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CONTROL THE FIGURES THAT CONTROL YOUR LIFE. With a foreward by cardiologist H.L. Brammell, M.D., healthcare communications specialist D. Charles Van Fulpen explains how a simple 10% change in lifestyle can achieve a 20% benefit to your heart and your quality of life by reducing risks found in a continuing US heart study: too much stress, excess weight, physical inactivity, high blood pressure & high cholesterol. A former journalist, working with a cardiologist, nutritionist, exercise therapist & behavioral psychologist, Van Fulpen provides a complete risk management program including a LIFESTYLE QUIZ cardiac risk analysis test, food diary & analysis, menus & recipes, an exercise program that sticks, a fat screening quiz & how to cope in today's world of high stress and higher fear. This is a survival kit for improving quality of life to do all the things you want to do when you want to do them. It helps you to make small changes in your lifestyle to provide a pr! ofound impact on your heart & possibly reduce healthcare costs. Short case stores about real people managing change are presented: a millionaire, a poor black woman,a factory worker and his wife & a single woman who lost & gained-back 100 pounds, then took it off using CONTENTED HEARTS method.


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GUIDE TO CONTENTED HEARTS written by D. Charles Van Fulpen. Contented Hearts, Inc., $19.95. An up-to-date survival guide with simple but expedient tips that lead to improved quality of life. Van Fulpen zeros-in on heart disease, right up there with cancer and stroke in mortality rates. This book gets to many points quickly, so potential victims can get on with it. The author identifes the six major risks most closely associated with heart disease. Mark them off: smoking, excess weight, high stress lifestyle, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and physical inactivity. Most of these can be changed most of the time

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  • Paperback: 112 pages
  • Publisher: Contented Hearts, Inc.; 1 edition (May 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0963756206
  • ISBN-13: 978-0963756206
  • Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,347,950 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great common sense guide to good health, December 6, 1999
By Jeff Macauley (Phoenix, Arizona) - See all my reviews
This easy to read primer is full of solid information that I'm finding very helpful as I adopt a healthier lifestyle. The quizzes were real eye openers and pointed up areas where I needed to pay attention. As follow-up, the author offers manageable ways to improve diet and exercise that are very easy to implement into my daily routine. I haven't tried all the recipes yet, but I really loved the Broiled Orange Roughy. At first I felt a little silly doing some of the stretches at work, but they really make a difference in the way I feel. This is a good common sense book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Thorough and Thoroughly Enjoyable, July 15, 1999
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A co-worker of mine recommended this book to me and I'm glad she did, because I found it quite informative and enjoyable. It's very reader-friendly. The text and ideas are easy to follow, they have a real flow. I particularly enjoyed the three case studies. They showed, in a very real way, how stress affects people from all walks of life. The Lifestyle Quiz, too, was a real help. I'm not sure I know of another of its kind. I recommend this book to people who have an interest in changing their lifestyles for the better. This book has a very warm, human approach. It definitely stands out.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Information that does NO wrong...., April 21, 2000
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Self-Help books are often a dime a dozen, with as many coming at you as there are day in the year. But what is different about Contented Hearts is that it is very readable to someone who is not well versed in self help books. A book that does not bombard you with technical terms but does actually inform you on the subject is a good buy, especially when the information could just prolong your life.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A good primer on an important topic
It's an easy-to-understand handbook that can put you on track to a heart-healthy lifestyle. Both my wife and I are following this book's simple guidelines. Read more
Published on November 19, 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Too basic for most readers
_Contented Hearts_ is meant as a companion workbook for a corporate health program. It's filled with questionaires and cartoons. Read more
Published on July 9, 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Lightweight content for a serious problem
_Contented Hearts_ is essentially a workbook for a corporate health class. There's very little substance in the book. Read more
Published on July 8, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Quite possibly a life saver.
For anyone who is even remotely concerned with the effects their lifestyle might be having on their health, this book is a must have. Read more
Published on December 23, 1998

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