The New 8-Week Cholesterol Cure: How to Lower Your Cholesterol by up to 40 Percent Without Drugs or ―Lower Your Cholesterol and Fight Heart Disease with This Proven Natural Program

by Robert E. Kowalski

Robert Kowalski's personal story is legendary. By the age of forty-one, he had suffered a heart attack and had undergone two coronary bypass surgeries. A traditional dietary approach to lowering his cholesterol failed dismally, and faced with the unpleasant alternative of a lifetime on medication, he created a program that proved astonishingly effective for him -- and legions of others worldwide who use it. Today Kowalski has beaten heart disease, lives an unlimited and vigorous lifestyle, and uses no prescription drugs. Now, with new information about risk factors, exercise, and supplements, The New 8-Week Cholesterol Cure is even more powerful in fighting heart disease. It The facts about homocysteine and the deadly cholesterol Lp(a) A diet that jump starts cholesterol reduction The heart-healthy secrets of niacin, other B vitamins, and safe supplements The latest findings on exercise New cholesterol-testing methods New heart-healthy products…and more!

Genres: Health, Nonfiction, Cookbooks

448 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Cheree Moore · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book gave me some good information about how to go about lowering my high cholesterol. I started the niacin treatment, but unfortunately found that I suffer rashes from it and have since discontinued. I plan to use the other information to hopefully lower my cholesterol.

[Shari · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent resource, thoroughly explains a wide range of options for lowering your cholesterol without reflexively jumping to statin drugs. He explains complex treatment options and physiological processes clearly. His personal motivation to take control of his own health (and his success in doing so) makes every chapter engaging. Reasonable and non-info-mercial-like. The only thing I didn't like was that his only real method for losing weight was low-carb ketosis. No thanks. Still, I learned so much about the impact of my lifestyle and have many more options to discuss with my doctor.

Each line expressing his love of life and his family, as well as his enthusiasm for helping people through medical journalism, proved bittersweet since Mr. Kowalski passed away of a pulmonary embolism only 5 years after publishing this book. Sometimes you just can't beat your own genetics. Still a great book.

[Don Gillette · Rating 2 out of 5]

My doctor had me read this because he thought I was going to have high cholesterol. I didn't, thankfully, because there's no way I'd do what this book tells you to do unless I thought I was going to die.

[Nick Jones · Rating 2 out of 5]

A friend gave this to me. Blah blah, less carbs, more exercise. Keto-something-or-other.

[Holly · Rating 2 out of 5]

In summary, take niacin supplements to control your cholesterol. Otherwise, the rest of the book is standard advice on making heart healthy diet choices and exercising.

[VJK · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a pretty good book. Similar to "South Beach" except I liked this one better.

[Gerald Kinro · Rating 1 out of 5]

“My Liver Hates My Guts,” is the title of a country western tune and reflects my opinion of this book’s cholesterol-lowering program. A big part of Kowalski’s cure, in addition to diet, is mega dosing on niacin in amounts exceeding 100 times more than the minimum daily requirement for adults. To his credit, he issues caveats that go with this practice. I am not comfortable with it at all, however.

[Carleen · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Ironically, soluble fiber of any kind can have a constipating effect if fluid intake is insufficient." -Robert E. Kowalski

[Connie Doubt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy-to-follow guidelines for anyone wanting to lower their cholesterol without statin drugs.