IT STRIKES ONE IN FOUR AMERICANS WITHOUT WARNING...
it triples your risk of dying from a heart attack...it increases your risk of stroke sevenfold...it can lead to kidney disease, diabetes, and blindness...and to fight it, you may be taking expensive-and dangerous-drugs. Now Dr. Julian Whitaker, a leading champion of nutritional medicine and the author of Reversing Diabetes and Reversing Heart Disease, unleashes a new weapon in the war against hypertension. His simple yet dramatically effective plan offers:

• a comprehensive program of diet, exercise, nutritional supplements, and stress management-to replace or cut down your dependence on medication

• Dr. Whitaker's Quick Start Diet-to decrease dangerously high blood pressure fast

• over 30 easy recipes for delicious, low-fat, healthy eating

• custom-tailored exercises, from simple stretching to extensive walking regimens

• tips on how to properly balance your salt intake and drink more water-hypertension's most overlooked remedy

• important information on inexpensive mineral supplements, EDTA chelation and EECP therapies, and much more.

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and of Quality Paperback Book Club®

This physician-designed diet and wellness plan revs up your metabolism, resulting in permanent weight loss and overall improvement in health and well-being. Dr. Whitaker's proven holistic approach focuses on improving your health with weight loss as the inevitable result.

In "Knockout," Suzanne Somers interviews doctors who are successfully using the most innovative cancer treatments--treatments that build up the body rather than tear it down. Somers herself has stared cancer in the face, and a decade later she has conquered her fear and has emerged confident with the path she's chosen.
Now she shares her personal choices and outlines an array of options from doctors across the country:
EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS
-without chemotherapy
-without radiation
-sometimes, even without surgery
INTEGRATIVE PROTOCOLS
-combining standard treatments with therapies that build up the immune system
METHODS FOR MANAGING CANCER
-outlining ways to truly live with the diease
Since prevention is the best course, Somers' experts provide nutrition, lifestyle, and dietary supplementation options to help protect you from getting the disease in the first place. Whichever path you choose, "Knockout" is a must-have resource to navigate the life-and-death world of cancer and increase your odds of survival. After reading stunning testimonials from inspirational survivors using alternative treatments, you'll be left with a feeling of empowerment and something every person who is touched by this disease needs...HOPE.

"From the Hardcover edition."

CONTROL DIABETES NATURALLY—WITHOUT DRUGS!
Since it was first published over a decade ago, REVERSING DIABETES has enabled hundreds of thousands of people with type 2 diabetes to control their condition, naturally and effectively, with diet and exercise. Now thoroughly revised and updated with new material, this classic guide will show you how to reduce, or even eliminate, your dependence on insulin or oral drugs—while losing weight and lowering your cholesterol levels, blood pressure, and risk of heart attack. Easy-to-follow, with a step-by-step program to keep you on course for the rest of your life, REVERSING DIABETES offers:

• An updated, flexible meal plan-includes new information on which types of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats you should be eating

• More than 100 new kitchen-tested recipes-with full nutritional breakdowns

• The latest findings on the dangers of insulin resistance-and how to correct it

• Up-to-the-minute information on the pros and cons of insulin and oral diabetic drugs

• New shopping lists and details on salt and sugar substitutes

• Nutritional supplement suggestions that may reduce the need for drugs and help prevent eye problems and other diabetic complications ...all the lifestyle guidance you need to become as drug-free as you possibly can!

TAKE CHARGE OF TYPE 2 DIABETES WITH...

• A diet designed to improve insulin sensitivity

• The right dietary balance of carbohydrates, protein, and fat

• Exercises that clear the blood of glucose, contribute to weight loss, improve blood flow, and strengthen the heart

• Nutritional supplement suggestions such as fish oil, vitamins, minerals, and herbs

• Additional therapies for diabetic complications including topical ointments, chelation, and hyperbaric oxygen

REVERSING DIABETES
Now completely revised and updated, this bestselling guide will arm you with safer—and equally effective—ways of treating diabetes than the popular drugs that have become first-line therapy. Through a sensible diet, exercise, and specific nutritional supplement suggestions, you can dramatically improve blood sugar control...reduce—if not eliminate—reliance on medication...and decrease your risk of the complications and other diseases associated with diabetes.

AN UPDATE OF THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO CARDIAC CARE-
PACKED WITH NEW WAYS TO CONQUER HEART DISEASE
WITHOUT DRUGS OR BYPASS SURGERY!

Hundreds of thousands of American heart patients have used Dr. Julian Whitaker's bestselling REVERSING HEART DISEASE to successfully deal with cardiac problems naturally. Now, drawing on nearly twenty more years of experience at his Whitaker Wellness Institute, Dr. Whitaker examines modern medicine's latest diagnostic techniques, treatments, and drugs—and offers the newest improvements to his comprehensive cardiac program.

• Discover the truth about angiograms and the ultrafast CT scan-the rarely discussed inaccuracies in readings and why they often steer patients toward unnecessary surgery
• Find out why angioplasty and coronary-artery bypass surgery are overrated and overused-and explore non-invasive procedures that provide an alternative to heart surgery
• Reduce cholesterol and lower blood pressure through diet and exercise with new recipes and exercise tips from the author
• Learn which nutritional supplements, alternative therapies, and preventive strategies can help your heart—and which ones to avoid
• Take advantage of heart-saving techniques for controlling stress, depression, and much more.

REVERSING HEART DISEASE

DISCOVER THE CARDIAC CARE PLAN THAT HAS HELPED THOUSANDS OF HEART-DISEASE SUFFERERS!

Let Dr. Julian Whitaker show you how to reverse heart disease by:

• Following a heart-healthy diet that is low in fat and high in fiber
• Taking nutritional supplements, such as Vitamins E and C and Niacin
• Exercising regularly to condition the heart and improve brain function
• Getting a handle on negative emotions to ease stress and depression
• Using natural hormone therapy to fight heart disease in men and women
• Harnessing intensive therapies such as EECP for advanced disease

DR. JULIAN WHITAKER'S
REVERSING HEART DISEASE

ALSO AVAILABLE FROM WARNER BOOKS

REVERSING DIABETES
Reduce or Even Eliminate Your Dependence
on Insulin or Oral Drugs
by Julian Whitaker, M.D.
Revised and Updated Edition
Insulin and oral hypoglycemic pills, the conventional treatment for diabetes, may, in some cases, be both unnecessary and even dangerous. The good news is that many diabetics can control their condition—naturally and effectively—with diet and exercise. Dr. Julian Whitaker here gives you the comprehensive lifestyle program that has helped thousands of patients. Along with helping you reduce or even eliminate insulin dependency, it can help you lower your weight, cholesterol levels, blood pressure, and risk of heart attack.

REVERSING HYPERTENSION

REVERSING ASTHMA
Breathe Easier with This Revolutionary New Program
by Richard N. Firshein, D.O.
Here is a guide that not only helps relieve the symptoms of asthma but gets to the root of your problem. From a nationally renowned asthma specialist who is also a lifelong asthma sufferer, this acclaimed book gives you the program Dr. Firshein developed for himself and his patients. This groundbreaking new program will help you cut down on wheezing, allergic reactions, and asthma drugs. You'll learn to change your lifestyle and breathe easier—in a way that boosts your vitality and improves your general health.

Dr. Julian Whitaker has helped hundreds of thousands of people control their Type II diabetes naturally and effectively through diet and exercise, through his successful book Reversing Diabetes. Now it's even easier to reduce and even eliminate your dependence on insulin and oral medication with this companion volume. He has created over 200 delicious, kitchen-tested recipes with full nutritional breakdowns. Included are recipes for appetizers, entrees, side dishes, desserts and more!

It strikes one in four Americans without warning. It's the single major underlying cause of heart attacks and strokes. Left untreated, it gradually destroys the heart, blood vessels, and kidneys. To make matters worse, doctors often overmedicate patients with expensive and sometimes dangerous drugs. Now Dr. Julian Whitaker, a champion of nutritional medicine, unleashes a new weapon in the war against hypertension: a simple yet dramatically effective plan to help you make the right healthy choices to beat "the silent killer."

Reversing Hypertension

In this complete guide to reducing hypertension for life, Dr. Whitaker will show you what causes blood pressure to rise and how to bring it down to normal levels. He'll explain how the commonly prescribed drugs lower blood pressure, and why they can be hazardous if taken for many years. Most important, he shows you how to prevent or even reverse hypertension by addressing its root causes with: