Heal Your Heart: The New Rice Diet Program for Reversing Heart Disease Through Nutrition, Exercise, and Spiritual Renewal [Paperback]

Kitty Gurkin Rosati (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1996

"Heal Your Heart combines the best of ancient spiritual wisdom and the best of modern nutrition to provide a holistic program for real living." -- Morton T. Kelsey, Professor Emeritus, University of Notre Dame Author of The Other Side of Silence and God,Dreams, and Revelation

"Kitty Rosati offers the range of information and wisdom needed for long-term lifestyle changes. It's so nice to see a dietary book extend beyond nutrition and inspire the reader." -- Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D. Author of Love Is Letting Go of Fear

" We recommend Heal Your Heart as an excellent guide for anyone seeking health and wholeness. Kitty Rosati advocates a renewed emotional and spiritual journey along with her nutrition plan and extensive collection of delicious recipes." -- Redford Williams, M.D., and Virginia Williams, Ph.D. Authors of Anger Kills

The world-renowned Duke University Rice Diet Program has helped thousands of people regain their health and vastly improve the quality of their lives. Here's the life-saving information you need to make the new Rice Diet Program a force for your own longevity and wellness.

A thorough analysis of your major risk factors for heart disease, including excess weight, high cholesterol, diabetes, and high blood pressure
* A detailed, heart-healthy nutrition plan tailored to your health needs
* Over 150 delicious, easy-to-prepare recipes
* A heart-healthy exercise plan to help heal and strengthen your heart
* Guidance on using the powerful, often untapped resources of your mind and spirit to achieve--and maintain--your goals
* Helpful resource information on support groups, newsletters, and where to get the best health foods

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Duke University's rice diet program has been proven as a safe and fast method to reverse and prevent heart disease--the cause of 42 percent of all deaths in the U.S.--and also high blood pressure, diabetes, kidney disease, and obesity. Dietitian Rosati, the program's nutrition director, outlines this challenging three-part program: an aggressive diet (low in fat, extremely low in salt, and at least initially vegetarian), moderate exercise, and a spiritual or emotional path of one's choice (not just stress management). The latter component, according to the author, gives the dieter the needed strength to change unhealthy lifestyles and comply with this rigorous plan. Complete, detailed discussions of nutrition basics, food labeling, grains and beans, herbs as a substitute for salt, and a selection of spiritual-emotional pathways are followed by more than 150 recipes and sources for cookbooks and specific food items. Penny Spokes

From the Publisher

Kitty Gurkin Rosati reveals her groundbreaking "Rice Diet Program" for reversing the devastating effects of heart disease. The book provides an aggressive nutrition plan that is very low in fat and very low in sodium, along with practical advice on exercise and the vital connection between mind and body. The end result of this combination of diet, exercise, and spirituality is to heal the heart and keep it healthy. Contains over 150 delicious and original recipes from cuisines of many cultures. Explores alternative therapies like meditation and prayer to foster inner healing.

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (December 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471157023
• ISBN-13: 978-0471157021
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #276,352 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

71 of 71 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book could change your mind, body, and spirit., June 18, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Heal Your Heart: The New Rice Diet Program for Reversing Heart Disease Through Nutrition, Exercise, and Spiritual Renewal (Paperback)

If you are interested in living and eating well, this book is for you. Kitty lays out a scrumptious feast of foods, nutritional facts, and updated research on mind, body, and spirit for us to observe, nibble on, or devour hungrily. Because of the Rice Diet Program about which Kitty writes, I have lost 100 pounds of killing weight. My cholesterol went from 257 to 190 in ten months. My triglycerides went from 193 to 86-118. My HDL was raised; my LDL,lowered. My blood pressure was 160 over 95 and now averages 90 over 55. Kitty Rosati is a wonderful, caring, credentialed woman who has written a book that will influence your thinking and may change your life

32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heal Your Heart is a book with help for more than your heart, May 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Heal Your Heart: The New Rice Diet Program for Reversing Heart Disease Through Nutrition, Exercise, and Spiritual Renewal (Paperback)

"Heal Your Heart" is not your ordinary nutrition book. THe nutrition information also addresses hypertension, kidney disease ( the reason for the original Rice Diet from Duke University Medical Center) obesity and diabetes in addition to heart disease. The technical information is presented in a readable non-technical fashion to help motivate the reader to want to try the excellent recipes provided. Very helpful is the appendix which lists anotated information about products and the addresses to contact the suppliers. As an alumna of the program, I can vouch for the fact that the menu plans and food choices can improve health conditions and in many cases reverse the condition to normal. To enhance the useability of the text, it is recommended by this user to have the book spiral bound at a printing services company. Bon apetite on your way to better health.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An engrossing description of the renowned Rice Diet Program., June 13, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Heal Your Heart: The New Rice Diet Program for Reversing Heart Disease Through Nutrition, Exercise, and Spiritual Renewal (Paperback)

This is a great book for anyone interested in losing weight or achieving better health. It is an excellent description of the renowned Rice Diet Program of Duke University. Kitty lays out the program in a very readable manner. The recipes are delicious, and you feel good about yourself when you eat this way. This book contains a wealth of information about nutrition and exercise, and I know I will be consulting it on a regular basis for its recipes and its facts about nutrition