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Another Chance: Managing Coronary Artery Disease

This book is written by physicians, dieticians, and educators who specialize in the treatment of lipid disorders. The book promotes a very low-fat diet, regular physical activity, and stress management.

Bowes & Church's Food Values of Portions Commonly Used

This book provides comprehensive and relevant information about the nutritional values of food. Includes a quick-reference, tabular format; discussion of brand name products and general foods; conversion tables, U.S. recommended daily allowances, mean heights and weights, recommended energy intake; information on monounsaturated fat content; references for sources of food data facilities further study; and coverage of 8,500 foods.

Brand Name Fat and Cholesterol Counter

This book provides thousands of alphabetized entries divided into the same sections you'll find at your supermarket; listings of only those foods that meet the American Heart Association criteria for total fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol; the AHA Diet; how to figure your daily fat allowance; and how to figure your daily calorie needs.

Cholesterol: Your Guide for a Healthy Heart

This book discusses blood cholesterol and its affect on heart disease. Also looks at practical lifestyle changes to decrease the risk of heart disease. Contains the fat and cholesterol content of common foods and recipes.

Complete Book of Food Counts, The

Are you aware of the calories, carbohydrates, fat, fiber, cholesterol, and sodium in your diet? This book provides information about a very large variety of foods, be they generic or brand-name foods, fresh or frozen, fast-food, or gourmet and health foods.

Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition, The

This book offers guidance on maximizing endurance, strength and performance, formulae for calculating optimal calorie needs, and carbohydrtae and protein requirements, how to improve body composition, sports nutrition for women, vegetarian eating, and 30 ating plans to cut body fat, gain muscle and prepare for compition.

Controlling Your Fat Tooth

This book discusses the link between excess dietary fat and heart disease, stroke and diabetes; difference between fats; how to make smart food choices and lose weight without dieting; how to beat your fat cravings.

Cooking for the Heart

Recipes for lowering fat and sodium in your diet.

Eat More Weigh Less

Dr. Ornish's program takes a scientific approach based on the type of food eaten rather that the amount. On the Life Choice program the meals are low in fat and get you full before you consume to many.

Eat, Drink and Be Healthy

Based on many research studies tracking hundres of thousands of people for more than twenty years, this book offers eye-opening new research on the healthiest form of carbohydrates, fats, anf proteins, and the relative importance of various food groups and supplements. You'll learn why weight control is the single-most important nutriotinal factor and what the six other critical facotrs of eating healthy are. There is even specific information and advice for diabetics, people with hypertension, pregnant women, and nursing mothers.

Eating Well for Optimum Health

In this book Dr. Weil not only describes the basics of nutrition, i.e. fats, proteins, carbohydrates, minerals, and vitamins, but he also addresses fad diets, and more traditional Japanese, "Asian", Vegan and Mediterranean diets, with their advantages and disadvantages. He presents his easy-to-follow diet that he calls OPTIMUM DIET, including weekly menus. Provides 85 recipes with nutritional analysis. A reminder that we can eat for health without giving up the essential pleasures of eating.

Fat Tooth Fat-Gram Counter, The

This guide provides fat-gram counts for over 6,000 foods. It also shows the reader how to set a fat budget and stay within it, how to read food labels, how to develop better eating habits, and how to shop and cook smarter.

Fat Tooth Restaurant & Fast Food Fat-Gram Counter, The

This guide allows you to make informed choices by using fat-gram counts for average restaurant servings.

Fat-Gram Guide to Restaurant Food

Fat grams, calories, and percentage of calories from fat for over 3,500 restaurant dishes.

Lowfat Lifeline for the 90's, A

This books tells you how to shop, cook and eat for a low-fat diet. Includes recipes.

Most Complete Food Counter, The

Calorie, Fat, Cholesterol, and other values for more than 21,000 individual food items, including national and regional brands, vegetarian, and take-out items.

Omega Diet, The

This book discusses the importance of balancing our intake two essential fatty acids, omega-3 and omega-6 fats. The benefits of omega-3 fats on heart disease, cancer, immune function and more are discussed.

Outsmarting the Female Fat Cell -- After Pregnancy

After eating for two, it's time to learn to eat for just you again. Learn how your metabolism is affected by childbirth, and to develop a new notion about portions and exercise after childbirth.

Tuft's University Guide to Total Nutrition, The

This book includes information on the role of protein, carbohydrates, fiber, fat, and cholesterol in your diet; using vitamin and mineral supplements; understanding the RDAs and how to use them; understanding food labels; research on the connection between food and disease; how to plan nutritious, balanced diets; the best way to control weight and keep fit through diet and exercise; and storing food for optimum safety and vitamin retention.

Ultimate Sports Nutrition Handbook, The

This handbook provides strategies that athletes can use to perform closer to their potential. The authors discuss energy demands of exercise; training diets; carbohydrates, proteins, fat; nutrition quackery and supplements; fluid requirements and hydration; vitamins and minerals; special needs of women athletes; body composition; weight control and losing fat; eating disorders; eating 'on the road'; and nutrition for the child and older athlete.

Wellness Encyclopedia of Food and Nutrition, The

A colorful guide to basic nutrition, and how to select, store and prepare vegetables; fruits; exotic vegetables and fruits; poultry; fish and shellfish; dairy and eggs. There are appendices that discuss various cooking methods; fats and oils; and herbs and spices. The book provides information on non-nutrient elements in foods that have been found to be healthful, as well as bacterial and chemical contamination that can cause health problems.

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Media & Electronic Resources

Freedom from Fat: Hidden Fat

Learn about types of fats and which foods are lowest.

Quick and Easy Low-Fat Cooking

Learn how to prepare low-fat foods at home.

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Video Tape

Freedom from Fat: Hidden Fat

Learn about types of fats and which foods are lowest.

Quick and Easy Low-Fat Cooking

Learn how to prepare low-fat foods at home.

Scientific American Frontiers: Fat and Happy?

60 minute video hosted by Alan Alda and takes a look at obesity in America.

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