Eating for the Healthy Heart

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Hardie Grant Publishing, May 1, 2003 - Cooking - 340 pages
Do 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
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