8 Steps to a Healthy Heart: The Complete Guide to Heart Disease Prevention and Recovery from Heart Attack and Bypass Surgery

By Robert E. Kowalski

Book Overview

Diet. Stress. Exercise. Everybody has heard the basics about preventing heart disease, but how can you actually put effective strategies into place? Robert Kowalski, himself a heart-attack victim at the age of 35, shows how to make cardiovascular well-being a part of your everyday life at home, work, and play. "Eight Steps to a Healthy Heart" shows you how to:get more physical activity without spending hours a day in the gympractice effective visualization, meditation, and other easy-to-do psychological techniques to help you unwindget on a low-cholestorol diet that doesn't turn eating into sufferingchange your lifestyle after a heart attack--and enjoy your life morechoose the right doctor and know what to expect from a heart operation and recovery.For anyone who has already faced a heart problem or heart procedure, as well as those who want to avoid one, Robert Kowalski offers the most up-to-date medical information, insight into the mental side of being a heart patient, and practical information to help men and women beat this killer disease.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446394580
• ISBN13: 9780446394581
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Grand Central Pub
• Length: 452 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 1.0" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

art of exlaining the hardest facts heartily

the book was very good but to follow the tips are very har