Fasting Against Heart Disease: How Rhythm Heals What Pills Can'tBy Laing Z. MatthewsYou were never broken. You were just out of rhythm.In a world drowning in pills, procedures, and panic, this book offers something startling: stillness, simplicity-and the radical power of fasting to heal the heart.Heart disease remains the #1 killer worldwide. But what if the cure wasn't found in another drug... but in remembering how to listen to the body's ancient signals?In Fasting Against Heart Disease, author and spiritual health educator Laing Z. Matthews delivers a profound, clarifying, and empowering guide for those ready to take their health into their own hands. Drawing on the latest science, ancestral wisdom, and real-world reversals, this book doesn't just explain the root causes of heart disease-it gives you a map to reverse them.You'll discover: ✅ Why fasting is the most powerful anti-inflammatory the pharmaceutical industry won't mention✅ How short and extended fasts rapidly lower blood pressure, triglycerides, CRP, and insulin✅ The four types of fat (and why visceral fat is the silent killer)✅ Why "normal labs" can still mean danger, and how to read the right markers✅ Why the real risk isn't cholesterol-it's blood clotting, inflammation, and insulin resistance✅ How to start with gentle intermittent fasting and progress to healing 3-5 day resets✅ The connection between emotional rhythm, heart coherence, and spiritual renewal✅ The hidden dangers of sugar, seed oils, and chronic eating✅ How to taper off medications safely with clinical support✅ Four-week protocols, fasting calendar, breathwork, and meditative tools for healing✅ Real-life case studies of reversal-without surgery or statinsFrom widows reclaiming their breath, to hypertensives firing their cardiologists, to executives shedding panic and palpitations through breath and space-these pages chronicle living proof that the human body is designed to heal when returned to harmony.This is not a diet book. It is a resonant call to remember your body's intelligence-to trust in emptiness, space, and the spiritual clarity that fasting offers. Whether you are confronting heart disease directly, caring for a loved one, or simply want to live in a clean rhythm before the symptoms arise-this book is your invitation to take your pulse back from the machine."The heart doesn't just move blood. It sets the tone of life. When it is no longer clogged or pressured, neither are you."What's inside: 12 transformative chapters blending science, simplicity, and spiritAppendices on lab markers, medication tapering, fasting calendars, and breath techniquesReal voices from the healing path-stories of reversal, renewal, and releaseGlossary, references, and resources for ongoing supportA bridge between ancestral wisdom and modern clinical clarityWhether you're new to fasting or deep in the journey, this book will remind you of something crucial: the body isn't your enemy. The silence isn't empty. And sometimes, not eating is the first act of full healing.