Unplugged: How a Heart Attack at 52 Woke Me Up to the Lie of Cholesterol and Statins, and How I Took My Life Back Without a Single Pill by Mark Kaplan

If your doctor has prescribed a statin, told you your cholesterol is too high, or you have felt like a different person since starting cholesterol-lowering medication — this book was written for you. 92 million Americans and hundreds of millions more worldwide are on statins. Heart disease is still the number one killer on the planet. Something is not adding up. This is the book that explains why I WAS THE FITTEST PERSON IN THE ROOM. AND I WAS DYING. At 52, top-ranked tennis pro Mark Kaplan had a heart attack on the court. He was the picture of health. Or so he thought. In 1989, Arthur Ashe handed him a trophy at the US Open for Division 1 college player of the year. Neither of them knew they shared the same genetic disease. Arthur had a heart attack at 36 on a tennis court. He died at 49. Mark had a heart attack at 52 on a tennis court. He survived. His 16-year-old son carries the same gene. He was tested at 15. Three generations. Same genetics. One book. Doctors told him it was just bad luck and put him on a lifetime of statins and drugs. But Mark knew there had to be a better way. He dug into the science they do not teach in medical school and uncovered the real cause of heart disease, and the truth about cholesterol, statins, and a system built on managing disease, not curing it. Then he did the hard work to heal. This is the story of how he went from a heart attack at 52 to stronger than ever-and how you can too. “ Read more