The Heart Revolution电子书

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Michelle Stacey

Part 1

The Case for the Heart Revolution Diet

How It All Began: The Creation of the Homocysteine Theory of Heart Disease

The Heart of the Theory

The Cholesterol Myth

A Numbers Game: Heart Disease on the Decline

The Evil Twins: Cholesterol and Oxy-Cholesterol

Proof of the Homocysteine Theory

An Action Plan: Prevention and Therapy of Heart Disease

Glossary of Terms

Part 2

The Carbohydrate Myth

Building the Food Pyramid

Tackling the Food Pyramid

Heading in the Wrong Direction: The Carbohydrate Catastrophe

Dangers of Processed Foods

Good and Bad Fats

Moving On

Improving the Diet

Part 3

Where Have All the Vitamins Gone? Why We’re Deficient

We’re Getting Sick from Our Food: Food Processing and Deficiency Diseases

What Happened to the Hunter-Gatherers?

Flour Power: The Industrial Revolution

Going, Going, Gone: How Nutrients Are Lost During Food Processing

Hitting Home: Effects of Food Processing and Cooking on B6, B12, and Folic Acid

The Innocent Bystanders: Effects of Food Processing on Other Nutrients

Wait, There’s More: Loss of Minerals and Fiber Through Food Processing

Cutting Out the Processed Foods

Part 4

Getting Fresh: The Importance of Fresh, Whole Foods

An Optimal Diet for Health

A Balancing Act: Fat, Carbohydrates, and Protein

The Bread Basket Syndrome: Eliminating Refined, Processed Carbohydrates

The Kingdoms: Animal Versus Plant Protein

Getting Over Our Fear of Fat: Good and Bad Fats

Eat to Live: How to Eat the Heart Revolution Diet

Serving It Up: Food Preparation and Cooking Methods

Junk Food Junkies: Restaurant Food, Fast Food, Snacks

The Heart Revolution Diet Menu Suggestions

Eating the Heart Revolution Diet

Part 5

Federal Foodies: Who Decides on Fortification Levels

The Heart of the Matter: Fortification and Heart Disease

When Food Fortification Works

Should I or Shouldn’t I? Vitamin Supplements

Health for Sale: Choosing the Right Supplement

Suggested Supplements to Control Homocysteine

Part 6

What’s in Our Food? Food Additives and Preservatives

Synthetic Foods: Olestra and Transfats

Finding Safe Food: Shopping for Food

Hello Dolly: Genetic Engineering

Altered States: Drugs, Homocysteine, and Heart Disease

The Lowdown on Statin: Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs

“Legal” Drugs: Alcohol, Smoking, and Caffeine

Circuit Breakers: Hormones and Homocysteine

Protective Drugs

Controlling Contaminants: Practical Tips

Part 7

Making the Connection: Homocysteine and Exercise

Why Cavemen Were More Fit Than We Are, and Why That Matters

How Much Can We Get Away with Doing, or Not Doing

Getting to Go

Movers and Shakers: How to Keep Exercising

Strength in Numbers: The Importance of Strength Training

The Skinny on Fat: Why We’re Obese

The Cat in the Hat Is Fat: Childhood and Adolescent Obesity

Getting Fit and Staying That Way

Part 8

The Free Radical Theory and Thioretinaco Ozonide

The Scavenger Hunt: Antioxidants and Aging

Missing Links: Other Antioxidants and Homocysteine

Precautionary Measures: Avoiding Free Radicals

Going the Distance: Diet, Aging, and Longevity

Upping the Ante: The Effects of Minerals and Phytochemicals on Homocysteine

Beat the Clock: Living Longer and Healthier

Part 9

A New Outlook

Homocysteine and the Brain

Vitamin Deficiencies and the Brain

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Immunity and Infection

Autoimmune Diseases

A Call to Action

Survival of the Fittest: Evolution and the Heart Revolution

Appendix I: The Six-Week Plan

Appendix II: Recipes

Bibliography

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