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effort was in the Bronx"
His book uses a well-organized
approach to explain the urgency of pre-
r. Joel Kahn's new book, The
venting and overcoming heart disease,
Holistic Heart Book, is a timely but also describes the relevant informa-
reminder of the steps each of
tion so individuals can make informed
us can take to maintain a healthy
decisions about the future of their
heart at a time when heart
heart health.
disease is the primary cause
Holistic Heart (Readers Digest)
of death for both men and
is not a bland compilation of
4f. , information from other books
women in the United States.
Kahn of West Bloomfield
and newsletters on heart disease,
serves as a clinical professor
but a well-balanced theory that
of medicine at Wayne State
readers can use as a guide
University School of
about how to prevent
Medicine in Detroit
heart disease using
and is director
common resources
of cardiac well-
— such as arugula
ness at Michigan
and walking shoes
Healthcare
— rather than com-
Professionals in
mitting to drugs or
Dr. Joel Kahn
Southfield.
surgery.
On the holistic
The book is easy
side, he recently completed a one-year
to read, but it is not simplistic. The
program at the University of South
content is organized so that the fun-
Florida and is now certified as an inte-
damentals of a topic are explained at
grative cardiologist.
the beginning of a chapter, followed by
"I was the first doctor to complete the more discussion of research and debate.
course in 2012" Kahn said. "Today, I'm
The chapters are written in order of
a faculty member at the Medical School
importance so that by the time readers
of USF and part of a medical consor-
get to the end of Chapter 4, "Score Your
tium that demonstrates the benefits
Heart" for example, they have enough
of alternative treatment as a scientific
information to assess how high or low
model for treating heart
their risk is for having a heart attack.
When the information
disease"
is more medical
Kahn practices what
he preaches.
and technical, Kahn
"My wife, Karen, and
often provides read-
I became vegans by
ers with a visual
choice back in 1981"
image to improve
understanding of
Kahn said. "We never
imposed our eating
a health issue. For
instance, in the chap-
style on our children,
but today two of
ter "Your Nutrition Rx"
them are also veg-
Kahn compares "a taxi
carrying you through
ans. The third eats
a lot of vegetables.
a busy downtown area,
delivering you to your
All of us are
organic eaters.
destination"
as a picture
JOELpK. KAHN,
"I work out
of how tiny packages of fat
'''' ,*^es Nur Z,Z,Zt MD
converted from high-fat
five to seven
foods float through your
days a week for 35-40 min-
utes, practice two different types of
blood until they find a home,
yoga, meditate daily and take many
usually inside a fat cell.
supplements:'
A preventive cardiologist, Kahn's goal
One of Kahn's more recent accom-
is to ensure that readers do not end
plishments was establishing, with Dr.
up as patients in a cardiologist's office.
Ruth Lerman, a faith-based health
Without sounding pedantic or arrogant,
program called I:Chaim at Adat Shalom
Kahn helps readers understand specific
Synagogue in Farmington Hills.
issues that impact heart health, meld-
"We've held two so far, and now I'm
ing the results of recent research with
helping synagogues across the country
descriptions of people who successfully
develop their own program. My latest
manage their heart health.
D
lecture, Rabbi David lngber
said, "Thank you for challenging
us to love all God's creatures."
During Gary's 2012 Israeli tour,
he exposed the obvious: "Jews
were sent to the concentration
camps in the same extermina-
tion trucks that still send ani-
mals to slaughterhouses."
Sadly, as Isaac Bashevis Singer
once proclaimed, "Human
beings see oppression vividly
when they're the victims. Other-
wise they victimize blindly and
without a thought." It's time to
open up your circle of compas-
sion and let the animals in. It
will be the greatest Mitzvah of ,
your life!
El
Ruthan Brodsky
I Contributing Writer
This is the most powerful, infor-
motive and passionate speech
ever conducted about ethical
veganism. After watching the
Gary Yourofsky
in Giv'atayim, Israel, 2012
Local preventive cardiologist's new book
can help you control your heart health.
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