Despite the development of many “breakthrough” drugs designed to combat its effects, heart disease remains the number-one killer of Americans. Is there a simpler solution? The answer is yes. For many years, scientists and medical researchers have known about a common mineral that can effectively prevent or remedy many cardiovascular conditions. And unlike the pharmaceuticals usually prescribed, this supplement has no dangerous side effects. In this book, world-renowned cardiologist Dr. Dennis Goodman shines a spotlight on magnesium, the mineral that can maximize your heart health.
The author first establishes a firm foundation for understanding heart disease, detailing its many forms and providing a brief overview of its fundamental mechanisms. Next, he examines the important role magnesium plays in many life processes and explores how a deficiency of this substance can lead to many of our nation’s most common health conditions, including cardiovascular disease. The author then details magnesium’s astounding benefits, not only for heart disease, but for other health problems, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders, osteoporosis, and insomnia. Finally, this knowledge is put to work, as Dr. Goodman offers clear guidelines on how to select and use magnesium supplements to greatest effect.
Many drugs are designed to relieve the symptoms of heart disease, but none of them eliminates the root cause of the problem. In Magnificent Magnesium, you will discover how a simple all-natural mineral can improve the function of your heart and help you regain control of your health.
About the Author
Dr. Dennis Goodman, a heart-health expert, cardiologist and Director of Integrative Medicine at New York Medical Associates in Manhattan, specializes in prevention, early detection and treatment of cardiovascular disease with an integrative approach.
Dr. Goodman is passionate about educating his patients, media and medical community about caring for the most important organ in the body — the heart — based on his extensive research, analysis and scientific study currently serving as Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine of the Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology of NYU School of Medicine.
A former Chairman of Cardiology at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California, Dr. Goodman has a knack for simplifying complex internal functions and strategies to achieve optimal health, and therefore, has presented extensively his findings as a guest speaker or author of numerous scientific studies.
Dr. Goodman has been named one of the “Top Doctors in America,” “Top Cardiologists of America,” “Top Doctors in New York,” by the New York Times, and “Best Doctors” by New York Magazine and “America’s Top Doctors” by Castle Connolly from 2011-2013. Dr. Goodman also hosted “Doctor Radio” for XM Sirius and entertained several television and radio interviews seeking his expertise including FOX, ABC’s Good Morning America, WPIX, CBS and NBC.
Currently Dr. Goodman treats patients through the New York Medical Associates (NYMA). NYMA physicians are active teaching faculty members of the NYU School of Medicine, have published and contributed to their areas of expertise in peer review journals, and have been recognized for their achievements in both publications and professional societies.
BACKGROUND
Dr. Goodman graduated Cum Laude and with distinction from the University of Cape Town Medical School in Cape Town, South Africa in 1979. He did internship at Grootte Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa (where the first heart transplant was performed by Professor Christian Barnard in 1969). He completed his Internal Medicine residency and was Chief Medical Resident at Montefiore Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He did his cardiology fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine (associated with Dr. Michael DeBakey) in Houston Texas. He is Board Certified in internal medicine, cardiology, interventional cardiology, critical care, clinical lipidology, holistic (integrative) medicine and Cardiac CT imaging.
In 1988 Dr. Goodman joined Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California. While at Scripps, Dr. Goodman’s titles included Chief of Cardiology and Medical Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation Program. He spent 18 months at the renowned Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine in La Jolla, California.
Dr. Goodman also formulated a natural cardiovascular supplement to help treat cholesterol problems, and has recently authored “Magnificent Magnesium: Your Essential Key to a Healthy Heart and More” a new book by Square One Publishers, available in January, 2014 (ISBN 978-0-7570-0391-2).
“Magnificent Magnesium by Dennis Goodman, MD should be read by everyone who is concerned about the issues of health. That would include both the lay public and healthcare professionals. There are several ways I use to determine if a writer, of healthcare information, has done a good job with the material being presented: first, has the writer been able to translate difficult medical and scientific constructs so that it digestible? This means can one understand, on a basic level, what’s being said; can a reader who may not have an advanced education learn from what is written? Second, is the material scientifically sound and presents up to date knowledge that is confirmed in the literature? Third, and probably the most important, can the reader use the information to improve the quality of their lives, and hopefully, at cost and permanently? Fourth, is there something that, I as a physician, can extract as new and usable information? After reading Dr. Goodman’s book the answer to all the above questions is a resounding, yes!
The book is easy reading and will educate you as you go through it. It addresses many issues that healthcare providers who practice the new medicine called Functional Medicine believe and do. Functional Medicine is medicine that looks for the root causation of illness and does not just treat the manifestations of a disease but addresses why the disease/condition is there in the first place. It also attempts to reduce the use of pharmaceuticals/medications as much as possible. Exchanging medications for what the body is natural lacking or requiring that allows it to function better physiologically.
After I read the book my wife started reading it. She asked me, are we taking magnesium? I said no. We both looked at each other and said we’ll start today. Good work Dr. Goodman and thanks.”
―Richard W. Walker Jr., MD
