Subtitle: How You Can Prevent or Reverse Heart Disease
Author: K. Lance Gould, M.D.
Subject: Health and Medicine
Paper ISBN 0-8135-2896-8
Pages: 272 pp., 61 color illustrations
Description: An easy-to-use guide for effectively managing your own cardiovascular health
"There is much to like here if a patient is looking for a concise overview of coronary artery function in health and disease, or needs clear direction about how to modify diet to reduce the future risk of cardiac events."--AMWA Journal
"Although Gould's lucid style makes things easy for the reader, the uncluttered, well-labeled illustrations help substantially, too. The concluding chapter of 'Gould Guidelines to Prevent or Reverse Vascular and Coronary Heart Disease' . . . gives practical advice to those who have had heart problems and those who want to avoid them."--Booklist
Dr. K. Lance Gould's goals are better survival and improved health through the prevention and reversal of heart and vascular disease. His program provides do-it-yourself steps and explores options beyond traditional medical procedures for more definitive solutions. Heal Your Heart can be used by anyone. Scientific information and practical guidelines are presented in full-color illustrations and tables with nontechnical text that incorporate the most recent medical knowledge. Throughout the book, he outlines what questions to ask medical staff and how to manage your own reversal program.
The principles of reversing cardiovascular disease may be adapted to various lifestyles and personalities. This program avoids multiple medical consultations and special equipment. The essentials are healthy living habits combined with medical management at home and work. For the minority of patients who may need balloon dilation or bypass surgery, Dr. Gould's reversal program will provide optimal outcome by dramatically lowering further risk. For most people, this program produces a sense of well-being and reduces or eliminates symptoms.
K. Lance Gould began his research on coronary artery disease in 1969. He is professor and founding director of the Weatherhead PET Imaging Center for Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease and has served as director of the Division of Cardiology at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston. Dr. Gould is the author of the first textbook on quantifying coronary artery narrowing, coronary blood flow, and cardiac PET imaging.
Following Dr. Gould's program can result in substantial weight loss, and being fit is essential for treating or preventing heart disease. For people without heart disease who simply want to lose weight, Gould's food and lifestyle plan provide a flexible, healthy way of sustained weight control.
