30-Day Heart Tune-Up: A Breakthrough Medical Plan to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease

by Steven Masley, Allan Robertson (Read by)

Overview

Follow this step-by-step program to optimize your cardiovascular health, boost your energy, slim your waistline, and heat up your sex life — all while enjoying sixty delicious recipes!
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Cardiovascular disease is the #1 killer of Americans today. But, the good news is that everyone-regardless of size, genetics, gender, or age-can treat arterial plaque and prevent heart attacks and strokes with this book. The keys to the program are shrinking arterial plaque, improving circulation, and strengthening your heartbeat. The tools in this book include heart-healing foods, exercise that strengthens the heart and arteries, stress management, and a customized heart-friendly supplement plan. The 30-Day Heart Tune-Up program is easy, fast, and could even be called sexy. Dr. Masley devotes a chapter to showing how improving heart health enhances sex drive and function in both men and women.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781549109881
Publisher:	Hachette Book Group
Publication date:	03/23/2021
Product dimensions:	0.00(w) x 0.00(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Steven Masley, MD is a Fellow with the American Heart Association, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and with the American College of Nutrition. He has devoted his medical career to the study of heart disease and aging, and has published significant research on these subjects in leading medical journals.

Currently he is the president of the Masley Optimal Health Center in St. Petersburg, Florida, and has a clinical appointment with the University of South Florida.

He is also an instructor of Lasting Leadership with Eckerd College, and has taught at the Center for Leadership with Sykes College of Business at the University of Tampa.

Table of Contents

Foreword Douglas D. Schocken, MD vii

My Promise xi

Part I Getting to the Heart of the Matter

Chapter 1 The 30-Day Heart Tune-Up Breakthrough 3

Chapter 2 Truth and Myths about Cardiovascular Risk Factors 25

Chapter 3 How Young Is Your Heart? 50

Part II The 30-Day Heart Tune-Up 75

Chapter 4 Eat Right for Your Heart 81

Chapter 5 Take Your Heart for a Spin 120

Chapter 6 De-stress Your Heart 169

Chapter 7 Tune Up Your Heart with Revitalizing Foods and Supplements 191

Chapter 8 Sexier You 230

Part III The Eating Plan 257

Chapter 9 Getting Started with the 30-Day Food Plan 259

Chapter 10 60 Heart-Healing Recipes 285

Breakfasts 285

Lunches 290

Snacks 296

Dinners 299

Side Dishes 329

Desserts 338

Sauces and Condiments 343

Acknowledgments 347

Appendices 351

I Body Mass Index Chart 353

II Dr. Masley's Recommended Body Fat Percentage Rates 355

III Calcium Requirements 356

IV Fiber Content of Common Foods (in Grams) 360

Helpful Resources 363

Websites 363

Information Tools 363

Food Sources and Links 364

Exercise Tools 364

Recommended Reading and Information Sources 365

Supplement Companies I Use 367

References 369

Index 377

Editorial Reviews

01/20/2014
Who wouldn’t jump at the chance to feel healthier, sexier, trimmer, and mentally sharper in just 30 days? In his latest book, Masley (Ten Years Younger) looks at cardiovascular disease and advises readers on how to turn back the clock by reducing formed arterial plaque and how to prevent plaque buildup. Keys to success are improving diet, exercise, and stress management. With nuts, berries, avocados, and chocolate included in this plan, and over 50 recipes, readers need not worry about being deprived. Adding a phased exercise plan, most of which can be implemented from home and does not require much gear or machinery, is essential. While both diet and exercise will help reduce stress, reducing stress will also increase the benefit of diet and exercise; sleep quality, relaxation routines, and biofeedback resources are explored. Masley promises that by following this plan, readers can “enjoy a heart ten years younger than when started”—a worthy goal for anyone with cardiovascular health concerns. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly

"Take care of your heart and live long and well following Dr. Masley's simple, yet profound, advice. It's a program everyone can follow and I highly recommend it."—Daniel G. Amen, MD, bestselling author of Change Your Brain, Change Your Body


"Dr. Masley's program has the potential to be the "Heart Cure" America desperately needs. Get on this inspiring, breakthrough plan!"—Sara Gottfried, MD, New York Times bestselling author of The Hormone Cure


"Dr Masley's 30-Day Heart Tune-up is a state-of-the-art program for preventing and reversing heart disease. His breakthrough supplement recommendations will help all Americans tune-up not only their hearts, but their energy, their waistline, and their sex lives, too."—JJ Virgin, New York Times bestselling author of The Virgin Diet


"In the spirit of Hippocrates, Dr Masley's empowering 30-Day Heart Tune-Up reveals how specific lifestyle changes rival the pharmaceutical approach to enhancing heart health."—David Perlmutter MD, FACN, ABIHM, author of Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth About Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar , Your Brain's Silent Killers


"Dr. Steven Masley brings his passion and experience to his comprehensive prescription for the prevention of heart disease."—Michelle May MD, author of Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat


"Not only will Dr. Masley's 30-Day Heart Tune-Up program be great for your heart, but it will be terrific for your sex life, too!"—Anna Cabeca, DO, FACOG, creator of the Sexy Younger You Program


"We all know that the food we eat and the exercise we do is vital to our health. Dr Masley's has used his profound knowledge and experience to write an easy to understand practical book. It is Essential reading for any-one wishing to live a heart-healthy life."—Fleur Sack, MD, Former President Florida Academy of Family Physicians


"Dr Masley has made a career around helping patients achieve cardiovascular fitness in ways that are understandable and implementable. While making common sense inroads he also pushes the professional envelope and challenges the healthcare profession to do better. The overall aspects of this book are excellent and on target; eat well, get fit, manage stress."—Bruce Flareau, MD, Former President Florida Academy of Family Physicians, Executive Vice President, BayCare Health System


"Many believe that the preventive and therapeutic aspects of heart disease is as complicated as rocket science. It's not! Dr. Masley has created a simple, easy, strategic plan to enhance cardiovascular healing. This is a very important book for anyone who is vulnerable to heart disease and especially those who have malignant family histories of heart disease. Highly recommended!"—Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.N.Cardiologist and Co-author of The Great Cholesterol Myth

From the Publisher

"Dr Masley has made a career around helping patients achieve cardiovascular fitness in ways that are understandable and implementable. While making common sense inroads he also pushes the professional envelope and challenges the healthcare profession to do better. The overall aspects of this book are excellent and on target; eat well, get fit, manage stress."

Bruce Flareau

"We all know that the food we eat and the exercise we do is vital to our health. Dr Masley's has used his profound knowledge and experience to write an easy to understand practical book. It is Essential reading for any-one wishing to live a heart-healthy life."

Fleur Sack

"Not only will Dr. Masley's 30-Day Heart Tune-Up program be great for your heart, but it will be terrific for your sex life, too!"

Anna Cabeca

"Dr. Steven Masley brings his passion and experience to his comprehensive prescription for the prevention of heart disease."

Michelle May MD

"In the spirit of Hippocrates, Dr Masley's empowering 30-Day Heart Tune-Up reveals how specific lifestyle changes rival the pharmaceutical approach to enhancing heart health."

David Perlmutter MD

"Dr. Masley's program has the potential to be the "Heart Cure" America desperately needs. Get on this inspiring, breakthrough plan!"

Sara Gottfried

"Take care of your heart and live long and well following Dr. Masley's simple, yet profound, advice. It's a program everyone can follow and I highly recommend it."

Daniel G. Amen

"Many believe that the preventive and therapeutic aspects of heart disease is as complicated as rocket science. It's not! Dr. Masley has created a simple, easy, strategic plan to enhance cardiovascular healing. This is a very important book for anyone who is vulnerable to heart disease and especially those who have malignant family histories of heart disease. Highly recommended!"

Stephen T. Sinatra

"Dr Masley's 30-Day Heart Tune-up is a state-of-the-art program for preventing and reversing heart disease. His breakthrough supplement recommendations will help all Americans tune-up not only their hearts, but their energy, their waistline, and their sex lives, too."

JJ Virgin

03/15/2014
Masley (Ten Years Younger), a nutritionist and physician who runs a wellness clinic in Florida, is back with a new plan to help reverse heart disease. His goal is to get people who are taking cholesterol-lowering drugs and still not feeling healthier to make the lifestyle changes that we all know are necessary. His advice is a generally straightforward and positive approach to eating better, reducing stress, and exercising more. Masley recommends evaluating the health of your heart and blood vessels with a carotid intimal medial thickness (IMT) test; if that's not possible, he has suggestions for using a simple fitness step test at home. After the assessment is a four-pronged plan of aerobic exercise and strength training, recommended foods, stress management, and supplements. The book also includes 60 healthy recipes for foods such as quinoa salad and gumbo. VERDICT There's nothing really new here, but an easy-to-read and motivational style makes this a preventative prescription that may go down well with the general public. Recommended for readers interested in improving their health.—Elizabeth A. Williams, St. Matthew's Univ. Sch. of Medicine, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

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