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The Paleo Cardiologist: The Natural Way to Heart Health
A drug-free program for cardiac fitness.
Do you take drugs for cholesterol or high blood pressure? Are you looking to avoid a heart attack or stroke? The Paleo Cardiologist is about finding the cause of heart problems, instead of the typical Band-Aid fixes of conventional medicine. The truth is that heart disease can be prevented naturally and cardiologist Dr. Jack Wolfson will show you how.
You can trust Dr. Wolfson. For sixteen years he worked as a hospital cardiologist performing coronary angiograms and pacemakers. After meeting his chiropractor wife, Dr. Wolfson now runs a very successful holistic cardiology office.
Inside The Paleo Cardiologist, you will
1) Paleo Nutrition is the food plan for health
2) The importance of cholesterol to every cell in the body
3) How to avoid pharmaceuticals and skip the dangerous procedures
4) Why stress is bad for your heart and how to relax
5) How to get rid of the chemicals and heavy metals
6) Sleep is critical for heart health and how to get more Z's
7) The Top 20 supplements for heart health
8) The Top 20 blood tests you need
Get informed. Get empowered. Read The Paleo Cardiologist, the natural way to heart health.
Do you take drugs for cholesterol or high blood pressure? Are you looking to avoid a heart attack or stroke? The Paleo Cardiologist is about finding the cause of heart problems, instead of the typical Band-Aid fixes of conventional medicine. The truth is that heart disease can be prevented naturally and cardiologist Dr. Jack Wolfson will show you how.
You can trust Dr. Wolfson. For sixteen years he worked as a hospital cardiologist performing coronary angiograms and pacemakers. After meeting his chiropractor wife, Dr. Wolfson now runs a very successful holistic cardiology office.
Inside The Paleo Cardiologist, you will
1) Paleo Nutrition is the food plan for health
2) The importance of cholesterol to every cell in the body
3) How to avoid pharmaceuticals and skip the dangerous procedures
4) Why stress is bad for your heart and how to relax
5) How to get rid of the chemicals and heavy metals
6) Sleep is critical for heart health and how to get more Z's
7) The Top 20 supplements for heart health
8) The Top 20 blood tests you need
Get informed. Get empowered. Read The Paleo Cardiologist, the natural way to heart health.
262 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 2, 2015
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December 3, 2017
I've been living Paleo for about 6 months and I was very disappointed in this one. I didn't even finish it because it was annoying me so much. I've been doing quite a bit of research lately on the Paleo lifestyle and was excited to read a book written by a doctor hoping to see this way of life through a different set of eyes. While I found much of what I read very informative, I was very disappointed about how much of the book talked more about the harms of chemicals, pollution, and other toxic things in our environment rather than how to fully adapt to the Paleo diet. I was hoping for information on the nutrition aspect of it, and instead I felt like this book lectured more on how we all live in a toxic world. As much as I agreed with several of his points on the high levels of toxicity in various parts of our environment, I have no idea what to do with that information. The way this book was written it almost seems like the only solution from his point of view is to move away to the middle of nowhere in the mountains and go completely off the grid. We need to avoid electronics, plastic, any form of medication, grow our own food, butcher our own meat, and walk/bike everywhere we go. It's just not practical or realistic. Once he started going off on vaccines, that's when he truly lost me. I'm no fan of big Pharma, but too many have gotten sick because of the big vaccine debate. If you want a book on learning and living this lifestyle, keep looking.
June 30, 2015
Great book! There was a lot of information delivered in a way that anyone could understand. He combined it well with all the supplements and testing also in case you need a more medical perspective on various conditions. People today are so blinded as to what they are doing to themselves on a daily basis that send them down a path of disease, whether cardiovascular, Diabetes etc... People are now dying of self inflicted diseases, all preventable... Great book for everyone!
June 23, 2015
This book is terrible. Getting the flu is beneficial? People rarely die from Ebola in Africa? There are a lot of lies in this book, including the irritating trope that "chemicals are never safe". He rails against the horrors of chemicals throughout the entirety of this book, telling you to avoid them. Good luck with that, seeing that everything is made from chemicals. You know, like water. It is irritating to see someone with a medical degree write such stupid things.
Regular followers of the author will be disappointed it's basically a copy/paste job from his blog with nothing new in it. The cell-phone in the bra thing, the anecdotal stories he presents as "case studies", all the hysterical ranting about conspiracy theories — it's all in there. It's what I expect from a man who freaks out about chemtrails on social media.
Save your money and your sanity. This guy is a snake-oil salesman peddling dangerous woo and quack therapies. The whole "paleo" lifestyle is just a marketing gimmick designed to get people to buy the products he sells on his website. Stay away from this doctor who says you should be afraid of dryer sheets, but getting the flu is totes okay.
Regular followers of the author will be disappointed it's basically a copy/paste job from his blog with nothing new in it. The cell-phone in the bra thing, the anecdotal stories he presents as "case studies", all the hysterical ranting about conspiracy theories — it's all in there. It's what I expect from a man who freaks out about chemtrails on social media.
Save your money and your sanity. This guy is a snake-oil salesman peddling dangerous woo and quack therapies. The whole "paleo" lifestyle is just a marketing gimmick designed to get people to buy the products he sells on his website. Stay away from this doctor who says you should be afraid of dryer sheets, but getting the flu is totes okay.
April 15, 2017
This was an excellent book explaining what lab tests your cardiologist puts you thru and their value. Also supplements that are great for your heart. Great book for those learning about nutrition and also nutritionists.
January 22, 2018
Some really good information found in the midst of some rather conspiratorial/paranoid ideas. Overall, pretty good read.
April 16, 2021
The book “The Paleo Cardiologist” by Dr. Jack Wolfson is interesting and thought-provoking. I recommend it.
In chapter 3, “Let’s Eat Paleo,” he discusses the “Paleo” approach to eating.
Four key points:
1. The various “Paleo” diets emphasize eating foods that would have been available to humans before the Agricultural Revolution which occurred about 10,000 years ago.
2. Paleo humans ate meat, fowl, seafood, eggs, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and fruits.
3. Grain, sugar, gluten, and dairy were minimal parts of the Paleo human diet.
4. Natural, local, and unprocessed foods, “whole” foods, free-range, grass fed, and wild foods are healthier.
In chapter 3, “Let’s Eat Paleo,” he discusses the “Paleo” approach to eating.
Four key points:
1. The various “Paleo” diets emphasize eating foods that would have been available to humans before the Agricultural Revolution which occurred about 10,000 years ago.
2. Paleo humans ate meat, fowl, seafood, eggs, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and fruits.
3. Grain, sugar, gluten, and dairy were minimal parts of the Paleo human diet.
4. Natural, local, and unprocessed foods, “whole” foods, free-range, grass fed, and wild foods are healthier.
September 1, 2015
I won this from Goodreads. It is a book about heart health. He says eat more veggies, drink water, have a green drink, do not eat too much or starches or soda pop. Keep your stress and anxiety down. Have good in person relationships. Get good sleep. Exercise. Drink black or green tea. Also I knew about smoke and second hand smoke but there is also third hand smoke. That is when the smoke and chemicals cling on every surface of the house. Very bad.
February 27, 2025
I read this book as a referral for the weight loss program I'm on. I read about 20% in and lost all trust in the guy. His cardio science might be ok, I don't know. He is anti-medicine, anti-vax, and hates hospitals. I'm not the right demographic for this for sure.
3 pet peeves he hit:
1. Use of the word chemicals. "avoid chemicals" he says. As a doctor, he know we are made of chemicals and everything we eat, drink, breathe, touch, taste and smell are made of chemicals. To which they would say "you know what I mean, bad chemicals". What's the dose in xyz? What's the toxic dose for a human? No answer. Water is toxic at the right dose. Formaldehyde is toxic at much lower doses but is found in pears and in our bodies and we're just fine. Yes, we can ingest a small amount of something toxic at the right dose (Botox, anyone?). You can't avoid chemicals and he offers no explanation.
2. Anti-vax. Not even going there.
3. Raw milk. "if you must drink milk, do it raw." You will never convince me to drink raw milk. Pasteurization is for a reason. The chance of E.coli might be small but I'm not risking dangers.
Other things
1. Acts like our Paleo ancestors has it all figured out and were healthy. But they died at age 20-30.
2. pg 65 "Mother Nature wouldn't try to hurt us, would she?" Absolutely Mother Nature would try to kill us. There are several plants (oleander, deadly nightshade, castor bean, foxglove to start) that are toxic and animals with toxicity and poison (snakes, spiders, scorpions) that would gladly kill an adult, as well as aggressive predators and deadly acts of nature. That line and the insistence that natural is good is called the Appeal to nature fallacy. Not everything in nature is good and not everything synthetic is bad.
3. pg 79 This one also killed me and made me loose trust. "Every animal eats meat and/or insects." ChatGPT and I had a little chat and cows, deer, elephants, kolas, parrots, pigeons, finches, iguanas, green sea turtles, manta rays, baleen whales, certain bats, are among over 20 animals that don't eat meat or insects. Such a simple mistake made Dr Wolfson loose credibility.
I hated this book but kept skimming to see what other nonsense was presented. Not much about the diet, much about environment and heavy metals and of course selling his supplements. I wrote more but don't need to copy. Do not recommend.
3 pet peeves he hit:
1. Use of the word chemicals. "avoid chemicals" he says. As a doctor, he know we are made of chemicals and everything we eat, drink, breathe, touch, taste and smell are made of chemicals. To which they would say "you know what I mean, bad chemicals". What's the dose in xyz? What's the toxic dose for a human? No answer. Water is toxic at the right dose. Formaldehyde is toxic at much lower doses but is found in pears and in our bodies and we're just fine. Yes, we can ingest a small amount of something toxic at the right dose (Botox, anyone?). You can't avoid chemicals and he offers no explanation.
2. Anti-vax. Not even going there.
3. Raw milk. "if you must drink milk, do it raw." You will never convince me to drink raw milk. Pasteurization is for a reason. The chance of E.coli might be small but I'm not risking dangers.
Other things
1. Acts like our Paleo ancestors has it all figured out and were healthy. But they died at age 20-30.
2. pg 65 "Mother Nature wouldn't try to hurt us, would she?" Absolutely Mother Nature would try to kill us. There are several plants (oleander, deadly nightshade, castor bean, foxglove to start) that are toxic and animals with toxicity and poison (snakes, spiders, scorpions) that would gladly kill an adult, as well as aggressive predators and deadly acts of nature. That line and the insistence that natural is good is called the Appeal to nature fallacy. Not everything in nature is good and not everything synthetic is bad.
3. pg 79 This one also killed me and made me loose trust. "Every animal eats meat and/or insects." ChatGPT and I had a little chat and cows, deer, elephants, kolas, parrots, pigeons, finches, iguanas, green sea turtles, manta rays, baleen whales, certain bats, are among over 20 animals that don't eat meat or insects. Such a simple mistake made Dr Wolfson loose credibility.
I hated this book but kept skimming to see what other nonsense was presented. Not much about the diet, much about environment and heavy metals and of course selling his supplements. I wrote more but don't need to copy. Do not recommend.
May 3, 2025
A lot of good information on a healthy life style.
February 10, 2021
Some good info but the doc wants us to basically live off the grid to avoid everything in modern society because it’s all detrimental to our health. Oh and go outside naked with our family for vitamin d. And buy 20 different supplements that conveniently are sold on his web site. I got tired of the book about half way through. Everything that’s going to hurt my health got exhausting.
June 24, 2015
Over 300 references in this book. Tons of information told in an easy to read way. So many health books get very technical. Wolfson weaves in personal stories and case histories. Buy this immediately to save your heart.
June 28, 2016
4-star info, 3-star delivery/tone...overall good info presented with some (understandable) rants and a few hystrionics about "modern" living. Much truth, good guidelines, and if you don't like the tone, don't forget to keep from throwing the baby out with the bathwater!
November 6, 2015
I received this book as a Goodreads first-reads, and did not like it because of all the misinformation in it.
December 22, 2016
This book would be 5 stars if there was not so much evolution. Having said that, the info in this book is FANTASTIC! A must-read!
January 29, 2023
One word- Unrealistic and (ok, 2words) Dangerous
January 24, 2022
I really wanted to like this book more. The book started off good, it talked about cholesterol, Paleo, the importance of reducing sugar. But as the book progressed it just started to become a loose collection of ideas with questionable citations, incorrect assumptions, twisting statistics to fit a narrative, or even recommending poor medical advice in fields the author is not versed in. One example, he made a recommendation in his dentistry chapter that you should have your root canal teeth removed since it poisoning you and it’s “only a cosmetic issue” that won’t really affect your “chewing.” Total lack of understanding of the physiology of the mouth or also why someone needed to get a root canal in the first place. Earlier on in the book, he makes a broad statement that never in the history of world has a vegan society existed, every culture has eaten meat and seafood. He fails to account for the Indian subcontinent that has lived on a vegetarian diet for hundreds, if not thousands of years. He later then realizes a couple of pages later that he forgot about the Indian diet and proceeds to say it’s because if the vegetarianism that they have the highest race of cardiovascular disease in the world. When in reality the Indian subcontinent genetically have the narrowest coronary arteries of any demographic (meaning it takes a lot less for a full blockage). In all he has some legitimate points, especially as it pertains to nutrition and even the role of big Pharma pushing meds, but I would read this book with caution (and a huge grain of salt) especially as it starts to branch away from paleo.
March 11, 2025
This book had a lot of good information in it. As someone who prefers natural remedies to medication, I thought this provided a lot of good points and ways to move forward with a more healthy lifestyle.
As you can tell from the Title, the author would like to convince you to go Paleo but also talks about reducing toxins we put in the body. Did I mention he's an MD and in cardiology? He discusses steps to make changes, tests you can request be done to try to find the cause of issues and vitamins/supplements to add to your diet as well as foods and how they affect you as well as how different drinks effect you.
My one qualm with this book was that the author talks about a lot of scientific stuff (which i studied science in college so I love) but in trying to make it easily understandable for all, I felt like he over simplified.
Regardless, I do recommend this read if you have any interest in Paleo or just a healthier lifestyle.
As you can tell from the Title, the author would like to convince you to go Paleo but also talks about reducing toxins we put in the body. Did I mention he's an MD and in cardiology? He discusses steps to make changes, tests you can request be done to try to find the cause of issues and vitamins/supplements to add to your diet as well as foods and how they affect you as well as how different drinks effect you.
My one qualm with this book was that the author talks about a lot of scientific stuff (which i studied science in college so I love) but in trying to make it easily understandable for all, I felt like he over simplified.
Regardless, I do recommend this read if you have any interest in Paleo or just a healthier lifestyle.
August 21, 2021
This is an interesting book with a lot of ideas to consider and some practical things I’m going to try. One of the things I like about it is that it is more hopeful when talking about living with heart disease, and it offers strategies besides popping more pills that have more side effects. I will update this review when I’ve had time to put some of these things into practice since there’s no way to judge there effectiveness so quickly.
December 30, 2017
A kick in the head to “traditional medicine”
A wake up call to start a natural health journey. If we do what everyone else does then we get what everyone gets. Look around, are we sicker or healthier now than we were 10 yrs ago? Whomever takes the least drugs wins the health race not the opposite.
A wake up call to start a natural health journey. If we do what everyone else does then we get what everyone gets. Look around, are we sicker or healthier now than we were 10 yrs ago? Whomever takes the least drugs wins the health race not the opposite.
March 23, 2020
Very well written. easy to understand and even funny. it was a great read and Dr, Wolfson provides great information, and everyday threats right under our noses that we never considered. It is interesting how something so simple can effect us so much. When I was reading this book, sometimes I had to stop and just process the information. It is astonishing yet it makes complete sense.
February 16, 2022
I’m convinced
Wow, he embodies all that I have wanted to find in a doctor. I have repeatedly asked my doctor “what is causing this problem?” and they reply are you in pain and here is a pill for that!!! I am going to make a concerted effort to find a holistic or naturopathic doctor and dentist as well.
Wow, he embodies all that I have wanted to find in a doctor. I have repeatedly asked my doctor “what is causing this problem?” and they reply are you in pain and here is a pill for that!!! I am going to make a concerted effort to find a holistic or naturopathic doctor and dentist as well.
July 10, 2018
very informative. Practical advice as well as advice for the more advanced "crunchy" individual. I started off reading a library copy and bought my own so I can choose some things to implement and go back and read about what I want to work on next.
May 31, 2020
This book goes beyond a Paleo diet, to environmental harms etc. I appreciate that the author is a doctor with a holistic approach, and he's willing to admit the harm in many medications while offering up solutions.
April 30, 2021
Really good read!
This book shed a lot of things to light. Some things I agree with some I don’t. What I do I agree with is that health starts with what you put into your body and how you take care of it.
This book shed a lot of things to light. Some things I agree with some I don’t. What I do I agree with is that health starts with what you put into your body and how you take care of it.
October 7, 2024
Must read
A lot of good information in this book by a Cardiologist. I read extensively about diet and supplements because I want to get off some of my prescriptions eventually. Learned a lot! Definitely worth your time reading
A lot of good information in this book by a Cardiologist. I read extensively about diet and supplements because I want to get off some of my prescriptions eventually. Learned a lot! Definitely worth your time reading
November 24, 2017
Excellent information
Will read again to digest all the information in this book! Very informative and easy to comprehend. Well worth the read.
Will read again to digest all the information in this book! Very informative and easy to comprehend. Well worth the read.
August 2, 2018
Great book! Wish I'd read this years ago!
August 27, 2018
Good refresher on the Paleo diet and relevant to me with heart issues in our family. The end dragged on a bit and I am just not going to commit to all of the supplement recommendations.
November 20, 2018
Very good! Little wordy and boring at parts for non medical folks, but all the end of chapter tips compensated for it. Really informative book!
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