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Best practices for a healthy heart : how to stop heart disease before or after it starts / Sarah Samaan.

Samaan, Sarah. (Author).

Summary:

"This book acts as a guide to the "best practices" for optimal heart health, serving as a resource for patients diagnosed with or aiming to prevent heart disease. In it, Dr. Samaan provides advice on diet, supplements and alternative medicine, the effects of caffeine and alcohol, stress management, and more"-- Source other than Library of Congress.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781615190478
  • ISBN: 1615190473
  • Physical Description: xv, 367 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Experiment, [2012]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-355) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Step 1 Take Charge of Your Numbers 1 -- 1 What You Need to Know and Why You Should Care 2 -- 2 Overweight: What's the Big Deal? 12 -- 3 Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Understanding Cholesterol and Your Lipid Profile 26 -- Step 2 Eat Well to Live Better 43 -- 4 Diet: Why You Really Are What You Eat 44 -- 5 Truth About the Wonder Foods 80 -- 6 Evildoers: Fact or Fiction? 97 -- 7 Battle of the Diets 107 -- 8 Big Fake-Out: The Skinny on Sweeteners and Other Food Fakes 129 -- Step 3 Learn How to Take a Break (Without Checking Out) 137 -- 9 Rituals, Vices, and Addictions, Oh My! The Truth About Caffeine, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Recreational Drugs 138 -- Step 4 Get a Move on 161 -- 10 Exercise and the Active Lifestyle 163 -- Step 5 Use Your Common Sense 173 -- 11 Mother Knows Best-Are You Listening? 174 -- 12 Attitude and Stress: Don t Let It Break Your Heart 187 -- Step 6 Know Your Options 301 -- 13 Power of Preventive Medicine: Managing Risk, Preventing Consequences 303 -- 14 Vitamins and Minerals for a Healthy Heart 247 -- 15 Supplements and Herbs 272 -- 16 Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Hope, Hype, or Healing? 312 -- Step 7 Be Hip To Your Hormones 317 -- 17 Smart Talk About Hormones 319 -- 18 Kids Have a Heart, Too 336.
Subject:
Heart > Diseases > Prevention > Popular works.
Heart > Diseases > Diet therapy > Popular works.
Heart > Diseases > Nutritional aspects > Popular works.

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  • 6 of 6 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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