New Living Heart Diet

by Foreyt, John P.; Scott, Lynne W.; Debakey, Michael E.; Gotto, Antonio M.

• ISBN13: 9780684811888
• ISBN10: 068481188X
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-01-04
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Summary

More than ten years ago, a team of heart specialists and dietitians at Baylor College of Medicine and The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, created the Living Heart Diet for their patients. Their best-selling book explained the relationship between nutrition and heart disease and helped change America's eating habits.
Updated and completely revised, The New Living Heart Diet incorporates the latest information on how to minimize your risk factors for coronary heart disease and reflects changes in our tastes and eating habits. Drawing on recent research in health and nutrition, the New Living Heart Diet helps you make food and lifestyle choices to control blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels, blood pressure, weight, and diabetes. It clarifies information about vitamins and minerals, interprets the new nutrition labels, and explains how to select among the array of foods in supermarkets. Also included is a special chapter on vegetarian eating.
More than 300 new or revised recipes - along with breakfast, lunch, dinner, and holiday menus - are provided to make healthy cooking and eating convenient. The recipes and menus have easy-to-understand nutrient analyses and feature traditional American as well as international dishes.
From the detailed guides for selecting food when eating out to the comprehensive tables describing the nutrient content of common foods, the New Living Heart Diet makes it easy for readers to enjoy delicious, healthy eating every day.

Author Biography

Michael Ellis DeBakey was an American vascular surgeon and cardiac surgeon, scientist and medical educator.

Table of Contents

About the Authors	p. 7
Acknowledgments	p. 9
Preface	p. 11
Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease	p. 13
The Living Heart Diet in Preventing and Treating High Cholesterol and Triglyceride Levels	p. 31
The Living Heart Diet in Weight Control	p. 67
The Living Heart Diet in Preventing and Treating High Blood Pressure	p. 89
The Living Heart Diet in Managing Diabetes	p. 110
The Living Heart Diet for Vegetarians	p. 116
The Living Heart Diet Guide to Selecting Food in Supermarkets	p. 128
The Living Heart Diet Guide to Selecting Food When Eating Out	p. 152
The Living Heart Diet Guide to Vitamins and Minerals	p. 169
The Living Heart Diet Menus	p. 186
The Living Heart Diet Recipes	p. 203
App. Food Groups and Serving Sizes	p. 345
App. Estimating Calorie Needs	p. 356
App. MEDFICTS: An Assessment Tool	p. 360
App. Recipe Substitutions to Lower Fat and/or Cholesterol	p. 362
App. Substitutes for Missing Ingredients	p. 363
App. Weights and Approximate Volumes of Selected Foods	p. 363
App. Conversion Tables	p. 366
App. Fat Replacers and Sweetening Agents	p. 367
App. Alcoholic Beverages	p. 370
App. Nutrient Content of Common Foods	p. 372
Subject Index	p. 403
Recipe Index	p. 408
Order Form for Other Books in This Series	p. 415
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