Synopses & Reviews
For the millions of Americans living with heart disease, The Healthy Heart Cookbook provides hundreds of delicious and healthy recipes for all the family favorites, from hamburgers to pancakes!
In The Healthy Heart Cookbook, Joe Piscatella, a heart patient himself, who has turned his life and health around by following a healthy diet, 700 of the BEST recipes from Joseph C. Piscatellas five cookbooks (which have more than 2,000,000 copies in print and are used by more than 5,500 hospitals).
The 700 recipes—which range from Taco Pizza to Grilled Teriyaki Salmon to marinated flank steak and Chocolate Pudding—are quick-to-fix and delicious.
Based on guidelines from the American Heart Association, each recipe includes nutritional breakdowns, and the 1000-plus-entry fat-gram counter for common foods makes healthy substitutions a breeze.
Perfect for the whole family!
Synopsis
HANDLE An encyclopedic 700-recipe cookbook plus fat gram counter by Workman author and leading authority on diet and cardiac health whose previous books have sold collectively over 1.4 million copies.
Synopsis
Joseph C. Piscatella's five ground-breaking books on eating and health have sold nearly 2 million copies collectively. At long last, he has combined his hundreds of diverse, easy-to-follow and good-for-you recipes into this one new volume. And as a smart cook is a well informed one, this generous collection includes nutritional information with every recipe, plus an extensive nutritional guide featuring fat grams, calories, and other information about the widest array of foods and ingredients.
This mammoth cookbook has mouthwatering surprises on every page, and is a great step toward a longer, healthier, and happier life.
About the Author
Author Joseph C. Piscatella has been a keen observer of American eating habits since 1977, when emergency open-heart surgery at the age of 32 forced him to recognize the intimate connection between dietary habits and overall health. His successful recovery and determination to make adjustment in his own lifestyle and diet inspired a new career as an active proponent of healthy lifestyle changes. As president of the Institute for Fitness and Health, Inc. in Tacoma, Washington, he lectures extensively to a variety of clients, including medical organizations, corporations and professional associations, and is a consultant on major wellness projects for Fortune 500 companies, the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force. Cited in Time for their practicality and effectiveness, his seminars deal with the management of lifestyle habits to increase health, longevity and productivity. Mr. Piscatella is the only non-medical member of the National Institute of Health Cardiac Rehabilitation Expert Panel, which develops clinical practice guidelines for physicians. He is also a member of the Association for Worksite Health Promotion, the American Association of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, and the National Wellness Association.