Her Healthy Heart: A Woman's Guide to Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease Naturally (Hardcover)

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"What you don't know can kill you," writes Linda Ojeda in Her Healthy Heart. For example, did you know that heart disease and stroke are killing women in record numbers--six times as many as breast cancer, and twice as many as all forms of cancer combined--yet can be prevented and reversed with small lifestyle changes? Ojeda goes beyond the eat-low-fat-and-exercise advice we've all heard a million times. She discusses nutrients, supplements, stress, spirituality, and unhealthy vs. heart-healthy behavior. She describes what conditions and actions increase risk, and what you can do to reverse the effects, with every point backed up by scientific studies. Where there's conflicting information, she presents both sides and makes her best recommendation.

Ojeda has always been ahead of her time--she wrote Exclusively Female before women knew they could alter the way they felt before and during their periods, Menopause Without Medicine before the great flood of menopause books, and Safe Dieting for Teens, the first dieting book aimed at teenagers. Now she again shares the science we haven't heard, this time for our hearts' sakes. This remarkably informative resource will motivate you to take action. --Joan Price --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Most research on heart disease, the number-one killer of women, has been conducted on men. Ojeda, author of books on natural health, offers in this handbook a balanced view of women and heart disease by interpreting recent and often conflicting research. Part 1 provides an introduction to heart disease, statistics on its occurrence and mortality, and extensive coverage of myriad risk factors. Part 2 focuses on the roles of various dietary components: cholesterol, fat, fiber, and protein; part 3 discusses beneficial antioxidants, B vitamins, minerals, and other supplements. The concluding section covers three proven heart-healthy diets, suggested supplements, and beneficial behavioral and lifestyle changes, and provides a risk questionnaire. Ojeda seasons all reported findings with common sense and moderation. A bibliography and references conclude this compact look at the topic. Penny Spokes

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Hunter House (CA); 1 edition (December 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0897932269
• ISBN-13: 978-0897932264
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,494,372 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Diet and Supplement Manual for Your Heart, March 2, 2002

By	Pix_Z (Long Beach, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Her Healthy Heart: A Woman's Guide to Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease Naturally (Paperback)

In "Her Healthy Heart" Linda Ojeda summarizes hundreds of articles and other resources dealing with heart disease and health. (The tone of the book, although easy to understand, does take one a college paper flavor.) The result is a guide jam packed with information on how to keep your heart thumping.

Although much of the book can be used by either males or females, in certain areas special attention is given to factors which influence women.

Ojeda starts by explaining what heart disease is, how we test for it, and risk factors or associations for heart disease. After laying down this foundation, Ojeda moves on to lifestyle factors that are under our control: diet and vitamin/mineral supplementation. Each nutrient and supplement which affects the heart is detailed, including where it is found and what benefits or detriments it brings.

Finally, Ojeda discusses behavioral factors that affect the heart. This section is rather terse, although realistically it is outside the realm of one book to discuss both diet and behavioral factors.

Strangely, although exercise is mentioned throughout the book as a factor, there isn't any section to help structure an exercise routine. This means that unless your heart disease is very mild, you will likely have to get information on how to structure a program elsewhere (it's not hard--internet resources will suffice for most), since heart disease tends to have many different causes involved.

Nevertheless, this is an excellent summary of heart health. Every sentence offers something of practical use to you. Indeed, after borrowing this title from the library, I am looking for a used copy to purchase, as it was so full of valuable information taking notes would be too time consuming.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT summary of the womens'true information for health, May 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Her Healthy Heart: A Woman's Guide to Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease Naturally (Paperback)

WOW, I really needed to read this book, it tells the truth about what we women need to know to prevent heart attacks, a must read for any health conscious girl!