Understanding the Heart

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

By: Stephen Hussey

Narrated by: Bob Souer

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.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2022 Stephen Hussey (P)2022 Chelsea Green

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.

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.)

The Truth About Heart Health - FINALLY!

Great information about the true functions of the heart and up to date accurate science on nutrition when it comes to health! I learned a lot!

great information

This book has woken me up to a few thoughts I had about our bodies.

Heart Health for All

What a comprehensive book on heart health and heart healthy requirements that most lay people can understand, so that we can ask pertinent questions to our Primary doctor and our Cardiologist.

we are ultimately our own advocate. Passing on this information to friends and family can have a snowball affect on True Health for every person alive.