Robert Kowalski's battle against heart disease began at the age of 41, after a heart attack and two coronary bypass surgeries, as a fight to save his own life. Today he is virtually free of heart disease and leads a totally unlimited lifestyle, without the use of prescription drugs. Trained as a medical journalist, he has written award-winning television public service announcements, patient-education materials used in hospitals and medical centers across the country, as well as for a wide variety of publications aimed at both the public and health professions.

• Kowalski came to national prominence in 1987 with the publication of his New York Times best-selling book on the list for a record-breaking 115 weeks, The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure.
• He has also written a companion cookbook dealing with heart health and children, a guide to recovery from heart attack and bypass, a diet book, and one showing how diabetes can be prevented.
• His current book, The New 8-Week Cholesterol Cure, a complete rewrite of the original, providing the most up-to-date information on heart disease prevention was published in 2002 and revised in 2005.