Prevention Does Work: A Guide to a Healthy Heart
A Cardiologist and a Cook Present the Facts and the Foods
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In America, we eat too much junk food, processed food, and saturated fat; and too few vegetables, fruits and whole grains. Our portion sizes are too large, and our people are among the fattest in the world. Atherosclerosis prevention requires a multifaceted approach that aims to treat multiple risk factors, but the nutrition aspects are stressed in this book.
In general, a heart healthy diet focuses on reduction of animal fats, so dietary fat reduction is a key element in the nutritional approach to preventing heart disease. But there are many other related nutritional specifics that will be discussed, including fresh fruits, vegetables, fiber, nuts, fish, good oils, legumes, and whole grains, among others. These types of healthy foods offer benefits in the prevention of stroke, diabetes, hypertension, cancer, and heart disease, and they are important components in weight reduction, especially if coupled with portion and caloric control. Other benefits to be obtained from heart-healthy eating include favorable influences on insulin and sugar levels, colon health, and brain function.
Most people who believe that they are on a low fat-diet are actually on a “less fat diet” and could do much better in terms of reducing their intake of fats.
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A cardiologist collaborates with an experienced cook in this unique, evidence-based resource containing two parts: a patient education section and a heart-healthy cookbook.
Prevention Does Work: A Guide to a Healthy Heart is now in its fourth edition. A guide designed for lay people, including heart patients and healthy individuals concerned about the risk of heart disease, it provides vital information— based upon scientific evidence—that many patients might not get from their physicians. Preventing heart disease is possible. A cardiologist collaborates with an experienced cook in this unique, evidence-based resource, which contains two parts: a patient education section and a heart-healthy cookbook.
A practical, and comprehensive guide with an emphasis on nutrition, it combines clear and easy-to-understand medical facts with a carefully designed section on food preparation. It offers over thirty heart-healthy recipes, many of which feature seafood, chicken, and turkey. The creative dishes range from “Eileen’s Feel Good Chicken with Orange Sauce” to “Scallops and Shrimp Portuguese Style.”
Offering two books in one, Prevention Does Work has been popular with both patients and healthcare providers. Now in its fourth and most complete version, this is a reference to keep in the kitchen as a guide to good health. Prevention does work!
About the Author
Paul Goldfinger, MD, FACC, is a cardiologist with over thirty years in clinical practice. He is board-certified in cardiology and internal medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. He is an alumnus of the George Washington University School of Medicine, where he graduated first in his class.
Eileen Goldfinger is a self-taught cook who has devoted many years to developing heart healthy recipes that she has shared with the patients at the Cardiology Center in Morris County, New Jersey. Now retired, they live in the historic shore town of Ocean Grove, New Jersey.