The Eight-Week Cholesterol Cure : How to Lower Your Blood Cholesterol by up to 40 Percent Without Drugs or Deprivation

New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperTrade, 1987. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0060156139. The #1 New York Times Bestseller! Endorsed by readers. Updated Edition-Includes the Latest Research and Information. *** ".this b ook can be recommended." *** -from a review by David Blankenhorn. M.D., in The Journal of the American Medical Association. Robert E. Kowalski, a veteran medical writer, devised this program as a las t resort for his own cholesterol problem after all else failed. At the age of 41 he had already suffered one heart attack & had 2 coronary bypass surgeries due to an elevated cholesterol level. Yet a f ter strictly adhering to the diet advocated by the American Heart Association, he succeeded in only lowering his cholesterol level by 13 points. So Kowalski plunged into the medical literature, whe r e he found clues that led to the development of a practical and effective alternative to traditional approaches. The results were astonishing: within just just 8 weeks, his dangerously high cholest e ro l level of 284 dropped to a completely safe level of 169. Clinical research showed that his program worked for others as well, and since then many physicians have recommended his program to thei r p ati e n ts..