn, D.O. Family Physician “Dr. Fuhrman propels the science of healthy eating well past vegan and even whole-food plant-based nutrition by focusing on the healthiest nutrient-dense foods. He clearly lays out how a healthy enough diet can not only be cheaper and safer than pills and procedures for heart disease and high blood pressure but, critically, more effective.” —Michael Greger, M.D., FACLM Founder of NutritionFacts.org “As a physician who specializes in heart attack and stroke prevention via nutrition and lifestyle medicine, having such a thoroughly researched, well- organized, and user-friendly guide for my clients will be truly invaluable. My only criticism is having had to wait this long for it to be written! Nothing will help you prevent or reverse cardiovascular disease more powerfully than the ideas and recommendations in this book. Thank you, Dr. Fuhrman. You just made my job a whole lot easier!!” —Daniel Chong, ND “Lifestyle medicine is the most important and fastest-growing trend in health care today. In this important book, Dr. Joel Fuhrman describes why.” —Dean Ornish, M.D. Founder and President, Preventive Medicine Research Institute Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF Author of Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease and The Spectrum “In The End of Heart Disease, Dr. Fuhrman points us toward a solid, scientific path for dealing with heart disease by treating its cause with nutritional excellence. In the light of current science, the old approach focused on pills and procedures is not only outrageously expensive for little benefit for most, but antiquated, and now constitutes malpractice. It is my hope that many will experience a much more vibrant and longer life through availing themselves of this more rational and practical way of dealing with heart disease.” —Marc Braman, M.D., M.P.H., FACLM, FACPM President, Lifestyle Medicine Foundation

Former President, The American College of Lifestyle Medicine

Also by Joel Fuhrman, M.D. Eat to Live Cookbook The End of Diabetes Super Immunity Eat for Health Disease-Proof Your Child Fasting and Eating for Health Eat to Live The End of Dieting



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Copyright THE END OF HEART DISEASE. Copyright © 2016 by Joel Fuhrman, M.D. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books. HarperCollins website: http://www.harpercollins.com FIRST EDITION Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fuhrman, Joel, author. The end of heart disease : the eat to live plan to prevent and reverse heart disease / Joel Fuhrman, M.D. First edition. / New York, NY : HarperOne, 2016. Includes index. ISBN 978–0–06–224935–7 (hardback) EPub Edition March 2016 ISBN 9780062249371 ISBN 978–0–06–237240–6 (audio) 1. Heart—Diseases—Prevention—Popular works. 2. Heart—Diseases —Diet therapy—Popular works. 3. Heart—Diseases—Nutritional aspects—Popular works. 16 17 18 19 20 RRD(H) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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* A Nutritarian diet—which authors of a 2001 study called a “very high fiber, vegetable, fruit, and nut diet”33—is tremendously effective at lowering LDL, in addition to changing its functional parameters. Other dietary interventions have not been as effective or have been relatively ineffective at lowering cholesterol. Not only did LDL cholesterol drop a 33 percent average in just two weeks, but a favorable effect on triglycerides was also seen. The improvement is more significant than that seen with cholesterol- lowering drugs in clinical application.