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Manufacturer: Crown

You want to stay healthy and avoid illness. This sounds like a simple goal, yet it can seem frustratingly out of reach. You may be confused by the medical information you glean from the headlines -- each new health study seems to contradict the one before it, and you never know how much of all this information is fact, hype, or fashion. You may want to lead a more healthful lifestyle but believe you don't have the time or ability to make the huge changes you think are needed to achieve that.Here to cut through all the confusion is Living Well, Staying Well, created by the American Heart Association and the American Cancer Society. It's the ultimate guide to achieving wellness and avoiding two of life's most devastating illnesses -- heart disease and cancer.The good news is that there's a lot you can do to achieve maximum health and avoid heart disease and cancer. The better news is that you don't have to make drastic changes in your lifestyle to achieve the reward of improved health. The latest scientific research demonstrates that making even small changes in your life can add up to big health benefits.Living Well, Staying Well is real information for real people. No drastic diet that forces you to give up all the food you love. No grueling exercise campaign you can't stick with. No special products you have to buy. Here is practical, step-by-step advice on how to reduce specific health risks -- having high blood pressure, having high cholesterol levels, being overweight, and more -- all designed to inspire you to make lifestyle changes you can stay with for a lifetime. Based on solid science, this is advice you can trust -- and advice that will last a lifetime.With the aid of the American Heart Association and the American Cancer Society, two of the nation's most trusted health authorities, you can create a personal wellness program that could help you avoid life-threatening illness and enjoy many added years of optimal health.The American Heart Association, based in Dallas, Texas, has affiliates that serve the...

Manufacturer: Weldon Owen Pty Ltd.

Hardcover, 143 pages

Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter

Now available in trade paperback, here are 200 recipes that provide sound, sensible and deliciously effective ways to help bring down blood cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. High blood cholesterol is one of the major risk factors for heart disease, the number one cause of death in the U.S. Experts recommend reducing dietary cholesterol and saturated fat. This means cutting down on the animal fat present in meat and eating more high-fiber, high-quality, complex carbohydrates. To help you do this, the American Heart Association has developed the Step-One Diet and the Step-Two Diet. Both are similar in recommending that 30 percent or less of your calories come from fat, 10 to 20 percent from protein, and 50 to 60 percent from carbohydrates. The Step-Two is more restrictive of saturated fat and cholesterol. The AHA makes these changes easy to put into action with 200 recipes and clear explanations of how to shop, cook, and substitute ingredients. You'll learn alternatives to high-fat staples. For example, make Mock Sour Cream with skim milk, lemon juice, and low-fat cottage cheese, or try the Artichoke and Spinach Spread instead of mayonnaise. Blend peanut butter with cooked carrots to keep the peanut taste while lowering the fat. The recipes include a variety of appetizers, soups, salads, fish, poultry, meat, vegetarian dishes, vegetables, sauces, breads, and desserts. There's nothing austere or "diet"-like about these recipes: Spinach-Stuffed Pizza, Beef Stroganoff, Crispy Oven-Fried Chicken, Halibut Kabobs, Chinese Vegetable Stir-Fry, and treats like Mocha Cheesecake and Chocolate Soufflé. Each recipe includes a nutrient analysis of calories, protein, carbohydrate, fat (total, saturated, polyunsaturated, and monounsaturated), cholesterol, and sodium. You'd be smart to avoid the popular and unhealthy eat-all-the-meat-and-fat-you-want fad diets and take your nutritional advice from an organization that exists solely to help you keep your heart healthy. -...

Manufacturer: American Association of Retired Persons

Manufacturer: Publications International

Manufacturer: Jones & Bartlett Publishers

This title looks at the first aid, automated external defibrillation, cpr, training, system programme. It is intended to aid students in saving lives using cpr and first aid performance.

Manufacturer: Times Books / Random House Brand: Times Books / Random House

Low-salt doesn't mean low flavor, as the American Heart Association demonstrates in this latest addition to its library of cookbooks. The American Heart Association Low-Salt Cookbook features 175 all-new recipes and two diet plans as well as important information on heart-healthy eating.High blood pressure -- hypertension-can be a significant factor in cardiovascular disease. Recent research has proven that when you reduce the amount of sodium in your foods and change the kind and amount of fat in your diet, you can lower your risk of heart and blood disease. Now, with The American Heart Association Low-Salt Cookbook, people with hypertension have an invaluable guide to the lowering of blood pressure through sensible diet, developed by experts on matters of the heart, the American Heart Association.From chicken primavera to gazpacho, vegetarian chili to raspberry sorbet, the recipes in this cookbook are all low-fat and low-cholesterol as well as low-salt -- and all are delicious. Each recipe is accompanied by a nutrient analysis table listing calorie count and a complete breakdown of nutritional contents.More than a collection of savory recipes, The American Heart Association Low-Salt Cookbook is a definitive sourcebook, with practical advice about shopping, reading labels, cooking techniques, substituting ingredients, planning menus, and more. The American. Heart Association Step-One and Step-Two Diets are easy-to-follow, proven-effective programs to help lower blood pressure and blood cholesterol levels.With The American Heart Association Low-Salt Cookbook, you'll learn to cook with exciting new blends of herbs and spices, drawn from the cuisines of the world. And you'll see how combinations of fresh ingredients and cooking methods can produce foods so flavorful you won't even notice that salt is missing. This inventive approach can be used for preparing simple meals -- or in creating elegant dinner parties or holiday celebrations. Even such favorite desserts as apple pie, brownies, and southern pralines can be...

Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

American Heart Association is the nation's most trusted authority on heart-healthful living and diet, and now the American Heart Association Cookbook, 5th Edition (Abridged), will set a new standard in healthful and delicious eating.With more than 340 recipes, including hundreds of new dishes, this fully revised and updated edition proves that you don't have to eat a boring or spartan diet to eat deliciously and well. Dishes such as Chicken Jambalaya, Arborio Salad with Artichokes, and Lime Chiffon Pie will bring a touch of sophistication to your table. Or take a world tour of such ethnic delicacies as Greek Pasta Salad, Easy Lamb Curry, or Cuban Black Beans. You can also choose from dozens of new vegetarian entrees. And with the AHA's suggestions, you'll be able to adapt treasured family recipes and turn them into new heart-healthful classics.Every recipe has been kitchen-tested and includes a complete nutritional breakdown of total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, calories, and more.

Manufacturer: Amer Heart Assn

Manufacturer: American Heart Association