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| Introduction |
| Heart disease affects everyone. The number-one killer of both men and women in the United States, heart disease disrupts lives, businesses, families and every facet of society. The illness is color-blind, affecting people of every race and nationality; the wealthy are just as likely to die of it as the poor. An estimated 1.5 million North Americans suffer heart attacks every year, and only 23 percent survive. For most, the first attack is their last. This was true for my father, who died at 53, just as it's true for some of your own friends and relatives. |
| Despite decades of effort and billions of dollars spent on research, modern medicine has not found a cure for heart disease. |
| The reason for this is Western medicine's approach to healing. Physicians try, often aggressively, to suppress the symptoms of disease, but they don't address the cause or attempt to prevent the illness from developing. It's simpler, less expensive and more effective to prevent heart attacks before they occur with nutrition, exercise and stress management than to treat them after they occur with drugs and surgery. However, few physicians know anything about nutrition, exercise or stress managementand very few insurance programs reimburse doctors for the time they would have to spend explaining these options. On the other hand, bypass surgery is so profitable and |
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