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Praise for The Great American Heart Hoax

Michael Ozner, MD, a visionary and compassionate cardiologist, has been on a single-minded mission for the past three decades. His goal? To prevent, reverse, and ideally eliminate the raging epidemic of heart disease that continues to claim so many lives.

Unlike most cardiologists today, Dr. Ozner lives by his well-known philosophy of prevention not intervention. In The Great American Heart Hoax, Dr. Ozner distills more than thirty years of clinical practice, giving you an easy-to-follow 10-step program to avoid the degenerative risks of heart disease. In addition, Dr. Ozner provides practical information and tools on working with your doctor to obtain optimal health, thereby avoiding unnecessary surgery, tests, and countless bottles of medication. As you read, Dr. Ozner is your personal guide through the most practical method for achieving cardiac health, providing you with the inside information you need to become a more responsible, more informed partner in your own care.

I strongly urge you to stop whatever you are doing and immediately start reading the life-saving information contained in this book. What you learn will change the way you live your life.

PHILIP SMITH,
Editor-in-Chief, Life Extension Magazine

Praise for Dr. Ozners Previous Book,
The Miami Mediterranean Diet

I strongly recommend Dr. Ozners book, The Miami Mediterranean Diet, for anyone who is interested in living a long and healthy life. This book is a concise, no-nonsense approach for heart disease prevention. With so many fad diets that are here today and gone tomorrow, finally there is a clinically proven and sensible approach, as Dr. Ozner provides practical dietary and lifestyle guidelines for defeating heart disease.

BARRYT. KATZEN, MD,
Medical Director, Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute of Miami

The current medical literature is replete with articles confirming what Dr. Ozner has been advocating for many yearsthat prevention is the best treatment for heart disease. In his book, The Miami Mediterranean Diet, he outlines a strategy that, combined with an exercise program, has allowed me to reduce my weight, my blood pressure, and my cholesterol. I have a greater sense of well-being and I feel that I will live a longer and healthier life.

JERROLD YOUNG, MD

In The Miami Mediterranean Diet, Dr. Michael Ozner not only makes a compelling argument for the importance of the Mediterranean diet and lifestyle for overall health, but gives a comprehensive guide for ways to incorporate this diet into all of our lives. Research has clearly shown that those who follow a life-long Mediterranean diet and lifestyle are giving themselves the best insurance for a healthy life and now Dr. Ozner brings that to our shores.

RANDOLPHP. MARTIN, MD,
Director of Noninvasive Cardiology, Emory University Hospital

A valuable resource from preventive cardiologist Michael Ozner providing heart healthy dietary information, sample meal plans, and an exciting array of recipes.

NANETTE K. WEGNER, MD,
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Emory University School of Medicine

This book is a direct path to the visceral pleasure of well-prepared food and cardiovascular health. The Miami Mediterranean Diet provides a sane alternative to the faddist and extremist diets that lead to short-term weight loss and long-term weight gain.

JOSEPHIZZO, JR., MD,
Professor of Medicine & Pharmacology,
State University of New York at Buffalo
Clinical Director of Medicine, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo,
New York

I wholeheartedly endorse the Mediterranean diet, a way of eating that has been in existence for thousands of years. The Miami Mediterranean Diet is based on this way of life, encouraging a balanced, well-nourished food plan including whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, and lower fat intake. Following Ozners stated food plan, coupled with caloric control and daily exercise, can lead to both weight loss and a healthy heart. The recipes are easy to produce and generate delicious meals; no one would feel deprived adhering to the stated plan.

KAREN LIEBERMAN, PHD, RD,
Professor and Chair, The Hospitality College
Johnson & Wales University, Florida Campus

To my wife Christine
and my children
Jennifer and Jonathan:
You are my heart and soul.

Acknowledgments

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK my many patients and colleagues who have given me the inspiration and motivation to write The Great American Heart Hoax.

I am especially grateful to Charles Hennekens, MD, for taking the time to review The Great American Heart Hoax. Dr. Hennekens, the first Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the first Chief of Preventive Medicine at Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston, has contributed immensely to the field of cardiology and epidemiology for decades, and I am honored to have him write the foreword to this book.

I would also like to thank Philip Smith, editor-in-chief at Life Extension Magazine, for his continuous help and guidance. In addition I would like to thank Dale Kiefer and Cathy Lewis for their important contributions.

I am fortunate to work with the medical education department at Baptist Hospital of Miami. They have helped me organize and implement an annual cardiovascular disease prevention symposium highlighting recent advances in heart disease prevention. This meeting has become one of the premier symposiums in America dedicated to the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease.

I am also grateful to Glenn Yeffeth, publisher of BenBella Books, for his unwavering support. Special thanks to all those at BenBella who have been a pleasure to work with: Leah Wilson (senior editor), Laura Watkins, Adrienne Lang, Yara Abuata, and Robyn White.

Finally, and most importantly, I would like to thank my wife, Christine Ozner, RN, who has provided me with endless love, guidance, and encouragement.

Foreword

NOBODY WOULD DISAGREE THAT, at present, the life expectancy of men and women living in the United States is the greatest its ever been. This is a result chiefly of declines in mortality from coronary heart disease and stroke, the leading contributors to deaths from cardiovascular disease. During the last decade, major contributions have been made in the fight against cardiovascular disease by early diagnosis and medical treatment of patients by their health care providers. Yet it is also true that many patients seem to prefer the prescription of pills or costly interventions to the proscription of harmful lifestyles.

Surgical intervention of cardiovascular disease using coronary artery bypass grafting or angioplasty with stent placement in the unstable patient appear to have net clinical benefits, optimally as adjuncts to medical therapies. Nevertheless, intervention with a scalpel or a stent is potentially avoidable for the vast majority of patients with stable coronary disease.

Eugene Braunwald, MD, Professor Emeritus at Harvard Medical School, was perhaps the doyen of cardiovascular medicine of the second half of the twentieth century. He was also my boss, and I felt honored to serve as the first Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. In a 1977 editorial in the

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