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Books Relating to Diet and Nutrition

The following books are recommended by our cardiac physicians, nurses, and other cardiac team members. The books cover a wide variety of topics including prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease.

The American Heart Association Low-Salt Cookbook : A Complete Guide to Reducing Sodium and Fat in Your Diet
by Mary Winston (Contributor)

America's most trusted authority on heart-healthy eating presents its classic low-salt cookbook, revised and expanded with 50 brand-new recipes.

Millions of health-conscious Americans want to reduce their sodium intake, and the American Heart Association offers a delicious way to do just that. Encompassing everything from appetizers and soups to entrées and desserts, the American Heart Association Low-Salt Cookbook, Second Edition, is a wonderful collection of more than 200 scrumptious low-salt — and, of course, low-fat — recipes.

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American Heart Association Meals in Minutes
by The American Heart Association

If homemade meals at your house are being replaced by fat-filled takeout or microwaveables in front of the TV, you'll want American Heart Association Meals in Minutes on your cookbook shelf. More than 200 delicious low-fat, low-cholesterol recipes nourish your appetite for good food while respecting your hectic schedule. Whether you're balancing work and family, putting in overtime at the office, or simply wanting to restore the joys of home cooking to your table, here are terrific dishes you can put together without a lot of fuss and bother-- and in 20 minutes or less.

With everything from appetizers, snacks, soups, salads, and sandwiches to main courses (including plenty of vegetarian options), vegetables, breads, breakfast dishes, and of course desserts, the emphasis is on ease of preparation and great taste.

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Cooking Without a Grain of Salt
by Elma W. Bagg, Susan Bagg Todd, Susan Bagg Todd, Robert Ely Bagg

Putting down the saltshaker is just the first step....
Experts agree that a low-sodium diet can decrease the risk of heart disease, migraines, diabetes, and osteoporosis.

But to significantly reduce the salt in your diet, you must learn how to spot the hidden sodium in frozen foods, canned goods, and popular recipes.

Fully revised and updated using the latest medical research, Cooking Without a Grain of Salt is a nutrition guide and cookbook all in one. It's filled with useful tips on how to limit sodium without sacrificing flavor-- as well as savory recipes that will help you put your healthy, low-salt lifestyle into action.

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American Heart Association Low-Fat, Low Cholesterol Cookbook : Heart-Healthy, Easy-To-Make Recipes That Taste Great
by American Heart Association

Now, eating more healthfully can also mean bringing more taste, fun, and variety into the foods you eat. For nearly a decade, the American Heart Association Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook has helped over 800,000 readers make healthful eating a pleasure as well as a virtue. This new, fully revised edition is a great way to savor the delicious flavor of both old favorites and innovative new recipes.

Inside, you'll find a rich menu of delicious, heart-healthy dishes, from breakfast treats, tasty soups and salads, and enticing main dishes to delicious appetizers and decadent desserts. There are plenty of one-dish and quick-to-make options for cooks on the go, as well as a wide assortment of vegetarian entrees and side dishes.

As with all the other AHA cookbooks, each recipe includes full nutritional information. In addition, you'll learn how to tell the "good" cholesterol from the "bad," how to shop, and how to prepare foods more sensibly.

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The New American Heart Association Cookbook : 25th Anniversary Edition
by American Heart Association

This 25th-anniversary edition of the classic, bestselling cookbook contains 600 heart-healthy recipes, 150 of them brand-new. The book has been updated to reflect the use of nonfat and low-fat ingredients that didn't exist just a few years ago. Recipes include appetizers, snacks, beverages, soups, salads, entrées (seafood, poultry, meat, vegetarian), vegetables, side dishes, sauces, breads, breakfasts, and, of course, desserts. Many are healthier versions of old favorites--such as Eggplant Parmesan, Chicken à la King, Sweet and Sour Pork, Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, Devil's Food Cake, and Chocolate Chip Cookies--with some new entries that reflect modern eating trends, like Portobello Mushroom Wrap with Yogurt Curry Sauce, Pad Thai, Curried Quinoa Salad with Cranberries and Almonds, and Artichoke and Chick-Pea Pilaf. Whether you want a quick meal, a nutritious dinner the whole family will enjoy, or a festive entrée to impress guests, this book has an array of choices.

You'll also read the latest on how what you eat can affect your health. In addition to the AHA's dietary guidelines and recommendations, you'll find discussions about the importance of fiber, folic acid, and eating a variety of foods. Each kitchen-tested recipe is accompanied by a complete nutritional breakdown, including total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, calories, fiber, and more, so it's easy to work any of the recipes into any eating plan. The New American Heart Association Cookbook will be the basic cookbook you'll find yourself reaching for again and again.

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The Connors, a dietitian-physician team, have assembled a book of recipes that are not only low in fat content but also rely almost solely on vegetarian foods. The "new" diet includes foods from many ethnic origins. Only some of the recipes call for fat-free cheese, vegetarian sausage, or similar substitutions. Many employ canned soup bases--the low-fat, low-sodium variety, of course. Each dish has a table of caloric, fat, fiber, and sodium values. Lots of herbs and spices in every recipe help ensure that these low-fat foods lack nothing in flavor.

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American College of Physicians Home Medical Guide:
Coronary Artery Disease
by David R. Goldmann (Editor), David A. Horowitz (Editor)

Pocket-sized guide to coronary artery disease. Covers symptoms, tests, diagnosis, treatments, self-help, and lifestyle. Includes: what cases coronary artery disease and symptoms, prevention, recovering from a heart attack and useful addresses and online sites. Many full-color illustrations. For consumers. Softcover.

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Atrial Fibrillation : My Heart, the Doctors, and Me
by E. A. Butler

An Investigative Report by an Inquisitive Patient

The author felt compelled to write this story after discovering he had paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. He had little previous experience with personal illnesses. Now he found himself dealing with production line medicine. This experience fostered skepticism, doubts, apprehensions and grave concerns. He discovered he was afflicted with one of the most elusive and complex cardiovascular problems that involves the electrical impulse of the heart. This led him to unleash his investigative experience to find out why more hasn't been done to cure the malady.

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The Cleveland Clinic Heart Book : The Definitive Guide for the Entire Family from the Nation's Leading Cardiovascular Center
by Eric J. Topol (Editor), Michael D. Eisner

The Cleveland Clinic Heart Book translates a substantial amount of medical information to a layperson's language and comprehension level. The Cleveland Clinic Heart Book provides a modern view of heart health care for all ages, including invaluable information on numerous diseases and conditions along with their diagnoses; plus current standards of practice as well as up-to-the-minute surgical procedures. Offering a comprehensive, preventive approach, the Cleveland Clinic Heart Book has heart health tips for the entire family, not just the person recovering from heart disease. A comprehensive directory of all recent medications rounds out this full medical reference that offers the most authoritative and current information available on a topic of vital importance to readers of all ages.

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Johns Hopkins Complete Guide to Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease
by Peter O. Kwiterovich

Today, with proper guidance, you can avoid, control, and even reverse cardiovascular disease. This award-winning book shows you how.

Here is all the latest news on what doctors know about heart disease and how you can prevent it--clearly explained by a top-ranking researcher from one of the world's greatest medical institutions. In this book--the 1990 winner of the prestigious Blakeslee Award for Excellence from the American Heart Association--Dr. Kwiterovich gives the most comprehensive and medically accurate information for preventing and reversing heart disease.

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Mayo Clinic Heart Book
by Bernard J., Md. Gersh (Editor), Michael B. Wood

This edition of the Mayo Clinic's guide for general readers explains many new developments in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease. More than 125 Mayo Clinic specialists were called upon to contribute to this comprehensive book, which is divided into five sections: part 1 describes how your heart and circulatory system work; part 2 educates you about the various types of heart disease you can develop; part 3 reviews risk factors; part 4 covers diagnosis--from blood tests to electrocardiograms and cardiac catheterizations; and part 5 looks at the latest and most effective drug, device, and surgical treatments. All of the sections are complemented by detailed, color and black-and-white illustrations and photographs.

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Mayo Clinic on High Blood Pressure
by Sheldon, MD Shep (Editor), Sheldon G. Sheps

The Mayo Clinic promotes lifestyle changes to reduce high blood pressure, helping readers make those changes by providing answers to questions on diet, exercise, and medication.

Text, for the general reader, on living longer and better with high blood pressure. Also includes how to prevent high blood pressure. Includes daily menus, diet, six-step fitness plan, managing medications, issues for women, home monitoring, and more. Halftone illustrations. Softcover.

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Success With Heart Failure : Help and Hope for Those With Congestive Heart Failure
by Marc A., Md. Silver

Now available in a new and updated paperback edition, this book is a great guide for one of America's major health problems, and helps even more of five million Americans who suffer from it. Primer on heart failure, for those either at risk or suffering from the disease. New to this edition are chapters on how to find information on the internet on problems facing special groups and the availability of alternative methods of treatment. Trim size: 9 x 6 inches.

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