The Healthy Heart Cookbook: Over 700 Recipes for Every Day and Every Occasion [Hardcover]

Joseph C. Piscatella (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 23, 2003

For the millions of Americans living with heart disease, The Healthy Heart Cookbook provides hundreds of delicious and healthy recipes for all the family favorites, from hamburgers to pancakes!

In The Healthy Heart Cookbook, Joe Piscatella, a heart patient himself, who has turned his life and health around by following a healthy diet, 700 of the BEST recipes from Joseph C. Piscatella’s five cookbooks (which have more than 2,000,000 copies in print and are used by more than 5,500 hospitals).

The 700 recipes—which range from Taco Pizza to Grilled Teriyaki Salmon to marinated flank steak and Chocolate Pudding—are quick-to-fix and delicious.

Based on guidelines from the American Heart Association, each recipe includes nutritional breakdowns, and the 1000-plus-entry fat-gram counter for common foods makes healthy substitutions a breeze.

Perfect for the whole family!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Joseph C. Piscatella, the longest-surviving bypass patient in the U.S, is the author of five books including Don’t Eat Your Heart Out Cookbook, Choices for a Healthy Heart, Controlling Your Fat Tooth, Fat-Proof Your Child, and The Fat Gram Guide to Restaurant Food, which have sold nearly 2 million copies collectively. He has served as the only non-medical member of the National Cardiac Rehabilitation Expert Panel, responsible for developing clinical practice guidelines for physicians. He is a member of the American Association for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Mr. Piscatella is president of the Institute for Fitness and Health.

Author Joseph C. Piscatella has been a keen observer of American eating habits since 1977, when emergency open-heart surgery at the age of 32 forced him to recognize the intimate connection between dietary habits and overall health. His successful recovery and determination to make adjustment in his own lifestyle and diet inspired a new career as an active proponent of healthy lifestyle changes. As president of the Institute for Fitness and Health, Inc. in Tacoma, Washington, he lectures extensively to a variety of clients, including medical organizations, corporations and professional associations, and is a consultant on major wellness projects for Fortune 500 companies, the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force. Cited in Time for their practicality and effectiveness, his seminars deal with the management of lifestyle habits to increase health, longevity and productivity. Mr. Piscatella is the only non-medical member of the National Institute of Health Cardiac Rehabilitation Expert Panel, which develops clinical practice guidelines for physicians. He is also a member of the Association for Worksite Health Promotion, the American Association of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, and the National Wellness Association.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 544 pages
• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers; 1 edition (September 23, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1579123309
• ISBN-13: 978-1579123307
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 1.7 x 9.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #321,657 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Author Joseph C. Piscatella has been a keen observer of American eating habits since 1977, when emergency open-heart surgery at the age of 32 forced him to recognize the intimate connection between dietary habits and overall health. His successful recovery and determination to make adjustment in his own lifestyle and diet inspired a new career as an active proponent of healthy lifestyle changes.

As president of the Institute for Fitness and Health, Inc. in Tacoma, Washington, he lectures extensively to a variety of clients, including medical organizations, corporations and professional associations, and is a consultant on major wellness projects for Fortune 500 companies, the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force. Cited in Time for their practicality and effectiveness, his seminars deal with the management of lifestyle habits to increase health, longevity and productivity.

Mr. Piscatella is the only non-medical member of the National Institute of Health Cardiac Rehabilitation Expert Panel, which develops clinical practice guidelines for physicians. He is also a member of the Association for Worksite Health Promotion, the American Association of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, and the National Wellness Association.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 37 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Not for congestive heart failure patients February 24, 2010

By Sandra G. Gunning

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

If you need low sodium recipes then buy low sodium cookbooks. Since this was a heart healthy cookbook I thought I would be ok with it but not so. Sodium content per serving in most of the recipes is way too high. How can anything with loads of sodium be heart healthy?

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars The Healthy Heart Cookbook November 24, 2006

By C. Bass

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

I had a previous version of Joseph Piscatella cookbooks (Controlling Your Fat Tooth) I enjoyed many of recipes in this book but it was falling apart. His recipes taste good as well as low in fat which I was looking for. I gave it only four stars because the index could be much better.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Yummy! Delicious and Healthy at the same time January 6, 2008

By Earnestly Living

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

My husband had a heart attack last summer. Upon looking at heart healthy cookbooks at the book store, I quickly picked this one out. The recipes are tasty and healthy. Most of the recipes I've tried have turned out very well.

I got this cookbook on Amazon for a gift to someone else.

Be sure to try the Macaroni and Cheese - it is great!