Tell Me What to Eat If I Suffer from Heart Disease: Nutrition You Can Live With

by Elaine Magee

Overview

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both women and men in the United States whether they are caucasian, African American, Hispanic, or American Indian. In 2005, 652,091 people died of heart disease 27.1% of all U.S. deaths.

There have been hundreds of new discoveries regarding the treatment and prevention of heart disease in the past few years. Tell Me What to Eat If I Suffer From Heart Disease incorporates all of this life-saving information and offers a plethora of practical tips that can stop, slow, or even reverse heart disease.

You'll learn:

• How your waist and neck measurements put you at risk for heart disease and how best to change them.
• The 10 things cardiologists want you to know after you've been diagnosed with heart disease.
• 5 easy ways to dramatically cut your risk of heart failure.
• Specific foods that should be eaten almost every day to help protect your heart and arteries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781601630971
Publisher:	Red Wheel/Weiser
Publication date:	03/03/2010
Series:	Tell Me What to Eat Series
Pages:	191
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Elaine Magee, MPH, RD, is fondly known through her national column and on WebMD.com as "The Recipe Doctor." She is the author of 25 books on nutrition and healthy cooking, including the revolutionary Food Synergy, as well as other best-selling titles in the 'Tell Me What to Eat' series, covering type-2 diabetes, acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome, and other important health issues. She frequently appears on television and radio shows across the country and resides in Northern California with her husband and two teenage daughters.

Table of Contents

Introduction 5

Chapter 1 The Who, What, Where, Why, and How of Heart Disease 9

Chapter 2 Know Your Numbers 33

Chapter 3 10 Steps You Can Take Today to Slow and Possibly Reverse Heart Disease 49

Chapter 4 Heart Smart Versions of Your Favorite Recipes 87

Chapter 5 Take the Heart Smart Supermarket Tour 149

Appendix How Not to Eat Your Heart Out When Eating Out 183

Index 187

About the Author 191