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The Heart Scan Blog  
A cardiologist offers up honest and open talk and discussion about heart disease including how to prevent and or reverse the condition.
Tags: health, heart disease
Author: William Davis

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Overweight, hungry, diabetic, and fat-free

Dec 15, 2009
Let me tell you about my low-fat experience from 20 years ago. At the time, I was living in Cleveland, Ohio, and served on the faculty at a large metropolitan university-affiliated hospital, supervising fellows-in-training and developing high-tech...

This is your brain on wheat

Dec 9, 2009
Here's just a smattering of the studies performed over the past 30 years on the psychological effects of wheat consumption. Oddly, this never makes the popular press. But wheat underlies schizophrenia, bipolar illness, behavioral outbursts in autism,...

Small LDL: Perfect index of carbohydrate intake

Dec 7, 2009
Measuring the number of small LDL particles is the best index of carbohydrate intake I know of, better than even blood sugar and triglycerides. In other words, increase carbohydrate intake and small LDL particles increase. Decrease carbohydrates and...

Track Your Plaque challenges

Dec 1, 2009
Of all the various factors we correct in the Track Your Plaque program in the name of achieving reversal of coronary plaque, there are two factors that are proving to be our greatest challenges: 1) Genetic small LDL 2) Lipoprotein(a) More and more...

I'll supply the tar if you supply the feathers

Nov 30, 2009
The results of the latest Heart Scan Blog poll are in. DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER PHARMACEUTICAL ADVERTISING HAS: Increased public awareness of medical conditions and their treatment 19 (11%) Has had little overall effect on health and healthcare 29...



John Townsen...
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  Very informative and instructive!
Posted 11/24/09 6:11 PM


David Broadb...
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  After receiving 6 stents 2 years ago, I came across Dr. Davis's Track Your Plaque and with this info I beleive that I have stopped my heart disease progression in its tracks! Great blog for any lay person or Doctor who really wants to stop heart disease.
Posted 9/30/09 1:09 AM


Rick L.
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  Sometimes, Dr Davis comes across as a little bit too opinionated. But maybe a hard-hitting blog is just what we need when it comes to combatting the nutritional-industrial complex. Those wanting a more nuanced view should supplement the blog with the book, Track Your Plaque.
Posted 3/16/09 2:03 PM


Max F.
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  Great up to date information. We need to be informed patients. This website is a good arsenal of information.
Posted 2/11/09 4:02 PM


Diana H.
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  A great source of high-quality information on heart health.
Posted 10/13/08 3:10 AM


Karen C.
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  How refreshing to find a cardiologist who thinks "outside the box"!! Thank you!
Posted 9/26/08 1:09 PM


Alan S.
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  An excellent site which I read daily for Dr Davis' views on diet, medications and other aspects of cardio health. His views on diet are very similar to my own, developed over six years as a type 2 diabetic.
Posted 9/13/08 4:09 PM


John P.
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  Exceptional and right on target... always! Dr. Davis needs a large-scale 'mouthpiece' (Oprah, Dr. Phil are you listening?) to promote his clinically proven work. Using his techniques, I have reduced my lipid profile (via VAP testing) to near-perfect levels and achieved a 4.7 A1C by eliminating wheat entirely from my diet. PS: I had a mild heart attack and diabetes diagnosis in 2002 with blood sugar over 300. It takes a lot of work and discipline, but virtually anyone can reverse their health status through his principals, diet and lifestyle. We need more Dr. D's!
Posted 6/24/08 2:06 AM


mike v.
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  I have been aware of Dr. Davis and his blog for about a year, and have independently come to nutritional conclusions largely similar to his, over a period of about ten years. Why should this carry any weight? Simply because at 72, I recently had a CTA scan reviewed by my cardio as "no detectable plaque". Not exactly clinical proof, but but his philosophy and methods have my whole-hearted support. I would be delighted to see other practicing physicians with a similar qualms about their profession to "come out" and join him. In case someone thinks it relevant, my father died of heart attack at 76. MikeV
Posted 5/1/08 10:05 PM