“In Cholesterol Down, nutrition and fitness expert Brill simplified lowering blood cholesterol levels to four weeks and 10 steps. Here, she reduces confusing dietary guidelines typically given to post–heart attack patients to a two-month regime aiming to minimize risk factors (“good” and “bad” cholesterol ratios; blood pressure levels; inflammation; weight; etc.). Brill’s focus is dual: preventing a second heart attack and creating a lifestyle that works in tandem with prescribed medications. Contending that low-fat diets and most supplements are ineffective and programs touted in bestsellers and the media (Pritikin, Ornish) prove too restrictive for many patients, Brill offers a Mediterranean-style diet incorporating liberal daily servings of eight “superfood” groups: healthy fats, vegetables, fruit, legumes, seafood, walnuts and flaxseeds, whole grains, and moderate amounts of red wine. Brill’s primer on plaque, which she states can begin to build up before birth, is alarming, but her confidence in reversing cardiovascular disease will encourage readers to make significant lifestyle changes. To ensure they do so, Brill throws in a bonus superfood: dark chocolate, a treat, she advises, to be consumed daily.”
–PublishersWeekly.com (Feb.)

“This is an important book. Dr. Brill has managed to combine an enormous body of scientific literature which establishes the profound links between heart health and nutrition with a highly practical, motivational, and user-friendly approach.  If every American followed the principles found in this book, we could substantially reduce the burden of heart disease in our country.”

–James M. Rippe, MD, Cardiologist, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, Founder and Director, Rippe Lifestyle Institute

“Dr. Brill provides an engaging and informative book for patients and providers alike. This exceptional book provides easy to read information on nutrition and heart disease, practical approaches to heart healthy living and tools to help patients successfully reduce heart disease risk. I will recommend this book most highly to all my patients.”

–JoAnne M. Foody, MD, FACC, FAHA
Medical Director Cardiovascular Wellness Program
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115

“For the 13 million Americans who have survived a heart attack or are diagnosed with heart disease, this book is a MUST read! In thorough, thoughtful, evidence based, user friendly approach, Dr Brill presents the 8 key foods and lifestyle changes needed to CONQUER heart disease. This book provides the roadmap to successfully navigating the way to a long healthy life after a heart attack”

–Jennifer H Mieres, MD, FACC, FAHA. Cardiologist, North-Shore LIJ Health System, Long Island New York. She is an Emmy Nominee and Co-author of the book Heart Smart for Black Women and Latinas: A Five Week Program for Living a Heart Healthy Lifestyle.

“A superb resource for health professionals and consumers! Dr. Brill covers it all! I will recommend this book wholeheartedly to my patients who wish to stay healthy or lower their cholesterol naturally with healthy foods.”

–Georgia Kostas, MPH, RD, LD
Author, The Cooper Clinic Solution to the Diet Revolution
Nutrition Consultant and Founder and former Nutrition Director at the Cooper Clinic, Dallas, Texas