Prevent a Second Heart Attack: 8 Foods, 8 Weeks to Reverse Heart Disease

by Janet Bond Brill PhD RD, Annabelle S. Volgman M.D. (Foreword by)

Overview

Reverse Your Heart Disease in Just Eight Weeks by Harnessing the Power of the Mediterranean Diet

If you’re one of the 13 million Americans who have survived a heart attack or been diagnosed with heart disease, Dr. Janet Bond Brill offers a delicious and foolproof plan that can lower your risk of a second heart attack by up to 70 percent.  Inspired by the heart-healthy Mediterranean diet, the Prevent a Second Heart Attack Plan is based on satisfaction, rather than deprivation.   

Backed by cutting edge research, Dr. Brill explains:


   • Why the Mediterranean diet is the gold standard of heart-healthy eating
   • How “good carbs” such as oatmeal and popcorn lower bad cholesterol, prevent high blood pressure, and control your weight
   • The science behind eating fish for heart health
   • Why having a glass of red wine with dinner is great for your heart—and which wines are the best choices
   • The easiest, most delicious daily habit that will cut your heart attack risk
Packed with every tool you need to eat your way to better heart health—including daily checklists, a complete two-week eating plan, and dozens of mouthwatering recipes to suit every meal, taste, and budget—Prevent a Second Heart Attack provides you with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to live long and enjoy the good life, the heart healthy way.
 
JANET BOND BRILL, Ph.D., R.D., LDN, is a diet, nutrition, and fitness expert who has appeared on national television.  She is the author of Cholesterol Down: 10 Simple Steps to Lower Your Cholesterol In 4 Weeks Without Prescription Drugs, and specializes in cardiovascular disease prevention.  Dr. Brill lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and three children.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780307465252
Publisher:	Harmony/Rodale
Publication date:	02/01/2011
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Janet Bond Brill, PhD, RD, LDN, is a leading diet, nutrition, and fitness writer. A guest nutrition and health expert on national television, she is the author of Cholesterol Down: 10 Simple Steps to Lower Your Cholesterol in 4 Weeks Without Prescription Drugs. Dr. Brill specializes in cardiovascular disease prevention. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and three children.

Annabelle S. Volgman, MD, is a professor at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Volgman’s primary specialty is cardiovascular disease. She studied at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, was a resident at the University of Chicago Medical Center, and was a fellow at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. She wrote the foreword to Prevent a Second Heart Attack: 8 Foods, 8 Weeks to Reverse Heart Disease.

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Table of Contents

Foreword Dr. Annabelle Volgman ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction 1

Part I How You Got Heart Disease in the First Place

1 Making the Transition from Sickness to Health 11

2 Atherosclerosis: A Story of Inflammation, Plaque, and Death of a Heart Muscle 27

3 The Science Behind the Solution 51

Part II Reversing Heart Disease with Eight Foods and Exercise

Section 1 Foods that Harm the Arteries

4 Beware the Plaque-Building Foods: Red Meat, Cream, Butter, Eggs, and Cheese 67

Section 2 Foods that Heal the Arteries

5 Heart-Healthy Food Number 1: Extra Virgin Olive Oil 93

6 Heart-Healthy Food Number 2: Greens and Other Vegetables 109

7 Heart-Healthy Food Number 3: Figs and Other Fruit 126

8 Heart-Healthy Food Number 4: Lentils and Other Legumes 138

9 Heart-Healthy Food Number 5: Salmon and Other Seafood 153

10 Heart-Healthy Food Number 6: Walnuts and Flaxseeds 172

11 Heart-Healthy Food Number 7: Oatmeal and Other Whole Grains 187

12 Heart-Healthy Food Number 8: Pinot Noir and Other Red Wine 203

13 A Heart-Healthy Bonus: Dark Chocolate 220

Section 3 Stay Active: Movement = Heart Health

14 Heart-Healthy Exercise: Walking 237

Part III The Prevent a Second Heart Attack Plan in Action

Section 1 14-Day Meal Plan

15 Meal Plan-14 Days of Eating Your Way Back to Health 259

Section 2 Recipes

16 Prevent a Second Heart Attack Recipes 269

Prevent a Second Heart Attack Daily Checklist 330

Notes 333

Index 357

Editorial Reviews

In Cholesterol Down, nutrition and fitness expert Brill simplified lowering blood cholesterol levels to four weeks and 10 steps. Here, she reduces confusing dietary guidelines typically given to post–heart attack patients to a two-month regime aiming to minimize risk factors ("good" and "bad" cholesterol ratios; blood pressure levels; inflammation; weight; etc.). Brill's focus is dual: preventing a second heart attack and creating a lifestyle that works in tandem with prescribed medications. Contending that low-fat diets and most supplements are ineffective and programs touted in bestsellers and the media (Pritikin, Ornish) prove too restrictive for many patients, Brill offers a Mediterranean-style diet incorporating liberal daily servings of eight "superfood" groups: healthy fats, vegetables, fruit, legumes, seafood, walnuts and flaxseeds, whole grains, and moderate amounts of red wine. Brill's primer on plaque, which she states can begin to build up before birth, is alarming, but her confidence in reversing cardiovascular disease will encourage readers to make significant lifestyle changes. To ensure they do so, Brill throws in a bonus superfood: dark chocolate, a treat, she advises, to be consumed daily. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly

This is an important book. Dr. Brill has managed to combine an enormous body of scientific literature [that] establishes the profound links between heart health and nutrition with a highly practical, motivational, and user-friendly approach. If every American followed the principles found in this book, we could substantially reduce the burden of heart disease in our country.”
—James M. Rippe, MD, cardiologist, founder and director of the Rippe Lifestyle Institute

“Dr. Brill provides an engaging and informative book for patients and providers alike. This exceptional book provides easy-to-read information on nutrition and heart disease, practical approaches to heart healthy living, and tools to help patients successfully reduce heart-disease risk. I will recommend this book most highly to all my patients.”
—JoAnne M. Foody, M.D., FACC, FAHA, medical director of Cardiovascular Wellness at Brigham and Women’s Hospital

“For the thirteen million Americans who have survived a heart attack or are diagnosed with heart disease, this book is a MUST read! In [a] thorough, thoughtful, evidence-based, user-friendly approach, Dr. Brill presents the eight key foods and lifestyle changes needed to CONQUER heart disease. This book provides the roadmap to successfully navigating the way to a long healthy life after a heart attack.”
—Jennifer H. Mieres, M.D., FACC, FAHA, cardiologist, coauthor of Heart Smart for Black Women and Latinas

“A superb resource for health professionals and consumers! Dr. Brill covers it all! I will recommend her book wholeheartedly to my patients who want science-based guidelines to keep their hearts healthy naturally with nutritious foods and exercise.”
—Georgia Kostas, MPH, RD, LD, author of The Cooper Clinic Solution to the Diet Revolution

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