New Book, “The Great Cholesterol Lie” Unravels Cholesterol Theory of Heart Disease

Written by lsmithers on – 12:31 pm -

Statin medications aren’t solving soaring heart disease rates and internationally renowned thoracic surgeon Dr. Dwight Lundell reveals why - as well as the solution - in the new book, “The Great Cholesterol Lie”.

Miami, FL (PRWEB) March 20, 2009 — With over 25% of the population taking statin medications - and with many being urged to do so preventatively - thoracic surgeon Dr. Dwight Lundell’s new book, “The Great Cholesterol Lie” could not be released at a more important time.

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Most of the surgeries could have been easily prevented had the patients been given the right information about what causes heart disease.
It is maddening that medicine has continued to chase and endorse the cholesterol theory while heart diseased continued to soar during my 25 years performing surgeries. I wanted to see heart disease cured rather than patched. By treating inflammation, the heart will heal.

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Omega-3 and Inflammation

Written by lsmithers on – 11:35 am -

We are all familiar with inflammation from a cut or bruise. We see it with our eyes and feel pain associated in healing. What about inflammation we can neither see nor feel aptly referred to as “the silent killer?”

Inflammation is neither complicated nor mysterious.  It is your body’s protective response to a germ, bacteria or foreign invader threatening your life.  We cannot see the internal process but we see it externally in bruising, swelling and finally healing.  We feel all the stages of a cold or flu until miraculously symptoms abate and we feel well again.  This is inflammation responding as it was intended to protect you. Read more »

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Inflammation and Heart Disease

Written by lsmithers on – 11:12 am -

For the past 7 months, I’ve been on an amazing journey that sadly left little time for this wonderful blog.  My post of last September said I’m off to start another blog, Inflammation Awareness Now omitting what else was going on–a new book. I spent those months writing, The Great Cholesterol Lie, with thoracic surgeon, Dr. Dwight Lundell.

Dr. Lundell wrote and published a previous ground-breaking book, The Cure For Heart Disease, about inflammation and heart disease.  The Great Cholesterol Lie is an adaption in a different format that expands upon the history and tragedy of the cholesterol theory of heart disease.

It seemed to me before we could sink our teeth into the very known scientific fact that inflammation causes heart disease, we had a rather large problem. Read more »

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