33 Books like The Great Cholesterol Con

The Clot Thickens

by Malcolm Kendrick • 2021

Cholesterol doesn't clog arteries. Blood clots do, triggered by stress, sugar, and pollution.

4.65

658

🫀 Cardiovascular Health 🔍 Cholesterol Skeptics 🧪 Medical Myths 😰 Chronic Stress 🔬 Metabolic Health

The Clot Thickens 98%

Cholesterol doesn't clog arteries. Blood clots do, triggered by stress, sugar, and pollution.

by Malcolm Kendrick 2021

4.65

658 ratings

🫀 Cardiovascular Health 🔍 Cholesterol Skeptics 🧪 Medical Myths 😰 Chronic Stress 🔬 Metabolic Health

A Statin Nation

by Malcolm Kendrick • 2019

Cholesterol isn't the killer. Statins add days, not decades. The drug trials were rigged.

4.61

282

🩺 Medical Skepticism 🫀 Cholesterol Controversy 💊 Pharma Criticism 🥩 Dietary Fat Defense ☀️ Vitamin D Deficiency

A Statin Nation 98%

Cholesterol isn't the killer. Statins add days, not decades. The drug trials were rigged.

by Malcolm Kendrick 2019

4.61

282 ratings

🩺 Medical Skepticism 🫀 Cholesterol Controversy 💊 Pharma Criticism 🥩 Dietary Fat Defense ☀️ Vitamin D Deficiency

The Cholesterol Myths

by Uffe Ravnskov • 2000

The cholesterol-heart disease theory was built on cherry-picked data. A doctor dismantles it.

4.29

184

🥚 Cholesterol Skepticism 🍽️ Dietary Advice Debate 💊 Pharma Research Bias ⚖️ Statin Risks 🥑 Low-Fat Diet Flaws

The Cholesterol Myths 97%

The cholesterol-heart disease theory was built on cherry-picked data. A doctor dismantles it.

by Uffe Ravnskov 2000

4.29

184 ratings

🥚 Cholesterol Skepticism 🍽️ Dietary Advice Debate 💊 Pharma Research Bias ⚖️ Statin Risks 🥑 Low-Fat Diet Flaws

The Great Cholesterol Myth

by Jonny Bowden • 2012

Cholesterol doesn't drive heart attacks. Inflammation does. What to test, eat, and do instead.

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3k+

🔬 Cholesterol Skepticism 🔥 Inflammation And Diet 🍭 Sugar And Health 🌿 Functional Medicine 💊 Supplement Protocols

The Great Cholesterol Myth 96%

Cholesterol doesn't drive heart attacks. Inflammation does. What to test, eat, and do instead.

by Jonny Bowden 2012

4.33

3k+ ratings

🔬 Cholesterol Skepticism 🔥 Inflammation And Diet 🍭 Sugar And Health 🌿 Functional Medicine 💊 Supplement Protocols

Cholesterol Clarity

by Jimmy Moore • 2013

Cholesterol isn't the enemy; inflammation is. The tests that matter and the diet that works.

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918

🔬 Cholesterol Myths 🥩 Low-Carb Diets ❤️ Heart Disease Prevention 💊 Statin Skepticism 🔥 Chronic Inflammation

Cholesterol Clarity 96%

Cholesterol isn't the enemy; inflammation is. The tests that matter and the diet that works.

by Jimmy Moore 2013

4.14

918 ratings

🔬 Cholesterol Myths 🥩 Low-Carb Diets ❤️ Heart Disease Prevention 💊 Statin Skepticism 🔥 Chronic Inflammation

Rethinking Diabetes

by Gary Taubes • 2024

Diabetes patients were told to eat more carbs. The studies behind that advice lasted only weeks.

4.17

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🏥 Medical History 🍽️ Dietary Paradigms 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🏛️ Medical Dogma 🩺 Metabolic Health

Rethinking Diabetes 95%

Diabetes patients were told to eat more carbs. The studies behind that advice lasted only weeks.

by Gary Taubes 2024

4.17

559 ratings

🏥 Medical History 🍽️ Dietary Paradigms 📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🏛️ Medical Dogma 🩺 Metabolic Health

Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs

by David A. Kessler • 2020

Fast carbs hit your bloodstream before your gut can tell your brain you've eaten.

3.94

367

🏭 Processed Food Critique 🧬 Carbohydrate Metabolism ⚡ Metabolic Health 🩸 Blood Sugar Regulation 🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition

Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs 94%

Fast carbs hit your bloodstream before your gut can tell your brain you've eaten.

by David A. Kessler 2020

3.94

367 ratings

🏭 Processed Food Critique 🧬 Carbohydrate Metabolism ⚡ Metabolic Health 🩸 Blood Sugar Regulation 🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition

Lore of Nutrition

by Noakes Tim • 2018

A tweet about low-carb diets got him prosecuted. The trial put nutrition orthodoxy on the stand.

4.33

165

🥩 Low-Carb Diets 🩸 Insulin Resistance 🧈 Cholesterol Skepticism 🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition 🏭 Industry Influence

Lore of Nutrition 94%

A tweet about low-carb diets got him prosecuted. The trial put nutrition orthodoxy on the stand.

by Noakes Tim 2018

4.33

165 ratings

🥩 Low-Carb Diets 🩸 Insulin Resistance 🧈 Cholesterol Skepticism 🧬 Evolutionary Nutrition 🏭 Industry Influence

Lies I Taught in Medical School

by Robert Lufkin • 2024

A professor who taught standard medical advice almost died from it. His metabolic rescue plan.

3.92

2k+

🧬 Metabolic Health 🍰 Insulin Resistance 🥑 Ketogenic Diet ⏳ Intermittent Fasting 🧈 Cholesterol Myth

Lies I Taught in Medical School 94%

A professor who taught standard medical advice almost died from it. His metabolic rescue plan.

by Robert Lufkin 2024

3.92

2k+ ratings

🧬 Metabolic Health 🍰 Insulin Resistance 🥑 Ketogenic Diet ⏳ Intermittent Fasting 🧈 Cholesterol Myth

Eat Fat, Get Thin

by Mark Hyman • 2016

Stop blaming butter. Fix your metabolism with the one macronutrient our ancestors never feared.

3.91

3k+

🩸 Metabolic Health 🥩 Low-Carb Diets 🥑 Dietary Fats 🫀 Cholesterol Myths 🏭 Food Politics

Eat Fat, Get Thin 94%

Stop blaming butter. Fix your metabolism with the one macronutrient our ancestors never feared.

by Mark Hyman 2016

3.91

3k+ ratings

🩸 Metabolic Health 🥩 Low-Carb Diets 🥑 Dietary Fats 🫀 Cholesterol Myths 🏭 Food Politics

Outliving Heart Disease

by Richard Stein • 2008

Heart attacks don't announce themselves. Ten rules for knowing your real risk before it's too late.

4.00

🩺 Preventive Cardiology 🥗 Lifestyle Medicine 💪 Patient Advocacy 🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine 📊 Risk Assessment

Outliving Heart Disease 94%

Heart attacks don't announce themselves. Ten rules for knowing your real risk before it's too late.

by Richard Stein 2008

4.00

1 ratings

🩺 Preventive Cardiology 🥗 Lifestyle Medicine 💪 Patient Advocacy 🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine 📊 Risk Assessment

The Wellness Trap

by Christy Harrison • 2023

Supplements aren't regulated. Popular diagnoses aren't real. Wellness culture has a science problem.

3.76

2k+

💸 Wellness Critique 🍽️ Diet Culture 🦠 Health Misinformation 💊 Alternative Medicine 🔬 Scientific Literacy

The Wellness Trap 94%

Supplements aren't regulated. Popular diagnoses aren't real. Wellness culture has a science problem.

by Christy Harrison 2023

3.76

2k+ ratings

💸 Wellness Critique 🍽️ Diet Culture 🦠 Health Misinformation 💊 Alternative Medicine 🔬 Scientific Literacy

Crooked

by Forrest Maready • 2018

Metals in vaccines may be damaging nerves from birth. The evidence is in our faces.

4.38

178

🌿 Alternative Medicine 📜 Medical History 💉 Vaccine Skepticism ☠️ Environmental Toxins 🦠 Stealth Infections

Crooked 94%

Metals in vaccines may be damaging nerves from birth. The evidence is in our faces.

by Forrest Maready 2018

4.38

178 ratings

🌿 Alternative Medicine 📜 Medical History 💉 Vaccine Skepticism ☠️ Environmental Toxins 🦠 Stealth Infections

Whole

by T. Colin Campbell • 2013

Nutrition science reduced food to nutrients and missed the whole. The real medicine was buried.

3.90

7k+

🧬 Nutritional Science 🥦 Plant-Based Eating 🩺 Disease Reversal 🧠 Systems Thinking 🏥 Health Care Critique

Whole 94%

Nutrition science reduced food to nutrients and missed the whole. The real medicine was buried.

by T. Colin Campbell 2013

3.90

7k+ ratings

🧬 Nutritional Science 🥦 Plant-Based Eating 🩺 Disease Reversal 🧠 Systems Thinking 🏥 Health Care Critique

The Obesity Paradox

by Carl J. Lavie • 2014

Thin and unfit is riskier than overweight and active. A cardiologist's case against the scale.

3.69

177

🩸 Metabolic Health ⚖️ Weight Science 🏃 Fitness Over Fatness 🍬 Blood Sugar Regulation 🧬 Fat Science

The Obesity Paradox 94%

Thin and unfit is riskier than overweight and active. A cardiologist's case against the scale.

by Carl J. Lavie 2014

3.69

177 ratings

🩸 Metabolic Health ⚖️ Weight Science 🏃 Fitness Over Fatness 🍬 Blood Sugar Regulation 🧬 Fat Science

Lies My Doctor Told Me

by Harmony Clearwater Grace • 2015

Osteoporosis drugs may weaken bones, and calcium pills can harden your arteries instead.

4.29

168

🦴 Bone Health 💊 Pharma Critique 🩺 Functional Medicine 📰 Medical Misinformation 🏥 Patient Advocacy

Lies My Doctor Told Me 94%

Osteoporosis drugs may weaken bones, and calcium pills can harden your arteries instead.

by Harmony Clearwater Grace 2015

4.29

168 ratings

🦴 Bone Health 💊 Pharma Critique 🩺 Functional Medicine 📰 Medical Misinformation 🏥 Patient Advocacy

Lies My Doctor Told Me

by Ken D. Berry • 2017

Your doctor's advice on fat, dairy, and exercise is wrong. The research that fixes it.

4.39

3k+

❓ Medical Myths 🗣️ Patient Empowerment 🥩 Low-Carb Nutrition ⚖️ Hormone Health ☀️ Vitamin D

Lies My Doctor Told Me 94%

Your doctor's advice on fat, dairy, and exercise is wrong. The research that fixes it.

by Ken D. Berry 2017

4.39

3k+ ratings

❓ Medical Myths 🗣️ Patient Empowerment 🥩 Low-Carb Nutrition ⚖️ Hormone Health ☀️ Vitamin D

Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease

by Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr. • 2007

The cholesterol number that stops heart attacks, and the diet that gets you there.

4.39

4k+

🫀 Heart Disease Reversal 📉 Cholesterol Lowering 🩺 Lifestyle Medicine 🌱 Whole Food Plant-Based 🚫 Dietary Elimination

Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Summary

Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease 94%

The cholesterol number that stops heart attacks, and the diet that gets you there.

by Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr. 2007

4.39

4k+ ratings

🫀 Heart Disease Reversal 📉 Cholesterol Lowering 🩺 Lifestyle Medicine 🌱 Whole Food Plant-Based 🚫 Dietary Elimination

The Primal Prescription

by Doug McGuff • 2015

Government, not the free market, broke US health care. The way out is deregulation and dinner.

4.24

131

📊 Healthcare Economics 🦴 Ancestral Health 💊 Drug Regulation 🗽 Libertarian Economics 🧑‍⚕️ Healthcare Consumers

The Primal Prescription 94%

Government, not the free market, broke US health care. The way out is deregulation and dinner.

by Doug McGuff 2015

4.24

131 ratings

📊 Healthcare Economics 🦴 Ancestral Health 💊 Drug Regulation 🗽 Libertarian Economics 🧑‍⚕️ Healthcare Consumers

Food Rules

by Catherine Shanahan • 2010

What if vegetable oils, not butter, drive heart disease? A doctor rewrites healthy eating rules.

4.18

422

🥩 Ancestral Eating 🛢️ Vegetable Oil Critique ❤️ Cholesterol Myth 🍬 Sugar Addiction 💊 Food As Medicine

Food Rules 93%

What if vegetable oils, not butter, drive heart disease? A doctor rewrites healthy eating rules.

by Catherine Shanahan 2010

4.18

422 ratings

🥩 Ancestral Eating 🛢️ Vegetable Oil Critique ❤️ Cholesterol Myth 🍬 Sugar Addiction 💊 Food As Medicine

Sugar Nation

by Jeff O'Connell • 2011

After a prediabetes diagnosis, one journalist found a reversal protocol his doctor never mentioned.

3.55

822

🫀 Metabolic Health 🥩 Low-Carb Diets 💉 Insulin Resistance 🩸 Blood Sugar Regulation 🏃 Exercise And Health

Sugar Nation 93%

After a prediabetes diagnosis, one journalist found a reversal protocol his doctor never mentioned.

by Jeff O'Connell 2011

3.55

822 ratings

🫀 Metabolic Health 🥩 Low-Carb Diets 💉 Insulin Resistance 🩸 Blood Sugar Regulation 🏃 Exercise And Health

Thinking Outside the Pill Box

by Ty Vincent MD • 2012

Escape the prescription treadmill: a doctor's guide to nutrition, detox, and hormonal repair.

3.71

🩺 Integrative Medicine 🏥 Healthcare System Critique 🥗 Nutritional Healing ☠️ Environmental Toxins ⚖️ Hormonal Balance

Thinking Outside the Pill Box 93%

Escape the prescription treadmill: a doctor's guide to nutrition, detox, and hormonal repair.

by Ty Vincent MD 2012

3.71

7 ratings

🩺 Integrative Medicine 🏥 Healthcare System Critique 🥗 Nutritional Healing ☠️ Environmental Toxins ⚖️ Hormonal Balance

Niacin

by Abram Hoffer • 2011

The vitamin that outperforms statins, antipsychotics, and addiction meds, hidden in plain sight.

4.48

318

💊 Vitamin Therapy 🧬 Orthomolecular Medicine ⚡ Vitamin Megadosing 🧠 Nutritional Psychiatry 💰 Pharmaceutical Bias

Niacin 93%

The vitamin that outperforms statins, antipsychotics, and addiction meds, hidden in plain sight.

by Abram Hoffer 2011

4.48

318 ratings

💊 Vitamin Therapy 🧬 Orthomolecular Medicine ⚡ Vitamin Megadosing 🧠 Nutritional Psychiatry 💰 Pharmaceutical Bias

You

by Michael F. Roizen • 2009

Learn your body's systems and the daily choices that control the majority of your lifespan.

3.65

5k+

🩺 Preventive Medicine 🫀 Human Anatomy ⏳ Longevity Science 🥗 Lifestyle Medicine 🍎 Nutritional Medicine

You 93%

Learn your body's systems and the daily choices that control the majority of your lifespan.

by Michael F. Roizen 2009

3.65

5k+ ratings

🩺 Preventive Medicine 🫀 Human Anatomy ⏳ Longevity Science 🥗 Lifestyle Medicine 🍎 Nutritional Medicine

Ending Medical Reversal

by Vinayak K. Prasad • 2015

Why standard medical treatments from stents to hormone therapy keep getting overturned.

4.36

407

📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🧪 Clinical Trials 🔍 Overdiagnosis 💊 Pharma Influence 🩺 Patient Empowerment

Ending Medical Reversal 93%

Why standard medical treatments from stents to hormone therapy keep getting overturned.

by Vinayak K. Prasad 2015

4.36

407 ratings

📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🧪 Clinical Trials 🔍 Overdiagnosis 💊 Pharma Influence 🩺 Patient Empowerment

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

by Robert M. Sapolsky • 1993

Zebra stress lasts minutes. Yours lasts years. The biology of why that makes you sick.

4.17

17k+

😰 Chronic Stress 🧬 Evolutionary Medicine 🧠 Mind Body Connection 🏘️ Health Inequalities 🧘 Stress Coping

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers 93%

Zebra stress lasts minutes. Yours lasts years. The biology of why that makes you sick.

by Robert M. Sapolsky 1993

4.17

17k+ ratings

😰 Chronic Stress 🧬 Evolutionary Medicine 🧠 Mind Body Connection 🏘️ Health Inequalities 🧘 Stress Coping

Undoctored

by William Davis • 2017

The system profits from your illness. A cardiologist hands you the keys to bypass it.

4.14

1k+

🏃 Ancestral Health 🏥 Healthcare Critique 🌾 Grain-Free Diets 🦠 Gut Microbiome 📉 Low-Carb Diets

Undoctored 93%

The system profits from your illness. A cardiologist hands you the keys to bypass it.

by William Davis 2017

4.14

1k+ ratings

🏃 Ancestral Health 🏥 Healthcare Critique 🌾 Grain-Free Diets 🦠 Gut Microbiome 📉 Low-Carb Diets

The Rabbit Effect

by Kelli Harding M.D. M.P.H • 2019

The greatest health breakthrough isn't a pill or a diet. It's how we treat each other.

4.14

1k+

📊 Social Epidemiology 🤝 Social Connection 😟 Stress Science 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 💕 Compassion Science

The Rabbit Effect 93%

The greatest health breakthrough isn't a pill or a diet. It's how we treat each other.

by Kelli Harding M.D. M.P.H 2019

4.14

1k+ ratings

📊 Social Epidemiology 🤝 Social Connection 😟 Stress Science 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 💕 Compassion Science

Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo

by Ian Harris • 2016

Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.

4.16

196

🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine ⚠️ Medical Overtreatment 💊 Placebo Studies 🧪 Clinical Trial Critique 💰 Conflicts Of Interest

Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo 93%

Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.

by Ian Harris 2016

4.16

196 ratings

🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine ⚠️ Medical Overtreatment 💊 Placebo Studies 🧪 Clinical Trial Critique 💰 Conflicts Of Interest

The Big Fat Surprise

by Nina Teicholz • 2014

Butter was framed. The science was rigged, and the foods that replaced it made everything worse.

4.28

7k+

🔬 Nutrition Science 🥩 Dietary Fat Debate 📜 Nutrition History 🏛️ Nutrition Policy 🏭 Processed Food

The Big Fat Surprise 93%

Butter was framed. The science was rigged, and the foods that replaced it made everything worse.

by Nina Teicholz 2014

4.28

7k+ ratings

🔬 Nutrition Science 🥩 Dietary Fat Debate 📜 Nutrition History 🏛️ Nutrition Policy 🏭 Processed Food

Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy

by Walter C. Willett • 2001

Forget the food pyramid you know. Harvard's nutrition guide: whole foods, good fats, plants first.

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2k+

🧪 Nutrition Science 🛡️ Preventive Health 📊 Evidence-Based Eating 🥬 Plant-Based Eating 🌾 Whole Foods

Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy 93%

Forget the food pyramid you know. Harvard's nutrition guide: whole foods, good fats, plants first.

by Walter C. Willett 2001

4.11

2k+ ratings

🧪 Nutrition Science 🛡️ Preventive Health 📊 Evidence-Based Eating 🥬 Plant-Based Eating 🌾 Whole Foods

Drop Acid

by David Perlmutter MD • 2022

A metabolic waste product you have never tested for drives obesity, diabetes, and dementia.

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1k+

🫀 Metabolic Health 🍬 Fructose Dangers 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🧠 Brain Health 💊 Supplement Protocols

Drop Acid 93%

A metabolic waste product you have never tested for drives obesity, diabetes, and dementia.

by David Perlmutter MD 2022

4.01

1k+ ratings

🫀 Metabolic Health 🍬 Fructose Dangers 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🧠 Brain Health 💊 Supplement Protocols

The Sinatra Solution

by Stephen T. Sinatra • 2005

Your heart fails when it runs out of cellular fuel. The fix isn't statins.

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171

🫀 Cardiology ⚡ Metabolic Health 🧬 Mitochondrial Function 💊 Supplement Protocols 🔬 Orthomolecular Medicine

The Sinatra Solution 93%

Your heart fails when it runs out of cellular fuel. The fix isn't statins.

by Stephen T. Sinatra 2005

4.39

171 ratings

🫀 Cardiology ⚡ Metabolic Health 🧬 Mitochondrial Function 💊 Supplement Protocols 🔬 Orthomolecular Medicine

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