Cooking a la Heart Cookbook

Download or read book Cooking a la Heart Cookbook written by Linda/Jane Hachfeld and published by Apple Tree Press. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heart healthy lifestyle is an ALL HEALTHY lifestyle. Not only can the recommendations found in this book help your heart stay fit, they can also help you live longer and enjoy those added years in good health. Cooking ala Heart helps the reader adopt lifestyle habits to protect our hearts, downsize meals, distinguish good fats from bad with 450 heart-healthy recipes. Packed with tips to avoid calorie creep, reduce sodium, curb our sweet tooth, and how to swap out high fat/sodium ingred w/ heart-healthy alternatives. Includes DASH Diet, latest AHA and USDA Dietary guidelines, plus NHLBI latest desirable chol, triglyceride and blood pressure levels. Full nutrient profiles for each recipe. Also 7 days worth of menus and how to select eco-healthy fish (omega-3 values also included). Bright red dividers between chapters, many charts, easy-to-find information on how to raise HDL cholesterol and lower LDL cholesterol and triglycerides. Great tasting recipes low in sat fat, no trans fat and includes diabetic exchanges.