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Akil Taher, MD

Author, Heart-Healthy Speaker, Resurgent Physician, Mountaineer, Marathoner, Century Bike Rider, Septuagenarian Athlete, and Whole-Food Plant-Based Diet Proponent.

Author, Heart-Healthy Speaker, Resurgent Physician, Mountaineer, Marathoner, Century Bike Rider, Septuagenarian Athlete, and Whole-Food Plant-Based Diet Proponent.

Akil Taher, MD, is a practicing physician in Gadsden, Alabama, USA. Dr. Taher is an eternal optimist, explorer, and adventurer, who in 2010, at the age of sixty-one, dramatically altered the conventional script adopted by most bypass surgery patients by undertaking a mountaineering trek to Mount Kailash in Tibet. This was a year after his open-heart surgery. In October 2011, he ran his first full marathon, the Chicago Marathon; and in September 2012, he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world. Dr. Taher then expanded the canvas of his age-defying adventures bRead More...

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OPEN HEART

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Angioplasty at fifty-six, open-heart surgery at sixty-one, running his first half marathon less than a year later. This is the remarkable and inspiring story of Dr. Akil Taher, who transformed from a middle-aged couch potato with a dangerously bad diet into a vital, energetic athlete, ever seeking new challenges and adventures.

In this book, Dr. Taher relates the journey of his transformation—how even as a physician who knew better, he led a

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Akil Taher, MD, is a practicing physician in Gadsden, Alabama, USA. Dr. Taher is an eternal optimist, explorer, and adventurer, who in 2010, at the age of sixty-one, dramatically altered the conventional script adopted by most bypass surgery patients by undertaking a mountaineering trek to Mount Kailash in Tibet. This was a year after his open-heart surgery.
 In October 2011, he ran his first full marathon, the Chicago Marathon; and in September 2012, he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world. Dr. Taher then expanded the canvas of his age-defying adventures by pursuing physically challenging activities on land, sea, and air, including a century bike ride (a 100-mile cycling event). 
 Over the last decade, he has overcome acute and chronic medical ailments by transforming his mind, body, and spirit through the adoption of a plant-based diet, practice of yoga and meditation, regular exercise, and developing a positive and purpose-driven mindset.
 Dr. Taher is also a speaker focused on spreading the message of a heart-healthy lifestyle. OPEN HEART is his first book, and it chronicles his exploits since his heart surgery. 
 Dr. Taher was raised in Mumbai, India, and trained in family medicine at the Flower Hospital in Sylvania, Ohio, USA. He is happily married and has two children and an adorable grandson. 
 You can visit him at www.akiltaher.com or write to him at akil.taher48@gmail.com.

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OPEN HEART

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