Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program For Reversing Heart Disease – by Dr. Dean Ornish

We’ve previously reviewed Dr. Ornish’s “Undo It!” which is about reversing many kinds of chronic diseases (not all, alas, but quite a few) by undercutting their common etiologies, such as inflammation, insulin resistance, and so forth.

This book is entirely consistent with that one, but the focus here is (as the title says) specifically on reversing heart disease.

Of course, it does not require you to already have heart disease—if you do, well, getting onto this is better sooner than later. If you don’t, and are “merely” in a risk zone, or even just want to be proactive about your heart health, then this book will stand you in good stead.

The book covers all the lifestyle things you’d expect it to (especially diet, but also exercise, and not just “quit smoking” but also how, things like that), and possibly some things you might not expect (chapters on more psychological factors that have a big impact on heart health).

There are recipes (157 pages of them; they are plant-based and good) and there is a 21-day meal plan to get you going.

The style is a little dated (written in the 90s), but the content doesn’t suffer for it, having been updated over the years in any case.

Bottom line: if you want a holistic approach to taking care of your heart that’s not extreme and/but is very effective, then well, you’ve found it.

Click here to check out Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program For Reversing Heart Disease, and reverse heart disease!