The everything guide to preventing heart disease : all you need to know to lower your blood pressure, beat high cholesterol, and stop heart disease in its tracks

9781440528200
1440528209

xii, 291 pages ; 24 cm

Preventing heart disease
All you need to know to lower your blood pressure, beat high cholesterol, and stop heart disease in its tracks

Includes index

Top 10 things you need to know about heart disease
Introduction
Heart Disease:
What is heart disease?
What is a heart attack?
Is the heart the only thing worth caring about?
What is a stroke or brain attack?
Can anywhere else be attached?
Factors that put you at risk
Blood Pressure:
What is blood pressure?
Why does blood pressure get high?
High blood pressure and your heart
Get to know your blood pressure
Cholesterol:
What is cholesterol?
Separating the good from the bad
Cholesterol and your heart
Get to know your cholesterol
Diabetes:
What is diabetes?
Diabetes and your heart
Get to know your blood sugar
Smoking:
Truth
Hurts you on its own
It makes everything else worse
Benefits of quitting
Getting ready to give up cigarettes
Aids to stop smoking
After you quit
avoiding relapse
Smoke-free for life
Testing:
When to get checked
Circumstances that can affect your test results
Can you know too much?
What your test results mean
Other tests for your heart
Drug Therapy:
When to use drugs
Cholesterol drugs
Blood pressure drugs
Diabetes drugs
Tips for following your medication program
Creating Your Healthy Lifestyle:
Power to create health
Hazards to modern living
Process of change
Believe in yourself
Identify your priorities
You may have just saved a life-yours
Strategies For Heart-Healthy Eating:
Eat healthful plant-based foods
Moving away from meats and animal fats
Increasing vegetables and fruits
Enjoying whole grains
Increasing good fats-vegetable oils, nuts, and fish
Raise a glass to the benefits of moderate drinking
How to read food labels
Your shopping list
Meal planning for health
Heart-healthy dining for winning results
Successful Weight Management:
What is a healthy weight?
Beyond your looks
Causes of weight gain
Why dieting does not work
What does work
Getting Active:
Physical activity benefits heart healthy
Lifestyle activity is important
Exercise your way to a healthy heart
Your exercise program: the first steps
Stress Management For A Healthy Heart:
What is stress?
Stress and heart disease
Identifying stress in your life
Strategies for dealing with stress
Restoring health through relaxation
Restoring life through meditation
Heart-Healthy: Soup, appetizer, and side-dish recipes:
Heart-Healthy: Meat and poultry main-dish recipes
Heart-Healthy: Fish, pasta, and bean main-dish recipes
Heart-Healthy: Bread, dessert, and dressing recipes
Appendix A: Resources
Appendix B: Calculating your body mass index
Index

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