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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Foreword | |
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| What is Homocysteine? | |
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| The Case for the Heart Revolution Diet | |
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| How It All Began: The Creation of the Homocysteine Theory of Heart Disease | |
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| The Heart of the Theory | |
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| The Cholesterol Myth | |
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| A Numbers Game: Heart Disease on the Decline | |
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| The Evil Twins: Cholesterol and Oxy-Cholesterol | |
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| Proof of the Homocysteine Theory | |
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| An Action Plan: Prevention and Therapy of Heart Disease | |
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| Glossary of Terms | |
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| Why the Low-Cholesterol, Low-Fat Diet Isn't Working | |
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| The Carbohydrate Myth | |
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| Building the Food Pyramid | |
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| Tackling the Food Pyramid | |
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| Heading in the Wrong Direction: The Carbohydrate Catastrophe | |
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| Dangers of Processed Foods | |
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| Good and Bad Fats | |
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| Moving On | |
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| Improving the Diet | |
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| Food Processing | |
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| Where Have All the Vitamins Gone? Why We're Deficient | |
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| We're Getting Sick from Our Food: Food Processing and Deficiency Diseases | |
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| What Happened to the Hunter-Gatherers? | |
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| Flour Power: The Industrial Revolution | |
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| Going, Going, Gone: How Nutrients Are Lost During Food Processing | |
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| Hitting Home: Effects of Food Processing and Cooking on B6, B12, and Folic Acid | |
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| The Innocent Bystanders: Effects of Food Processing on Other Nutrients | |
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| Wait, There's More: Loss of Minerals and Fiber Through Food Processing | |
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| Cutting Out the Processed Foods | |
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| The Heart Revolution Diet | |
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| Getting Fresh: The Importance of Fresh, Whole Foods | |
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| An Optimal Diet for Health | |
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| A Balancing Act: Fat, Carbohydrates, and Protein | |
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| The Bread Basket Syndrome: Eliminating Refined, Processed Carbohydrates | |
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| The Kingdoms: Animal Versus Plant Protein | |
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| Getting Over Our Fear of Fat: Good and Bad Fats | |
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| Eat to Live: How to Eat the Heart Revolution Diet | |
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| Serving It Up: Food Preparation and Cooking Methods | |
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| Junk Food Junkies: Restaurant Food, Fast Food, Snacks | |
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| The Heart Revolution Diet Menu Suggestions | |
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| Eating the Heart Revolution Diet | |
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| Food Fortification and Supplements | |
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| Federal Foodies: Who Decides on Fortification Levels | |
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| The Heart of the Matter: Fortification and Heart Disease | |
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| When Food Fortification Works | |
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| Should I or Shouldn't I? Vitamin Supplements | |
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| Health for Sale: Choosing the Right Supplement | |
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| Suggested Supplements to Control Homocysteine | |
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| Food Additives, Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking, Caffeine, and Hormones | |
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| What's in Our Food? Food Additives and Preservatives | |
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| Synthetic Foods: Olestra and Transfats | |
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| Finding Safe Food: Shopping for Food | |
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| Hello Dolly: Genetic Engineering | |
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| Altered States: Drugs, Homocysteine, and Heart Disease | |
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| The Lowdown on Statin: Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs | |
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| "Legal" Drugs: Alcohol, Smoking, and Caffeine | |
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| Circuit Breakers: Hormones and Homocysteine | |
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| Protective Drugs | |
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| Controlling Contaminants: Practical Tips | |
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| Exercise and Obesity | |
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| Making the Connection: Homocysteine and Exercise | |
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| Why Cavemen Were More Fit Than We Are, and Why That Matters | |
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| How Much Can We Get Away with Doing, or Not Doing | |
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| Getting to Go | |
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| Movers and Shakers: How to Keep Exercising | |
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| Strength in Numbers: The Importance of Strength Training | |
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| The Skinny on Fat: Why We're Obese | |
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| The Cat in the Hat Is Fat: Childhood and Adolescent Obesity | |
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| Getting Fit and Staying That Way | |
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| Aging, Antioxidants, and Heart Disease | |
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| The Free Radical Theory and Thioretinaco Ozonide | |
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| The Scavenger Hunt: Antioxidants and Aging | |
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| Missing Links: Other Antioxidants and Homocysteine | |
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| Precautionary Measures: Avoiding Free Radicals | |
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| Going the Distance: Diet, Aging, and Longevity | |
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| Upping the Ante: The Effects of Minerals and Phytochemicals on Homocysteine | |
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| Beat the Clock: Living Longer and Healthier | |
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| The Future of the Revolution | |
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| A New Outlook | |
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| Homocysteine and the Brain | |
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| Vitamin Deficiencies and the Brain | |
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| Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | |
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| Immunity and Infection | |
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| Autoimmune Diseases | |
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| A Call to Action | |
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| Survival of the Fittest: Evolution and the Heart Revolution | |
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| The Six-Week Plan | |
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| Recipes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |