Eating for the Healthy HeartDo you have high cholesterol or blood pressure? Does your family have a history of heart disease? Or do you simply want to learn good eating habits to prevent heart disease later in life? Nutritionist Catherine Saxelby gives you the information and strategies you need to lower your cholesterol and look after your heart in years to come. |
Contents
How this book can help | 6 |
High blood pressure | 12 |
Homocysteine | 19 |
The 10step plan to eating for a healthy heart | 27 |
3 | 52 |
How to change your diet | 63 |
How they can help you | 75 |
7 | 79 |
Deal with stress | 126 |
Five fabulous ways to cook fish | 135 |
14 | 140 |
Five marvellous meals with lean meat | 147 |
Five quick chicken ideas | 154 |
16 | 170 |
18 | 183 |
19 | 198 |
Healthy heart menus to get you started | 82 |
11 | 88 |
What you need to know about alcohol coffee and salt | 97 |
What you can do about visible and hidden fats | 105 |
Extra help for your heart | 111 |
12 | 119 |
5 | 120 |
23 | 204 |
28 | 210 |
Glossary | 219 |
38 | 224 |
Recipe Index | 238 |
Common terms and phrases
30 minutes almonds antioxidants avocado baking basil beans beef black pepper blood pressure boiled bowl bread Calories canola canola oil capsicum carrot cereal cheese chicken chilli chopped coriander cream diet drained dressing fillets fish flour folate fresh fruit garlic ginger green grilled halved healthy heart heart disease heat ingredients intake Kilojoules LDL cholesterol lemon juice lettuce low-fat milk margarine meals meat mixed muffins neg neg neg noodles Nutrients per serving nuts oat bran olive oil omega-3s onion orange parsley pasta peanut percent plant sterols polyunsaturated potato psyllium recipes red capsicum reduced-fat rice ricotta roasted salad salmon salt Saturated fat sauce seeds SERVES 4 PREPARATION serving Fat sesame sliced snacks snow peas Sodium soluble fibre spray steaks sterol spread Stir-fry sugar tablespoons toasted tofu tomatoes topped Toss triglycerides trimmed tuna vegetables vitamin vitamin E walnuts whole grains wholemeal yoghurt