Cooking Smart For A Healthy Heart

Menus and individual recipes include information on calories, carbohydrate, protein, fat, cholesterol, saturated fat, sodium, potassium, calcium, iron, and fiber content. Recipes also include exchange information for use in weight control and diabetes mana gement. Exchange patterns ranging from 1,000 to 3,000 calories; tips for decreasing fat, sodium, and sugar, and for increasing fiber; a medical glossary; and a subject index are provided.

Based on medical and nutritional research, this cookbook contains more than 240 delicious, low-fat, nutrient-packed recipes. The book also contains accurate nutritional breakdowns for each recipe, detailing calories and total fat content and expert information on living a heart-healthy lifestyle.

Eating a healthy diet has never been more important, and it doesn't have to be bland and boring. Based on the latest medical and nutrition research, this heart- smart cookbook will surprise you with over 250 mouth-watering full-color photographs and more than 150 delicious recipes that will help you lose weight and live longer. Whether you have been diagnosed with high blood pressure or heart disease, or just want to make healthier choices for a longer life, this authoritative cookbook brings you satisfying, flavorful recipes that the whole family will enjoy. Discover new ways to make old favorites taste better than ever. Here's how: * Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions guarantee success time after time * Accurate per serving nutritional breakdowns, dietary tips, menu ideas, heart- healthy substitutions, serving suggestions, do-ahead shortcuts, and more * Ideas to help balance every meal, and techniques for changing bad-for-you to good-for-you meals * At-a-glance ICONS above each photo will help you choose just the right recipe-Low-Cholesterol, Calorie-Counter, High-Fiber, 30 Minutes or Less, Crowd-Pleaser, Showstopper, Time-Save, and Gift-Basket * Per serving nutritional facts, dietary tips, menu ideas, heart-healthy substitutions, serving suggestions, and much more This exciting, heart-smart cookbook will introduce you to new ways to spice up your diet and feel great, too!

Endorsed by the Heart Research Institute. Discover how easy it is to make meals heart-healthy as well as delicious. If you thought your much-loved staples were out-of-bounds, you'll be very surprised. In collaboration with a team of medical specialists and nutritionists, culinary experts have taken everyday ingredients and created recipes to keep your heart in good shape without compromising on flavour. Includes dressings, salads, vegetable dishes, breads, pizzas, fish, and meat.

Coronary heart disease kills more Canadians than any other disease, and eight out of ten Canadians have at least one risk factor for developing it. The good news is that many risks factors for heart disease, such as high blood pressure and obesity, can be prevented or controlled by making heart healthy changes to your diet and lifestyle. In Heart Healthy Foods for Life, leading Canadian nutritionist and registered dietitian Leslie Beck shows us how certain foods can contribute to developing risk factors for heart disease-and, ultimately, heart attack-and how others work to guard against them. This indispensable guide gives you all the tools you need to make smart food choices and explains how easy it is to turn heart healthy foods into delicious everyday meals. This essential book also includes valuable information on: Understanding heart disease and assessing your personal risk Meal plans to lower cholesterol, blood pressure, and prevent heart disease Tips for grocery shopping and dining out Strategies to maintain a healthy weight and increase exercise Over 100 delicious heart healthy recipes with complete nutritional analyses

Julia Child in her classic book, The Way to Cook (published by Knopf), writes of her concern that low-fat cooking may rob us of ''the pleasures of the table.'' I couldn't agree more! There is no reason for low-fat, low-cholesterol, heart-healthy cooking to rob us of the pleasures of food. Eating is one of the great joys of life. And food doesn't have to be grim and punishing in order for it to be healthy for your heart. In this book, with the assistance of over 50 top chefs, I show you how to make heart-healthy cooking one of the great ''pleasures of the table.'' You'll be surprised at how simple measures can help you cut the fat without cutting the taste. The recipes in this book are not your run-of-the-mill low-fat recipes. Here, you'll find gourmet recipes that are easy to make and taste great. Although I care passionately about the links between nutrition and the healthy heart, I am not a food cop. My background as both a cardiologist and a chef make me uniquely suited not only to care for your heart but also to provide you with meals that won't leave you feeling deprived. I recognize that in order for people to change their habits, they must be given food options that are tasty and exciting. The nutrition aspects of food must meld with pleasure and taste. So The Healthy Heart Cookbook For Dummies is about great tasting, heart-healthy nutrition. I want to make you the heart-healthiest, most satisfied eater - and reader - ever to walk this planet.