A Woman's Guide to a Healthy Heart [Paperback]

Carol Simontacchi (Author), Frances E. FitzGerald (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2003

Often thought of as a "men's disease," heart disease is the leading cause of death among women and one of the most often misdiagnosed. This important book provides women with much needed advice on reducing, treating, and preventing heart ailments, naturally. In detail, the authors explore the causes and effects of cardiovascular disease as well as the latest heart medication and surgeries. They also offer specific food and exercise recommendations designed to promote heart health.

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From the Back Cover

Protect your heart naturally

Once considered a "man's disease," heart disease kills 500,000 women each year. Today's women are not only as stressed and as overweight as men, they also "feel" more deeply than men--depression, anger, and sadness can have very physical effects on a woman's heart. A Woman's Guide to a Healthy Heart explores the role of emotions on your cardiovascular health and shows you how to start making natural changes to help you live a fuller, healthier life.

A must-have "owner's manual" for all women, A Woman's Guide to a Healthy Heart helps you work through your distinctly feminine emotional issues as well as your medical concerns. It shows you how a more positive, uplifting attitude will go a long way towards a healthier life.

Full of heart-sensible advice, A Woman's Guide to a Healthy Heart covers:

• Safe weight-loss tips
• Simple ways to get heart-healthy exercise into your day
• Supplements to take and supplements to avoid--is CoQ10 for you?
• The benefits of common foods such as garlic, green and black tea, and soy, as well as less-known herbs such as ginkgo, Asian ginseng, and chasteberry

Carol Simontacchi is a certified clinical nutritionist and the author of a number of books on health and nutrition, including Your Fat Is Not Your Fault and The Crazy Makers: How the Food Industry Is Destroying Our Brains and Harming Our Children. She is the designer and author of the holistic weight and health management program called Wings: Weight Success for a Lifetime (www.flywithwings.com).

Frances E. FitzGerald writes articles for Taste for Life and HealthSmart magazines and teaches college writing classes. She is the coauthor of Winning at Weight Loss: Achieve Healthy, Permanent Results.

About the Author

Carol Simontacchi, C.C.N., M.S. is a certified clinical nutritionist and the author of numerous books on health includingYour Fat is Not Your Fault.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (September 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0658021583
• ISBN-13: 978-0658021589
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,369,753 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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