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. Make sure you discuss with your Doctor or Dietitian regarding your 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 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 person who has been recently diagnosed with coronary heart disease or 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 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 person who has been recently diagnosed with coronary heart disease or 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 one'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 one'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.
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!
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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
BOOKS and COOKBOOKS to assist in the care, prevention, treatment or reversal of heart disease.
BOOKS and COOKBOOKS to assist in the care, prevention, treatment or reversal of heart disease.
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". 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". 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.
