Joel Fuhrman - Eat To Live

146 Joel Fuhrman, M.D.

An American Has an Avoidable Heart Attack Every 30 Seconds

Heart disease is the number one killer in the United States, account-

ing for more than 40 percent of all deaths. Each year approximately

1.5 million Americans suffer a heart attack or myocardial infarction

(MI); nearly 500,000 of them die as a result.^2 Most of these deaths

occur soon after the onset of symptoms and well before victims are

admitted to a hospital.

Every single one of those heart attacks is a terrible tragedy, as it

could have been avoided. So many people die needlessly because of

wrong, weak, and practically worthless information from the gov-

ernment, physicians, dietitians, and even health authorities like the

American Heart Association. Conventional guidelines are simply in-

sufficient to offer real protection for those wanting to protect them-

selves from heart disease.

If you are an American over the age of forty, your chance of hav-

ing atherosclerosis (hardening) of your blood vessels is over 95 per-

Quick Quiz: Heart Disease

1. Percentage of children between the ages of four and eleven who already
   have signs of heart disease?^3
   A. None
   B. 10 percent
   C. 40 percent
   D. More than 75 percent


2. Percentage of female heart attack victims who never knew they had
   heart disease and then die as a result of their first heart attack?'
   A. None
   B. 10 percent
   C. 25 percent
   D. More than 75 percent


3. Percentage of heart disease patients who undergo angioplasty and then
   have their treated arteries clog right back up again within six months?^5
   A. 5 percent
   B. 10 percent
   C. 30 percent
   D. None of the above

Answers: 1. D 2. C 3.C.