Kedar N. Prasad, Ph.D., is the chief scientific officer of the Premier Micronutrient Corporation, the former director of the Center for Vitamins and Cancer Research at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and the former president of the International Society of Nutrition and Cancer. The author of Fight Diabetes with Vitamins and Antioxidants and coauthor of Fighting Cancer with Vitamins and Antioxidants, he lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

“Kedar Prasad has put forward an original and logical approach for prevention and improved management of heart disease. His suggested strategy is simple and easy to follow and involves no potentially harmful drugs. I strongly recommend this book.”

• Foreword by Jeffrey L. Boone, M.D. Preface Why Should You Read This Book? 1 What Is Heart Disease? History, Types, and Cost to Society2 Causes of Heart Disease: The Healthy Human Heart and Risk Factors That Threaten It 3 Compounding Factors of Heart Disease: Oxidative Stress and Inflammation 4 The Antioxidant Defense System: History and Actions, Sources, and Properties of Antioxidants 5 The Antioxidant Defense System Further Defined: Properties, Doses, and Risks 6 The Search for Prevention: The Laboratory and Epidemiologic Studies 7 The Search for Prevention Further Defined: The Intervention Studies 8 Clinical Studies to Date: A Flawed Methodology 9 Heart Disease Prevention and Management: Multi-micronutrients, Diet, and LifestyleRecommendations Afterword The Road Ahead Appendix Values of Recommended Dietary Allowances(RDA)/Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) Abbreviations and Terminologies Bibliography About the Author Index

Kedar N. Prasad, Ph.D., is the chief scientific officer of the Premier Micronutrient Corporation, the former director of the Center for Vitamins and Cancer Research at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and the former president of the International Society of Nutrition and Cancer. The author of Fight Diabetes with Vitamins and Antioxidants and coauthor of Fighting Cancer with Vitamins and Antioxidants, he lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

“Kedar Prasad has put forward an original and logical approach for prevention and improved management of heart disease. His suggested strategy is simple and easy to follow and involves no potentially harmful drugs. I strongly recommend this book.”

• Foreword by Jeffrey L. Boone, M.D. Preface Why Should You Read This Book? 1 What Is Heart Disease? History, Types, and Cost to Society2 Causes of Heart Disease: The Healthy Human Heart and Risk Factors That Threaten It 3 Compounding Factors of Heart Disease: Oxidative Stress and Inflammation 4 The Antioxidant Defense System: History and Actions, Sources, and Properties of Antioxidants 5 The Antioxidant Defense System Further Defined: Properties, Doses, and Risks 6 The Search for Prevention: The Laboratory and Epidemiologic Studies 7 The Search for Prevention Further Defined: The Intervention Studies 8 Clinical Studies to Date: A Flawed Methodology 9 Heart Disease Prevention and Management: Multi-micronutrients, Diet, and LifestyleRecommendations Afterword The Road Ahead Appendix Values of Recommended Dietary Allowances(RDA)/Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) Abbreviations and Terminologies Bibliography About the Author Index

Kedar N. Prasad, Ph.D., is the chief scientific officer of the Premier Micronutrient Corporation, the former director of the Center for Vitamins and Cancer Research at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and the former president of the International Society of Nutrition and Cancer. The author of Fight Diabetes with Vitamins and Antioxidants and coauthor of Fighting Cancer with Vitamins and Antioxidants, he lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

“Kedar Prasad has put forward an original and logical approach for prevention and improved management of heart disease. His suggested strategy is simple and easy to follow and involves no potentially harmful drugs. I strongly recommend this book.”

• Foreword by Jeffrey L. Boone, M.D. Preface Why Should You Read This Book? 1 What Is Heart Disease? History, Types, and Cost to Society2 Causes of Heart Disease: The Healthy Human Heart and Risk Factors That Threaten It 3 Compounding Factors of Heart Disease: Oxidative Stress and Inflammation 4 The Antioxidant Defense System: History and Actions, Sources, and Properties of Antioxidants 5 The Antioxidant Defense System Further Defined: Properties, Doses, and Risks 6 The Search for Prevention: The Laboratory and Epidemiologic Studies 7 The Search for Prevention Further Defined: The Intervention Studies 8 Clinical Studies to Date: A Flawed Methodology 9 Heart Disease Prevention and Management: Multi-micronutrients, Diet, and LifestyleRecommendations Afterword The Road Ahead Appendix Values of Recommended Dietary Allowances(RDA)/Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) Abbreviations and Terminologies Bibliography About the Author Index