READ THIS: The Great American Heart Hoax by Michael Ozner, MD
There are lots of ways to improve your life, but if you aren't healthy, your entire quality of life obviously will be in vain. In The Great American Heart Hoax, we learned that America has 5 percent of the world's population and we perform 50 percent of the world's bypass surgeries and stent placements. Not good.
What is the problem? Whom You Know recommends you read this book to educate yourself.
There are many, and in The Great American Heart Hoax, Dr. Michael Ozner tells us how to PREVENT problems from happening, as he is concerned with the number of inappropriate and unnecessary procedures that are performed. We are strong advocates of keeping you healthy and out of the doctor's office! This is the general problem: once there is a problem, medical treatments can help the problem but you yourself are the key to stopping the problem from starting in the first place, and of course this has to do with lifestyle.
Manhattan is arguably the most stressful place in the world, but there are many options here for burning off that stress in productive ways. Ozner identifies the Mediterranean diet as a key to success and states that "the people living in the Mediterranean basin were getting better results with a knife and fork than we were with all our fancy equipment and advanced technologies."
The book begins with a history of the evolution of medical knowledge in regards to the heart, and you need to have the stomach for this until about page 76. Although bypass surgery does reduce chest pain, Ozner states that surgical solutions come up short and do not lower the death rate or prevent heart attacks.
We think Ozner would like our recommendations in Peachy's Pantry.
We recommend Olive Oil by The California Olive Ranch; he endorses Olive Oil.
http://www.whomyouknow.com/2010/01/peachys-pantry-millers-blend-by.html
We recommend Red Wine by Alamos, Ecco Domani, MacMurray, Ehlers Estate and more to come; he endorses red wine. (Read our Champagne Wishes column)
http://www.whomyouknow.com/2010/01/2008-alamos-malbec-enthusiastically.html
We recommend Steven Smith Tea; he recommends tea.
http://www.whomyouknow.com/2010/02/peachys-pantry-steven-smith-teamaker.html
We recommend Cinnamon by TSP; he recommends cinnamon.
http://www.whomyouknow.com/2009/12/peachys-pantry-spices-it-up-with-tsp.html
We recommend dark chocolate by Godiva; he recommends dark chocolate.
http://www.whomyouknow.com/2010/02/godiva-dark-mimosa-heart-loved-by-whom.html
Peachy Deegan is not a doctor, but we are right on target. Of course, exercise plays a big part, and reducing stress plays a big part too. Also, Ozner advocates napping which sounds fabulous to us. We have no idea however where the nap centers are in Manhattan but we are curious to find out. We hope they have Pratesi sheets like The Surrey hotel.
Ozner's 10 Keys to Success are found on page 179 and we highly suggest you heed them. Read The Great American Heart Hoax Says Whom You Know!
An Ounce of (Low-Cost) Prevention Is Worth $100,000 of Surgical Intervention
The bad news: Most heart surgery is unnecessary, and most surgical interventions are costly, risky, and ineffective because they don’t address the underlying cause of heart disease. The good news: Heart disease is preventable and reversible, and the best clinically proven way to cure it is both safe and low cost.
The newest book by internationally acclaimed cardiologist Michael Ozner, MD, The Great American Heart Hoax (BenBella Books, 2008), offers the first eye-opening look inside the cardiology industry’s refusal to acknowledge that the current surgical treatments for heart disease aren’t working.
Citing numerous scientific studies on the high risk and low efficacy of bypass surgery and angioplasty—70 to 90 percent of which are unnecessary and don’t prevent future heart attacks—Dr. Ozner shows readers why they should avoid these procedures. More important, he shows heart patients what to do instead. Dr. Ozner has been practicing preventive cardiology for nearly three decades, and his noninvasive approach focusing on lifestyle changes such as diet, exercise, stress
reduction, and the judicious use of medications has helped thousands of heart patients avoid surgery and live long, healthy lives.
He shows readers how to follow a delicious, inexpensive diet clinically proven to prevent and reverse heart disease, as well as promote weight loss in overweight and obese Americans who are desperately seeking a sensible dietary plan. Readers also learn:
• When heart surgery is warranted—and when to avoid it
• Side effects and dangers associated with heart surgery
• Pros and cons of heart medications
• Why diagnostic CAT scans and nuclear stress tests often do more harm than good
• Dr. Ozner’s 10-Step Prevention Program—and tips on making it work for you
For heart patients as well as those wishing never to become a heart patient, this eye- opening book offers lifesaving advice your doctor should tell you about heart disease prevention—but probably never will.
About the Author
Michael Ozner, MD, Facc, Faha, is an award-winning, nationally renowned pioneer in the field of preventive cardiology; a sought-after keynote speaker; and a top-selling author whose new book is The Great American Heart Hoax (BenBella Books, 2008).
Dr. Ozner earned his medical degree from the University of Miami School of Medicine and pursued a Cardiology Fellowship from Stanford University/Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in California.
A board-certified cardiologist, Dr. Ozner is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and of the American Heart Association. He is medical director of Wellness and Prevention at Baptist Health South Florida, one of the leading health care facilities in America, and medical director of the Cardiovascular Prevention Institute of South Florida. Dr. Ozner is also past Chairman of the American Heart Association of Miami.
