Cleveland Clinic Healthy Heart Lifestyle Guide and Cookbook: Featuring More Than 150 Recipes
Author: Bonnie Sanders Polin
Ranked as the #1 heart hospital in America eleven years running by U.S. News & World Report, Cleveland Clinic is also world-renowned for its life-saving medical breakthroughs, including bypass surgery. The hospital performs more open-heart surgeries and transplants than any other hospital in America. Now, emphasizing prevention, it has teamed with cookbook authors Bonnie Sanders Polin and Frances Towner Giedt to create the most complete and easy-to-follow plan yet for preventing heart disease: Cleveland Clinic Healthy Heart Lifestyle Guide and Cookbook.
Polin and Giedt have developed outstanding recipes that taste too good to be good for you (but are), ranging from Cajun Grilled Shrimp with Fresh Pineapple Salsa to Chipotle Chicken and Corn Tamale Pies, All-American Meatloaf, and even New York-Style Cheesecake. The authors also provide a week's worth of menus for each of three caloric plans to take the guesswork out of eating from morning to night.
With this guide handy, there’s no irksome hunt for answers to heart-related diet and fitness questions. Just turn the pages to find:
• How many eggs can be safely consumed per week
• Lists of foods rich in omega-3 oils and tips on avoiding mercury in fish
• Ideas for healthy snacks under 200 calories
• Strategies for eating out
• Why fiber is the key to good nutrition
• How to choose the healthiest protein–and the facts on soy
• The latest findings on alcohol
• How using a pedometer can keep you out of a gym
• How to calculate a healthy body weight
• How tokeep kids fit and cope with finicky eating habits
Backed by the reputation of Cleveland Clinic, this all-in-one guide is the easy, enjoyable way for Americans to care for their hearts and live longer, healthier lives.
Publishers Weekly
Though they haven't unearthed any groundbreaking information, the authors-along with experts from the heart hospital the U.S. News & World Report ranks as number one in the U.S.-provide a comprehensive and straightforward heart health manual and recipe collection. The first section is all about lifestyle, covering such topics as risk factors for heart disease, dietary habits and managing stress. Polin and Giedt, specialists at the Cleveland Clinic, provide the recipes, which account for the majority of this volume; they aren't particularly cutting edge, but they're easy and healthy, feature clear nutrition information and generally contain interesting and sometimes intense flavors. Entries such as Grilled Black Sea Bass over Summer Vegetables with Japanese Dressing; Red Snapper Taco with Mango Salsa; Grilled Chicken Breasts with Warm Balsamic Strawberries; Spicy Black Bean Cakes with Cilantro Yogurt could pass muster at most dinner parties. There are even desserts, including a Luscious New York-Style Cheesecake, which is made with low-fat cottage cheese and a sugar substitute, so while it may not taste quite like the real thing, it does give an option for a creamy sweet treat. Tips for stocking a pantry and suggested shortcuts make the idea of heart healthy cooking doable. (Jan.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Library Journal
The Cleveland Clinic has been in the healthy heart business since 1921. This makes two of its specialists, Polin and Giedt (coauthors, The Joslin Diabetes Gourmet Cookbook), qualified to write a guide to staying heart-healthy. Here, they encourage healthy eating and lifestyle choices that not only prevent cardiovascular disease but also promote overall health. Though the book is broken into halves, it may be read in any order. The first half, "Lifestyle Guide," covers various aspects of heart health (e.g., risk factors for cardiovascular disease, body weight, exercise) as well as nutritional advice (e.g., a prescription of fiber, fats, protein). Once the reader understands the science and theory of being heart-healthy, the book's second half, "The Cookbook," provides more than 150 recipes incorporating all these new facts and suggestions. Recipes are broken down by meal, and some have icons identifying them as quick to make, great for children, or suitable for serving at occasions. Recommended for all public libraries with either cookbook or consumer health collections as well as for medical libraries with consumer health collections.-Rachel M. Minkin, Graduate Theological Union Lib., Berkeley, CA Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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Cooking Free: 200 Flavorful Recipes for People with Food Allergies and Multiple Food Sensitivities
Author: Carol Lee Fenster
Now you can enjoy your favorite recipes with creative alternatives to gluten, dairy, eggs, and sugar.
Does wheat sensitivity keep you from eating hearty breads? Or lactose intolerance mean the end of ice cream? Not anymore! Nutrition expert Carol Fenster has spent years developing recipes free of the food allergens that wreak havoc on your health, but full of the flavors you love.
Because so many of the 6 to 7 million Americans with food allergies have sensitivities to more than just one food, Fenster has created dishes that remove five of the most common allergens-gluten, dairy, eggs, and sugar-providing one book full of delicious recipes for you and your entire family, no matter what your individual dietary needs.
Complete with tips on cooking without traditional ingredients and conversion tables that will show you how to substitute alternative ingredients in your own recipes, this book can help keep you healthy while allowing you to indulge in delectable breads, entrŠ¹es, and desserts.
Library Journal
According to Fenster (Wheat-Free Recipes and Menus), 11 million Americans have some type of food allergy. As a nutritionist and someone who is gluten-intolerant herself, she is qualified to tackle the subject. Most of the recipes featured here are not only gluten-free but also omit egg, dairy, and sugar, as many people, she notes, have allergies to multiple foods. These varied and appealing dishes include breakfast items, breads, appetizers, entr es, and desserts, as well as seasoning mixes, bread crumbs, and sauces. Typically, the recipes contain only a few if any special ingredients, and an appendix lists sources for out-of-the-ordinary items, e.g., xanthan gum, which improves the texture of baked gluten-free goods. Other appendixes provide information on various flour, egg, dairy, and sugar substitutes; lists of common foods that may be sources of these allergens; a glossary; and a list of resource groups for those with food allergies. A good choice overall, especially for larger cookery collections or where there is interest.-Susan Hurst, Miami Univ. of Ohio Libs., Oxford Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
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