Johns Hopkins -- Putting Portion Control to the Test
Oprah.com --Make Half of every Meal Fruits and Vegetables
The Mayo Clinic - Healthy Weight Pyramid: A sample menu
Oprah.com --Make Half of every Meal Fruits and Vegetables
The Mayo Clinic - Healthy Weight Pyramid: A sample menu
For Cardiac Patients: As a supplement to the articles in the hM Heart and Diabetes Gazette or the hM Nutrition Journal, here are a few examples from a selection of information BOOKS about heart disease and COOKBOOKS filled with recipes designed for cardiac patients. The selection also includes recipe or cooking software complements to assist in the care, prevention, treatment or partial reversal of Coronary Heart Disease. The books and cookbooks featured in the selection that follows were chosen with great care as to the value of the content and the reputation of the authors in the field of either cardiovascular care, diet or nutrition. However, self-diagnosis and self-treatment may sometimes be very ill-advised or hazardous. Cardiac patients should make sure to discuss with their Doctor or Dietitian regarding their treatment or diet. heartMonitron goes to great length to ensure that its recommended additional readings are backed, not by trends and fads, but sound and published medical and scientific data.
The American Medical Association Guide to Preventing and Treating Heart Disease was written by a group of four physicians: Dr. Martin S. Lipsky MD, Dr. Marla Mendelson MD, Dr. Stephen Havas MD and Dr. Martin Miller MD.
This is a cardiac patient-oriented book. Its purpose is to explain the different forms of heart and related vascular diseases. The book also provides guidelines and strategies to prevent heart attacks and treat or prevent the disease. The scope of this authoritave book is extensive. The 336 pages cover the symptoms, the treatment and prevention of the disease and give a description of the medication used. Some chapters are dedicated to lifetyle changes, the control of blood cholesterol levels, the control of blood pressure, inflammation and nutrition.
For a patient who has been recently diagnosed with coronary heart disease or a person who wishes to prevent it and does not know where to start in the information gathering process, hM strongly recommends starting with this book.
This is a cardiac patient-oriented book. Its purpose is to explain the different forms of heart and related vascular diseases. The book also provides guidelines and strategies to prevent heart attacks and treat or prevent the disease. The scope of this authoritave book is extensive. The 336 pages cover the symptoms, the treatment and prevention of the disease and give a description of the medication used. Some chapters are dedicated to lifetyle changes, the control of blood cholesterol levels, the control of blood pressure, inflammation and nutrition.
For a patient who has been recently diagnosed with coronary heart disease or a person who wishes to prevent it and does not know where to start in the information gathering process, hM strongly recommends starting with this book.
The Cleveland Clinic Healthy Heart Lifestyle Guide and Cookbook was written for the Cleveland Clinic Heart Center by Dr. Bonnie Sanders Polin Ph.D, Frances Towner Giedt (James Beard award) and Dr. Stephen E. Nissen MD.
This book is a hybrid: it is at the same time a guide to heart disease and a cookbook. The Cleveland Clinic is rated by many as one of the very best heart hospitals in the United States. The purpose of this 384 page book was to create a sort of extensive blueprint or roadmap that patients could easily follow in order to prevent, treat and sometimes reverse heart disease.
This approach is very practical. Combining heart disease information with relevant recipes as examples does indeed provide excellent guidance as to what to do in order to improve a patient's cardiovascular condition and enjoy a better quality of life.
This book is a hybrid: it is at the same time a guide to heart disease and a cookbook. The Cleveland Clinic is rated by many as one of the very best heart hospitals in the United States. The purpose of this 384 page book was to create a sort of extensive blueprint or roadmap that patients could easily follow in order to prevent, treat and sometimes reverse heart disease.
This approach is very practical. Combining heart disease information with relevant recipes as examples does indeed provide excellent guidance as to what to do in order to improve a patient's cardiovascular condition and enjoy a better quality of life.
Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease has been written by one of the of the most renowned cardiologists at the Cleveland Clinic: Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn MD. Dr. Esselstyn (who's name is often spelled or mispelled as Esseltsyn) is a key figure in what is now described as coronary heart disease reversal.
His book is also a kind of hybrid, for it starts as an information-rich book and, so as to provide examples, ends as a cookbook. Dr. Esselstyn's appoach is for the determined heart disease fighter. The purpose of his work is to go beyond prevention and aim to reverse the ailment. His diet is somewhat more restrictive and is definitely plant-based. However his patient's performance at beating and reversing heart disease is outstanding. The conclusions of the famous "China Report" had already indicated that such an approach would succeed. With real heart patients, it did also succeed; as one can see by examining the angiograms provided by Dr. Esselstyn.
His book is also a kind of hybrid, for it starts as an information-rich book and, so as to provide examples, ends as a cookbook. Dr. Esselstyn's appoach is for the determined heart disease fighter. The purpose of his work is to go beyond prevention and aim to reverse the ailment. His diet is somewhat more restrictive and is definitely plant-based. However his patient's performance at beating and reversing heart disease is outstanding. The conclusions of the famous "China Report" had already indicated that such an approach would succeed. With real heart patients, it did also succeed; as one can see by examining the angiograms provided by Dr. Esselstyn.
The Betty Crocker Healthy Heart Cookbook was written by a team. The staff at Betty Crocker sought the help of the Director of of the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease and the help of a nutritionist at the Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition.
This cookbook has 256 pages. The heart-healthy recipes it contains are presented with the nutritional analysis pertaining to that particular recipe. There is a glossary of cardiovascular terminology and some nutrition information, including a weekly menu plan example, is provided.
The recipes could described as belonging to the "family cooking" variety. Those recipes can also be easily transported to health improvement cooking software platforms such as Cook'n and Mastercook and be used as a starting base to build a cardiac patient's healthy eating plan.
This cookbook has 256 pages. The heart-healthy recipes it contains are presented with the nutritional analysis pertaining to that particular recipe. There is a glossary of cardiovascular terminology and some nutrition information, including a weekly menu plan example, is provided.
The recipes could described as belonging to the "family cooking" variety. Those recipes can also be easily transported to health improvement cooking software platforms such as Cook'n and Mastercook and be used as a starting base to build a cardiac patient's healthy eating plan.
Pathophysiology of Heart Disease is a collaborative project of medical students and Faculty.
Since this book is primarily meant for medical students and resident doctors, a solid knowledge of biochemistry and physiology is required for comprehension.
This book is an exhaustive scientific and medical description of heart disease pathology, physiology and of current therapeutic techniques. Readers with a bachelor's degree in science will enjoy this most informative book.
Since this book is primarily meant for medical students and resident doctors, a solid knowledge of biochemistry and physiology is required for comprehension.
This book is an exhaustive scientific and medical description of heart disease pathology, physiology and of current therapeutic techniques. Readers with a bachelor's degree in science will enjoy this most informative book.
The New American Heart Association Cookbook was written or compiled by the A.H.A, one of America's most respected institutions when time comes to providing credible and reliable advice on caring for heart disease.
This AHA, 720 page, cookbook features 600 heart-friendly recipes. There are no words of ours to express how much we agree with the principles that are at the basis of this cookbook. It features a wide variety of recipes, from old Americana family-style cooking to ethnic cuisine. It emphasizes a large intake of vegetables and whole grains, the use of non-fat, very-low fat or low-fat ingredients. These are often used to produce healthier recipe versions of old-time american favorites. The recipes are poor in sugar and added sodium. These recipes come with a nutritional analysis table.The hM Heart and Diabetes Gazette's opinion: proper medication coupled with this AHA cookbook, Dr. Esselstyn's low-fat principles and a good cooking software would mean you would hold heart disease in a corner, almost at baillonette point!
This AHA, 720 page, cookbook features 600 heart-friendly recipes. There are no words of ours to express how much we agree with the principles that are at the basis of this cookbook. It features a wide variety of recipes, from old Americana family-style cooking to ethnic cuisine. It emphasizes a large intake of vegetables and whole grains, the use of non-fat, very-low fat or low-fat ingredients. These are often used to produce healthier recipe versions of old-time american favorites. The recipes are poor in sugar and added sodium. These recipes come with a nutritional analysis table.The hM Heart and Diabetes Gazette's opinion: proper medication coupled with this AHA cookbook, Dr. Esselstyn's low-fat principles and a good cooking software would mean you would hold heart disease in a corner, almost at baillonette point!
The hM Heart and Diabetes Gazette covers the basics on heart / cardiovascular health and diabetes care
The examples above represent only a small fraction of the selected books and cookbooks. A web page cannot hold the selection available at http://astore.amazon.com/heartmonitr02-20 You can browse the whole bookstore by clicking on the bar below.
Heal Your Heart: How You Can Prevent or Reverse Heart Disease was written by Dr. K. Lance Gould MD. - University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
This book has been written in order to present means to reverse coronary artery disease due to atherosclerosis or narrowing of the arteries supplying the heart muscle. Dr. Gould proposes a "combination therapy" to cardiac patients. He advocates going on a very-low-fat diet and using cholesterol lowering drugs such as the statins to decrease LDL-Cholesterol levels in the blood. He proposes the use of P.E.T. scans to monitor the patient's regression (or progression) of the disease. We have published an article in the heartMonitron Nutrition Journal showing actual PET scans illustrating the far improved perfusion of the heart muscle after a few years of this type of therapy. Dr. Gould's book may not be easy to read for some people, but for sophisticated lay readers, the benefits or rewards are well worth the effort.
This book has been written in order to present means to reverse coronary artery disease due to atherosclerosis or narrowing of the arteries supplying the heart muscle. Dr. Gould proposes a "combination therapy" to cardiac patients. He advocates going on a very-low-fat diet and using cholesterol lowering drugs such as the statins to decrease LDL-Cholesterol levels in the blood. He proposes the use of P.E.T. scans to monitor the patient's regression (or progression) of the disease. We have published an article in the heartMonitron Nutrition Journal showing actual PET scans illustrating the far improved perfusion of the heart muscle after a few years of this type of therapy. Dr. Gould's book may not be easy to read for some people, but for sophisticated lay readers, the benefits or rewards are well worth the effort.
The Betty Crocker Cookbook, Heart Health Edition, by Betty Crocker Editors.
This recipe book is an excellent source of "raw material" for people who own a good cooking software program that has nutritional analysis features. Any of the 1,400 recipes can be entered in programs such as Mastercook or Cook'n software and adjusted to suit precisely one's health requirements. The recipes in the cookbook already present a nutritional analysis table which can be used as a starting guide for those heart patients bent more on reversing a heart condition than on maintaining the status quo. The book contains a heart health information section. 320 color photos are provided.
This recipe book is an excellent source of "raw material" for people who own a good cooking software program that has nutritional analysis features. Any of the 1,400 recipes can be entered in programs such as Mastercook or Cook'n software and adjusted to suit precisely one's health requirements. The recipes in the cookbook already present a nutritional analysis table which can be used as a starting guide for those heart patients bent more on reversing a heart condition than on maintaining the status quo. The book contains a heart health information section. 320 color photos are provided.
Cook'n, Low-fat, Low-Cholesterol, by Betty Crocker Editors. ( Main recipe or cooking software required to use this CD-ROM )
The experts at Betty Crocker have come up with examples of delicious recipes that can be used in the fight to lower LDL-Cholesterol and manage coronary artery disease. This software complement also has nutritional information and substitution charts that come in very handy when trying to make up your own recipes. The Cook'n software platform must be installed on your computer before you can use this electronic recipe book. These tools allow a patient to resort to computer assisted meal planning and nutritional analysis. heartMonitron recommends them very highly to those determined people who are seriously committed to preventing or reversing heart disease. Your own computer may indeed be a poweful assistant in your fight to reverse coronary heart disease.
The experts at Betty Crocker have come up with examples of delicious recipes that can be used in the fight to lower LDL-Cholesterol and manage coronary artery disease. This software complement also has nutritional information and substitution charts that come in very handy when trying to make up your own recipes. The Cook'n software platform must be installed on your computer before you can use this electronic recipe book. These tools allow a patient to resort to computer assisted meal planning and nutritional analysis. heartMonitron recommends them very highly to those determined people who are seriously committed to preventing or reversing heart disease. Your own computer may indeed be a poweful assistant in your fight to reverse coronary heart disease.
Back to Life After a Heart Crisis: A Doctor and His Wife Share Their 8-Step Cardiac Comeback Plan
By M.D., Marc Wallack, Jamie Colby
By M.D., Marc Wallack, Jamie Colby
The DASH Diet for Hypertension
By Thomas J. Moore, Mark Jenkins
By Thomas J. Moore, Mark Jenkins
Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late
By Sinatra, James C. Roberts M.D.
By Sinatra, James C. Roberts M.D.
The Mediterranean Heart Diet: How It Works and How to Reap the Health Benefits, with Recipes to Get You Started
By Helen V. Fisher, Cynthia Thomson, Helen V. Fisher, Ph.D, R.D. Cynthia Thomson
By Helen V. Fisher, Cynthia Thomson, Helen V. Fisher, Ph.D, R.D. Cynthia Thomson
The EatingWell for a Healthy Heart Cookbook: 150 Delicious Recipes for Joyful, Heart-Smart Eating (EatingWell Books)
By Philip Ades, The Editors of EatingWell Magazine
By Philip Ades, The Editors of EatingWell Magazine
WomenHeart's All Heart Family Cookbook
By Kathy Kastan, Suzanne Banfield, Members of WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease,
By Kathy Kastan, Suzanne Banfield, Members of WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease,
Healthy Heart Cookbook (American Medical Association)
By American Medical Association, Cheryl Forberg
By American Medical Association, Cheryl Forberg
Reversing Hypertension: A Vital New Program to Prevent, Treat, and Reduce High Blood Pressure
By Julian Whitaker
By Julian Whitaker
Hypertension Cookbook
By American Medical Association, Karen A. Levin
By American Medical Association, Karen A. Levin
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The heartMonitron Journals - Published for Educational Purposes, only your Doctor can provide advice The hM MedJOURNALS contain articles, news and recipes relative to Health Care and Improvement, Nutrition, the Management of Coronary Heart Disease, Type 2 Diabetes, High Cholesterol, weight loss and the Maintenance of a Healthy Weight, including Computer Assisted Diet Planning and Nutrition Analysis - hM strongly recommends using the information in the articles and healthy recipes provided on this website under the professional supervision of your doctor or registered dietitian . Whether you are seeking to improve your general health, reverse heart disease, control diabetes or your weight, always assume that getting professional advice from your MD or RD is best. NGBeditor
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The hM Bookstore - Selected Books and Cookbooks -
Coronary Heart Disease Prevention, reversal, Care and Treatment
Coronary Heart Disease Prevention, reversal, Care and Treatment
hM Health Care and Healthy Nutrition Video Selection : "Heart Attack Proof", CAD / CHD Prevention and Reversal with Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, MD