Heart disease is at epidemic proportions and rising, and this book attempts to find out why - and what we can do about it. His approach - using nutrition alongside conventional medicine - is to avoid the dietary baddies that may contribute to the problem. And Dale has some revolutionary ideas about what those might be. Dale shows how the heart works and gives you the tools you need to help yourself. His approachable, readable style reveals cardiovascular workings clearly. Dale peers inside the modern western kitchen cupboard and shows what should be going into it with a comprehensive list of heart-healthy food. Vitally, he reveals what needs to be thrown out and never replaced - among them some startlingly common foods! Dale shows how easy it can be to incorporate powerful super-nutrients into your diet and what foods and supplements can provide them. Each recipe has a check-list showing the components it contains that are particularly heart-healthy. Start the day with a Salmon and asparagus frittata, dine sumptuously on Black olive and anchovy-stuffed chicken breast with sweet potato mash and finish it all off with Pears poached in spiced red wine. If these seem miles away from a conventional heart-healthy diet, that is because Dale believes much modern-day dietary advice is wrong. Learn his secrets for yourself and eat your way to better heart health.

In this best-selling cookbook, TV's nutrition expert Dale Pinnock presents his unique and inspiring approach to healthy cooking. With 80 simple, tasty recipes, Dale shows how easy it can be to use food to benefit your health and complement conventional treatment. Alongside the recipes there is a glossary of key ingredients and the nutritional benefits they can bring, as well as advice on how food can make a real difference to more than thirty ailments and nine key bodily systems. Dale's delicious dishes, such as his date and walnut Energy Bombs and Pineapple Zing Smoothie, really can help give a boost to all of your body's systems and improve energy levels. Try the filling Tuna Steaks with Sweet Potato Wedges and Spring Greens packed full of Omega 3 which reduces inflammation caused by arthritis and even helps alleviate depression. From the The Famous Flu Fighter soup to Greek Pitta Pizza, and even decadent desserts such as Cheating Chocolate-Orange Delight, every recipe is easy to shop for and quick to prepare. With simple symbols to indicate which conditions each recipe can help, eating your way to good health has never been easier or more delicious.

Are you satisfied with your weight? Do you have enough energy to make it through the day? Do you consider yourself a happy person? All of these things are related, and your energy, mental clarity, mood and, of course, waistline are all directly connected to what you eat. In Eat Your Way to Happiness, you'll learn that a few simple changes to your diet can have amazing results. Discover: – The 12 super foods that pack an added punch for boosting mood and slimming your waistline. – Nutritious foods that have been scientifically shown to tweak brain chemistry so you feel calmer, happier and more energetic—and more likely to stick to your diet. – The amazing studies showing that chocolate and wine can help you live longer—and more happily. – And much more!

Menus and individual recipes include information on calories, carbohydrate, protein, fat, cholesterol, saturated fat, sodium, potassium, calcium, iron, and fiber content. Recipes also include exchange information for use in weight control and diabetes mana gement. Exchange patterns ranging from 1,000 to 3,000 calories; tips for decreasing fat, sodium, and sugar, and for increasing fiber; a medical glossary; and a subject index are provided.

Ranked as the #1 heart hospital in America eleven years running by U.S. News & World Report, Cleveland Clinic is also world-renowned for its life-saving medical breakthroughs, including bypass surgery. The hospital performs more open-heart surgeries and transplants than any other hospital in America. Now, emphasizing prevention, it has teamed with cookbook authors Bonnie Sanders Polin and Frances Towner Giedt to create the most complete and easy-to-follow plan yet for preventing heart disease: Cleveland Clinic Healthy Heart Lifestyle Guide and Cookbook. Polin and Giedt have developed outstanding recipes that taste too good to be good for you (but are), ranging from Cajun Grilled Shrimp with Fresh Pineapple Salsa to Chipotle Chicken and Corn Tamale Pies, All-American Meatloaf, and even New York-Style Cheesecake. The authors also provide a week's worth of menus for each of three caloric plans to take the guesswork out of eating from morning to night. With this guide handy, there’s no irksome hunt for answers to heart-related diet and fitness questions. Just turn the pages to find: • How many eggs can be safely consumed per week • Lists of foods rich in omega-3 oils and tips on avoiding mercury in fish • Ideas for healthy snacks under 200 calories • Strategies for eating out • Why fiber is the key to good nutrition • How to choose the healthiest protein–and the facts on soy • The latest findings on alcohol • How using a pedometer can keep you out of a gym • How to calculate a healthy body weight • How to keep kids fit and cope with finicky eating habits Backed by the reputation of Cleveland Clinic, this all-in-one guide is the easy, enjoyable way for Americans to care for their hearts and live longer, healthier lives.

Coronary heart disease kills more Canadians than any other disease, and eight out of ten Canadians have at least one risk factor for developing it. The good news is that many risks factors for heart disease, such as high blood pressure and obesity, can be prevented or controlled by making heart healthy changes to your diet and lifestyle. In Heart Healthy Foods for Life, leading Canadian nutritionist and registered dietitian Leslie Beck shows us how certain foods can contribute to developing risk factors for heart disease-and, ultimately, heart attack-and how others work to guard against them. This indispensable guide gives you all the tools you need to make smart food choices and explains how easy it is to turn heart healthy foods into delicious everyday meals. This essential book also includes valuable information on: Understanding heart disease and assessing your personal risk Meal plans to lower cholesterol, blood pressure, and prevent heart disease Tips for grocery shopping and dining out Strategies to maintain a healthy weight and increase exercise Over 100 delicious heart healthy recipes with complete nutritional analyses

This book by the National Institutes of Health (Publication 06-4082) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute provides information and effective ways to work with your diet because what you choose to eat affects your chances of developing high blood pressure, or hypertension (the medical term). Recent studies show that blood pressure can be lowered by following the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) eating plan-and by eating less salt, also called sodium. While each step alone lowers blood pressure, the combination of the eating plan and a reduced sodium intake gives the biggest benefit and may help prevent the development of high blood pressure. This book, based on the DASH research findings, tells how to follow the DASH eating plan and reduce the amount of sodium you consume. It offers tips on how to start and stay on the eating plan, as well as a week of menus and some recipes. The menus and recipes are given for two levels of daily sodium consumption-2,300 and 1,500 milligrams per day. Twenty-three hundred milligrams is the highest level considered acceptable by the National High Blood Pressure Education Program. It is also the highest amount recommended for healthy Americans by the 2005 "U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans." The 1,500 milligram level can lower blood pressure further and more recently is the amount recommended by the Institute of Medicine as an adequate intake level and one that most people should try to achieve. The lower your salt intake is, the lower your blood pressure. Studies have found that the DASH menus containing 2,300 milligrams of sodium can lower blood pressure and that an even lower level of sodium, 1,500 milligrams, can further reduce blood pressure. All the menus are lower in sodium than what adults in the United States currently eat-about 4,200 milligrams per day in men and 3,300 milligrams per day in women. Those with high blood pressure and prehypertension may benefit especially from following the DASH eating plan and reducing their sodium intake.