Total Heart Health

by Schneider, Robert H., M.D.; Fields, Jeremy Z., Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9781591200871
• ISBN10: 1591200873
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-30
• Publisher: Basic Health Pubns

Summary

Maharishi Univ. of Management, Fairfield, IA. Consumer health text is based on the principles of a 5,000 year old system of medical knowledge from India that was revived in the early 1980s and renamed Maharishi Consciousness Based Health Care. Presents concepts and their therapeutic techniques in a practical and easily used program for heart disease. Softcover.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments,	ix
Introduction: Awakening the Body's Inner Intelligence,	1	(10)
I. THE CONVENTIONAL CAUSES AND TREATMENTS OF HEART DISEASE AND ITS RISK FACTORS
1. The Epidemic of Modern Society,	11	(12)
2. Understanding Your Risk Factors,	23	(16)
3. Modern Heart Medicine and Its Limitations,	39	(20)
II. THE TOTAL HEART HEALTH PROGRAM
4. A New Strategy for Total Heart Health: The Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health,	59	(12)
Part One The Mind Approach
5. Healing Your Heart Through the Mind,	71	(14)
6. How the Transcendental Meditation Program Works,	85	(10)
Part Two The Body Approach
7. Healing Your Heart Through Physiological Interventions,	95	(18)
8. Diet for a Healthy Heart: Basic Principles for Your Mind-Body Type,	113	(14)
9. Specific Diets for Heart Disease and Its Risk Factors,	127	(22)
10. Heart-Healthy Meals and Snacks,	149	(18)
11. Exercise and Daily and Seasonal Routines,	167	(14)
12. Physiological Purification Procedures,	181	(10)
Part Three The Environment Approach
13. Healing Your Heart Through a Healthy Environment,	191	(20)
14. Vedic Sounds for a Healthy Heart,	211	(6)
Epilogue: Putting It All Together—Integrating the Mind, Body, and Environment Approaches for Total Heart Health,	217	(6)
Glossary,	223	(6)
Resources,	229	(8)
References,	237	(14)
Index,	251	(10)
About the Authors,	261