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

Elaine Magee

mar. de 2010 · Red Wheel/Weiser

Sobre este e-book

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.

Sobre o autor

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.