The Healthy Heart for Dummies - Softcover

Rippe, James M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 076455199X ISBN 13: 9780764551994

Publisher: For Dummies, 1999

Synopsis

The Healthy Heart For Dummies explores that most vital organ -- the heart -- and explains why you need to care for it. This book also helps you design a personal lifestyle based on proper nutrition, physical activity, weight management, and mind/body connections to both prevent and control heart disease. It includes a section describing the latest tests and procedures used in evaluating heart health and problems, which help you make decisions on treatment options. As an added bonus, the author, James M. Rippe, M.D., has conferred with the world's top chefs to offer you 35 great tasting and heart-healthy recipes.

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Review:

Heart disease affects almost 25 percent of Americans and causes almost a million deaths per year. Although women fear breast cancer more, only 1 woman in 27 dies from breast cancer, while 1 woman in 2 dies from heart disease. Kudos to James Rippe, M.D., associate professor of cardiology at Boston's Tufts University Medical School and director of the Rippe Health Assessment at Celebration Health and the Center for Lifestyle Research, for making such a serious subject accessible and even entertaining. In the style of the For Dummies books, the information is presented in a lively, simple, conversational manner, with easy-to-follow, skimmable text and helpful checklists. Rippe's main point is that there's plenty you can do to "maximize your cardiac function," reduce your risk of heart disease, and keep your heart working like a well-tuned orchestra. Learn how your heart works, how to keep it strong, and what puts it at risk for disease. Get a "healthy heart lifestyle plan" of nutrition, exercise, and stress reduction--straightforward and easy to implement. Control the four major contributing causes of heart disease: elevated cholesterol, high blood pressure, smoking, and being overweight. Understand the most common heart conditions and their tests, procedures, and rehabilitation. If you want a healthier heart--and who doesn't?--this is your guide. --Joan Price

From the Back Cover:

"For yourself and for your family, please read this book!" Joan Lunden "This is the best book you can read on heart health." Art Ulene, M.D. Praise for The Healthy Heart For Dummies® "Outstanding! A must-read for anyone interested in preventive medicine in general, and in heart disease prevention in particular." —Richard S. Irwin, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Director of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Massachusetts Memorial Health Care "Required reading for anyone with a history of heart disease or a family tree that has heart disease in it." —Joseph S. Alpert, M.D., Professor of Medicine, University of Arizona Department of Medicine "Dr. James Rippe understands hearts and people. If you want more out of life, this is a must-read." —Donna Hanover, Broadcast Journalist

Your guide to preventing and managing heart disease!

Dozens of great-tasting recipes from the world's top chefs!

In this friendly guide, renowned cardiologist Dr. James Rippe shows you how to outsmart heart disease and other cardiac ailments with simple changes in your daily life. From diet to exercise to meditation, this is your must-have reference for heart disease care and prevention.

Discover how to: Eat right for optimal heart health Develop a heart-healthy exercise program Choose the right physician Explore the latest treatment options Understand common cardiac tests and procedures

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About this edition

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 076455199X
• ISBN 13: 9780764551994
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 378