Cardiac Cuisine: A Guide to Healthy Eating

by Gail Underbakke

Overview

Cardiac Cuisine is a how-to for healthier eating: sample weight-loss and weight-maintenance menus are supplemented by clear explanations of nutritional facts and of the nutrition information on packaged foods. Cooking methods designed to reduce the amount of fats and salts in our diet are explained. The book includes about seventy recipes, developed in accordance with the American Heart Assocation's diet plan. Simple but delicious snacks, soups, salads, main dishes, and desserts will give yo a head start on developing new eating patterns that will keep you healthy and diminish the risk of heart disease.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780299970642
Publisher:	University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date:	05/15/1988
Edition description:	1
Pages:	124
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Gail Underbakke is a dietitian in the Preventive Cardiology Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Medical School. She has counseled patients in cardiac rehabilitation clinics for over eight years and for the past five years she has taught heart-healthy cooking classes.