Overcoming Hypertension Preventive Medicine Program

by COOPER, KENNETH H.

• ISBN13: 9780553763126
• ISBN10: 0553763121
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-03-01
• Publisher: Bantam

Summary

Like a time bomb ticking away, hypertension builds quietly, gradually, placing unbearable strain on the body until it explodes--in heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, arterial disease, even death. But the disease does not have to progress that way. Here, in the third volume of the highly acclaimedPreventive Medicine Program, Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper, one of the nations foremost experts in the field of preventive medicine, presents a medically sound, reassuringly simple program that help you lower you blood pressure--and keep it down, often without drugs.Overcoming Hypertensiongives you: --The latest facts on how cholesterol, cigarette smoking, obesity, and stress affect coronary risk levels. --Your high blood pressure risk profile, with newly devised charts for men and women. --A complete fitness program that lets you choose the sport that works for you. Plus a unique illustrated guide to aqua-aerobics. --Tips on talking to your doctor that will help you become an active participant in your own recovery. --A guide to anti-hypertensive drugs--the most up-to-date list of medications, their recommended daily doses, and ways to minimize side effects. --Three distinct dietary programs, complete with menus, recipes, nutritional charts, healthy cooking tips, and much more. --Take charge of your health and well-being with Overcoming Hypertension. From the Paperback edition.

Author Biography

Kenneth H. Cooper, MD, MPH, is recognized internationally as the “father of aerobics” and is the leading spokesman for the preventative medicine movement. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine and the Harvard University School of Public Health, he introduced the term aerobics to the world with his bestseller Aerobics. Soon after publication of this major work, he founded the Cooper Clinic, the Cooper Aerobics Center, and the Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research in Dallas. During his career, Dr. Cooper has authored many books, which have sold more than 30 million copies, including The Aerobics Program for Total Well-Being, Aerobics for Women (with Mildred Cooper), The Antioxidant Revolution, Preventing Osteoporosis, Overcoming Hypertension, Kid Fitness, and Controlling Cholesterol.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(341)
1. The Much Misunderstood Challenge of Hypertension	3	(14)
2. Demystifying Those Blood Pressure Measurements	17	(40)
3. What's Your Hypertension Risk Profile?	57	(43)
4. How Hypertension-The Silent Killer-Builds in Your Body	100	(22)
5. Designing a Personal Drug Program	122	(38)
6. About Hypotension	160	(14)
7. Sexuality and Hypertension	174	(7)
8. Control Through Exercise	181	(48)
9. Control Through Diet	229	(113)
10. Watch the Way You Respond-and Learn to Relax!	342	(8)
11. The Challenge of Secondary Hypertension	350	(7)
12. A Future Without Hypertension?	357	(3)
References	360	(13)
Appendix I	373	(12)
Appendix II	385	(8)
Appendix III	393	(10)
Appendix IV	403	(16)
Appendix V	419	(9)
Appendix VI	428	(5)
Index	433	(20)
Recipe Index	453