Synopses & Reviews
Written by the health experts at AMA, this cookbook provides valuable, up-to-date information for anyone wanting to lead a healthy life.
AMA experts explain in a 20-page introduction what foods, fats, and vitamins do for and to the body. They also explain heart disease risk factors and how to develop a healthier heart through diet and exercise.
Full-flavored, low-fat and low-calorie recipes put the pleasure back in eating for good health.
Each recipes displays the fat content in grams and includes what percentage of calories in the dish is from total or saturated fat. Each recipe also includes nutritional information and easy instructions for cooking.
Updates on potent disease-fighting ingredients.
Simple tips for controlling cholesterol and staying fit.
Helpful meal-planning strategies including healthy and delicious food substitutions.
Synopsis
Facts & Trends- "American Medical Association Family Cookbook, the association's first cookbook, won the prestigious James Beard Award in 1998.- 18.2 million Americans suffer from diabetes. Adults with diabetes have heart disease death rates about two to four times higher than adults without diabetes.- About 61 million Americans have some form of heart disease. It is the No.1 cause of death and the leading cause of diabetes-related deaths.- Nearly 260,000 diabetic and sugar-free cookbooks and more than 470,000 low-fat cookbooks sold in 2003.- More than 2.3 million health and healing cookbooks sold in 2003--the third largest segment of cookbook sales.- More than 79,000 heart-related cookbooks sold in 2003.- Each of these two concept was found appealing (individually) by 66% of cooks.
Synopsis
AMA experts explain what foods, fats, and vitamins do for and to the body; heart disease risk factors; and how to develop a healthier heart through diet and exercise.
Each recipe displays fat content and percentage of calories from total or saturated fat.
Updates on potent disease-fighting ingredients.
About the Author
The American Medical Association was formed in 1847 to advance the art and science of medicine while serving as a unified voice for the nation's physicians. More than 150 years later, it continues to exert a major impact on medicine in American.