The H Factor: The fast new way to dramatically improve your health and add 20 years to your life

I agree with both the reviewers before me.My own succinct comment is that I believe this book is earth shatteringly profound, and true, and I'm acting on it.Less succinctly: there exists enormous differences of onion between 'interested parties' on the subject of nutrition/supplements/drugs; and alas I personally feel it's a pity more PUBLIC money is not put in by honourable people to enable *TRULY* IMPARTIAL research into the whole issue pertaining to the body's astonishing capacity to heal and stave off disease. And furthermore isn't it a pity we (the public) are easily gullible, believing a front page (quite often tabloid) newspaper saying for example 'Organically Grown Food is NO Better for You !'. Ergo- Strategy: "Sling headline mud - never mind about erudite letters to the editor which follow and which few people will even *know were written !* - let alone read".So what IS the Truth about homocysteine ? {I prefer to let people think what they want to think (otherwise it get's too emotive or gives one an unpleasant aftertaste in ones mouth [so to speak] - a bit like debating the existence of God)[by the way on that score, what do you Believe, and what do you Know ? - I contemplate a curious and warm Sensation of 'Something', but am generally open minded on that topic ... ]}.If this book about homocysteine is true, (and I for one am *not yet prepared to believe that it isn't* - [also based on my fairly extensive reading of other book's of this nature and even Darwin [on evolution] and Hubble [the age of planet earth], then when a patentable 'drug' to control homocysteine is discovered (let's ignore for a moment any side effects it might have); then that drug will be marketed *SO* heavily and hailed as such a profound medical breakthrough as to be the 'Atomic bomb' of medicine in the history of mankind's health and longevity in the last 5,000 years. It will certainly put Viagra in the shade. But the politicians won't want most of the populous living another twenty years {think of the strain on the pension system !}. And frankly, what inept action regarding global warming ! (I digress...)As to blood tests etc. I do agree with the first reviewer as to the cost of them [UK £70 each ?] (because you ought to get at least two of them [before and after supplementation, and, from time to time]. In my own case, I'm 'lucky' - I had a stroke and the consultant instructed a homocysteine test [my own doctor cannot order such a test], and my level is 13.1 which is described in Holford's book as being the high end of 'high risk' whereas the consultant regards me in the 'normal' range of 5-15.In terms of what I regard as scientifically rigorous *narrative*, I would he hard pushed to rate this book as more than 8.5 out of 10. But as far as the essence of it its message goes: it deserves 100 out of 10 (and that wasn't a mis-type !).Read this book and follow it if you believe it. You'll be healthier and live longer. I'm certainly not prepared to ignore the book's message.

Homocysteine is the most important thing to lower for heart health. It is the best indicator of how your heart health is doing.This is the second copy I have purchased due to giving one copy to someone to read in the medical profession.The Homocysteine test is not avialable on the UK NHS, and is not done routinely in US. This test is more important then cholesterol testing and keeping your levels of homocysteine in the lower range is easy as it is done with B supplements folic acid and CoQ10 - Ubiquinol being the best form to take - but of course drug companies and doctors will not make money from Supplements as they cannot be patented so no money for big pharma. This book is an eye opener.

This is the best health advice I have read in ages. Homocysteine is at the bottom of so many disease processes today - this has got to be the next big thing after the fat furore. Worried about Alzheimers, heart disease, arthritis, stroke? You have to read this book

I highly recommend everyone read this enlightening book & to put into practice the nutritional recommendations given by the authors, we have a choice, to read books like this & to take control of our health or let others control our health for us, the problem with the latter choice is that health care is a business that is driven by profit not by prevention or cure! The authors web sites are well worth a visit & I would also recommend Dr Mercola at [...]

would recommend this book to everyone, my partner had his homocysteine test done and was over 30, we dont know by how much as he is off their scale! He is currently on the supplements recommended to lower it and hoping that this will reduce or remove his need for rhematoid arthritis drugs and also drugs for high blood pressure. Everyone should read about homocysteine, it may save their life..

"dramatically improve your health"? depends on your starting point but definitely good things to know about in here, worth buying, I knew Bvits were important but zinc and folate were new ones on me

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this is a fantastic and easy to understand book that is very very valuble as it tells you information that the doctors just dont know that could possibly save your life