from ischemic heart disease

Q: I just found out I am a very high cholesterol symptoms. The doctor said that I ¡¯ m high risk of heart attack if I don ¡¯ t slightly lower cholesterol. He said I could get a stent, or bypass surgery. I ¡¯ m for an angiogram tomorrow. I feel like I ¡¯ m in shock. I have a history of heart disease in my family, but I ¡¯ m too young for this case. Of course, I ¡¯ ll do what the doctor tells me. I ¡¯ ve filled my prescription for a statin drug to lower cholesterol. But if I have a stent or bypass surgery, it will be my chances?

A: Bypass surgery and stents are very useful in extending the life of seriously ill heart patients. For medium-sized or slightly heart disease, these procedures are not shown that statistically improve life. Certain medications and dietary supplements can also lower cholesterol and improve life. But drugs for the treatment of high cholesterol symptoms often have certain unpleasant side effects. In addition, they don ¡¯ t the root causes of high cholesterol and other risk factors for heart disease.

Q: What can I do? Is there a cure for heart disease?

A: The word ¡± ¡° cure is not in the majority of cardiovascular specialists ¡¯ vocabulary. However, there is good news about high cholesterol treatment and the treatment of the causes of heart disease.

There are two new books, written by respected physicians that describe research and amazing breakthroughs that show how to prevent and reverse heart disease by reducing high cholesterol symptoms naturally, using techniques that patient, as eg diet, exercise, stress management and dietary supplements.

Means ¡° prevention and Reverse Heart Disease, ¡± by Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., MD His approach is a plant-based diet with no dairy products, meat, oil, refined flour, or excess sugar. He is a 22-year study of 17 patients who initially had severe heart disease. Incredibly, since the beginning of this diet, compliant patients in the study have had no heart attack or other heart disease symptoms, and all are still alive.

Dr. Esselstyn ¡¯ s book describes his study and techniques to lower cholesterol and reverse plaque build, with photographs plaque reversal. The book has heart-healthy recipes and meals, to lower cholesterol. Dr. Esselstyn and his wife, this diet also. Although retired from the practice of medicine, he has recently said in a speech on the 50-year anniversary of his winning an Olympic gold medal in rowing, that the cardiologists who have just found out they have heart disease even ask him for help.

The second breakthrough book called, ¡° Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It ¡¯ s too late, ¡± by Stephen T. Sinatra, MD, James C. Roberts, MD, and Martin sugar. It will be the ¡° four pillars of healing, ¡± for the treatment of high cholesterol (http://www.mitamins.com/disease/High-Cholesterol.html) symptoms and heart disease in general:

Healthy Nutrition
Supplements and medications
Exercise
Stress Management

The book also discusses the simultaneous use of prescription medications and dietary supplements to reduce cholesterol (http://www.mitamins.com/disease/High-Cholesterol.html). It describes how a comprehensive book that focuses on Western and alternative ways to treat high cholesterol symptoms. Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Oprah Winfrey Show ¡¯ s frequent guest MD, said that this book is a guide ¡° to the rusting of the arteries, so we can live longer and better. ¡±

While not a right ¡± ¡° cure for heart disease, high cholesterol natural treatments (http://www.mitamins.com/disease/High-Cholesterol.html), as a healthy diet for the cause of heart disease. Talk to your doctor about these measures.