Understanding the Heart

Surprising Insights into the Evolutionary Origins of Heart Disease—and Why It Matters

By: Stephen Hussey

Narrated by: Bob Souer

Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

Heart disease is the number-one killer in the world. Despite ever-advancing medical procedures and more powerful pharmaceutical drugs, the rate of heart disease continues to rise. According to Dr. Stephen Hussey, this is due in part to misunderstandings about how the heart really functions and how to keep it healthy. These misunderstandings result in improper medical approaches and off-target intervention therapies.

As a type 1 diabetic, Dr. Hussey has always known that he was at two to four times greater risk of developing heart disease. As a result, he has dedicated his entire adult life to understanding the heart, to prevent himself from becoming a statistic. And then his worst nightmare came true. Dr. Hussey suffered a “STEMI,” a blockage in the left anterior descending artery of his heart. STEMIs are typically so fatal that they are known as “widowmakers.” Only twelve percent of those who experience them outside of a hospital setting survive. Dr. Hussey was among the lucky twelve percent, but faced a difficult decision during his recovery: follow the standard of care laid out for him by the attending cardiologist or politely decline and apply everything he’d learned about the heart to a recovery protocol that would look massively different than what the doctors were recommending. In Understanding the Heart, Dr. Hussey shares the information that guided him through the highest-stakes decision of his life.

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©2022 Stephen Hussey (P)2022 Chelsea Green

Good Read except…

Very helpful, but connecting this all to “Evolution” was a negative for me. The THEORY of Evolution is a THEORY. Unproven, unprovable, and forever changing. The author could have come to the same conclusions without relying on the supposition the humans evolved from or as meat eaters. (And I am a meat eater.)

Fascinating read!

I found this book to be extremely informative and compelling! I am not a scientist or a medical professional, but this book really encompassed every aspect of heart health that I was hoping for —and did so in a way that was easy to understand so I am able to apply it to my own health.

Outstanding

Informative in the extreme. Written in language credible enough to believe, medically speaking, but also written so that most people can receive and understand its meaning.

Fantastic information.

If you want to think outside the box and actually get yourself healthy. This information is spot on! Dont get left behind with outdated health information. Thanks doc.

Excellent book

Everyone should read this book…very well done..with the research to back it up.

Partly True

This book focuses only on diet which is only one part of heart health, and probably not the primary contributor. Stress, exercise, and medicine are also critical and in that order. Although ignoring much scientific evidence for medical recommendations his diet would work for some people due to the powerful placebo effect.