Healthy Heart Diet Book

By Vijay J Padma

This book explains in an easy, readable style what dietary system you need to follow to keep your heart healthy. It shows how your food and its quantity can help you substantially reduce the risk of a heart attack. The author, who is a trained nutritionist and is deeply interested in clinical nutrition, maintains that selection of appropriate food should not be a concern only of persons afflicted with heart problems. It should be the concern of everyone. Only for those afflicted with a heart problem, the decision is more critical. But she makes it clear at the very outset that the book is no substitute for medical advice. It is intended only to give information.

In today’s world where the pace of life is so incredibly hectic, stress-related heart problems have become common, and people have very little time to devote to their health. The danger becomes apparent suddenly when one day a person comes face to face with a heart problem. Still it is widely accepted that many diseases can be tackled with a commonsense approach to diet and exercise, with minimum medication. In this context, the book can serve an important purpose since it highlights the role of diet management for those who are being treated for or are recovering from a heart disease.

The author points out that with a slight change in the cooking methods and the ingredients, most foods become good for the heart. The book begins with a description of the heart, its structure, its functioning, the circulatory system, the arteries and veins and goes on to the causes and symptoms of heart diseases. Finally, she moves on to the role of food, food that is good for the heart and food that does harm to the heart. The next section gives you tips on how to keep your heart healthy with a variety of food choices in soups, salads vegetables, pulses, fish, poultry, cereals, desserts and beverages. There is a seven-day sample of menus for heart patients. The 125 low-cholesterol, low-fat, low-calorie choices in the book are intended to protect your heart and help you lead a healthy life.

ISBN: 8122203442

Edition: Paperback(Special Indian Edition)

Dimensions: 192pp

Publisher: Orient Paperbacks

Mayo Care on High Blood Pressure

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great book for the average person with high blood pressure
As an RN I have referred many patients to this as well as other books published by the Mayo Clinic. The material is well written, understandable and offers valuable infomation on many topics surrounding high blood pressure, diet, medications, exercise, as well as alternative therapies.

Mayo Care on High Blood Pressure

Of the countless ailments that rack the human machine,
high blood pressure is one of the easiest to prevent
and one of the most responsive to treatment.

Who gets high blood pressure? Should you panic if you or someone you love develops hypertension? How can you help yourself, even if you're in a high-risk group?

High blood pressure is commonly the result of an unhealthy lifestyle, and it can almost always be controlled--without debilitating medications--simply by eating the right foods, taking the proper herb and vitamin supplements, getting the correct types of exercise, and practicing such stress-reducing techniques as meditation, visualization, tai chi, and yoga. This book gives you a firm grip on all these tools. Start using them today to build yourself a healthy, circulation-friendly life.

FEATURING:
- A triple-threat healing program that not only revitalizes your circulation system but also boosts your overall health
- A thirty-day food regimen--ninety full menus for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, plus many recipes for delicious foods to eat as you control hypertension

You will learn:

• The role of medication -- when it's necessary and what types are available
• Insights on prevention
• Latest treatment trends
• 6-step fitness plan
• The latest advice from Mayo Clinic on diet
• Strategies for relieving stress
• Recognizing emergencies
• How to manage medications
• Issues for women, and tips on home monitoring.

Well done introduction
This book is a nice summary of the subject covering the technical background of high blood pressure as well as treatments-including diet and exercise and drug therapy. Although most of us have primary hypertension-caused by hereditary factors, some have secondary hypertension, ie as a symptom of underlying conditions. The book does name the two most common ones: renal artery stenosis (RAS), about 1/100 odds and pheochromocytoma, about 1/1000 odds. Those taking more than three meds to control high blood pressure should be evaluated for these conditions (though some say the odds are so low, the tests are not worth the cost).

Most useful is the obesity table and the relationship that to lose wt, your daily calorie intake should be no more than 10 times your weight in pounds or 22 times your weight in kilograms.

The book includes a well written overview of drug classes and how they are commonly used, which combinations are preferred. Nearly every commercial medication offered has clinical data showing that it saves lives under some circumstances. Those studies tend to encourage combinations of drugs-even more than does avoidance of unacceptable side effects. The drugs list seems current and up to date. But one should not rely on their brief summaries of side effects. Read your package inserts and research them on line to learn what side effects are potentially a problem with the drugs prescribed for you.

The book includes a few recipes and menus, but we seem to get into the same classical paradox. So much is written about healthy diet that its tough to weave a menu that truly sticks to the straight and narrow. We have the usual rabbit food-salads and veggies, served without salt or fat containing sauces blended with minor amounts of fish and chicken. They clearly do not believe in the low carb diet. And heavy fish eaters might want to worry about mercury.

Serious healthy eaters will want a more complete heart healthy cookbook, of which there are several.

This book is a nice introduction to the subject. It should help most patients who want to communicate better with their doctors and especially understand what it is they are trying to tell you. Index. List of resources and their web addresses.

30 - Day Cholesterol Program: A Diet and Exercise Plan for Lowering Your Cholesterol (Paperback)

By Kraus Barbara

Paperback: 124 pages

Language: English