The McDougall Program for a Healthy Heart: A Life-Saving Approach to Preventing and Treating Heart Disease - Softcover

McDougall, John A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0452272661 ISBN 13: 9780452272668

Publisher: Plume, 1998

Synopsis

Designed to produce dramatic health improvement in two months, a healthy eating program focuses on helping those who have already had, or are in danger of having a heart attack, but is also useful as a guide to the prevention of coronary disease. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author

John A. McDougall, M.D. is the founder and director of the McDougall Program at St. Helena Hospital in the Napa Valley of California.

From Publishers Weekly

Making a strong pitch for the vegan lifestyle, McDougall (The McDougall Program for Maximum Weight Loss) freely criticizes mainstream medicine for scanting nutritional advice. Unlike the modest dietary changes recommended by such authorities as the Texas Heart Institute (see above), McDougall, who runs a cardiac program at St. Helena Hospital in California's Napa Valley, bans all animal products-fish, poultry, eggs, even nonfat dairy-from his no-cholesterol, under-10%-fat diet. Though the emphasis is primarily on nutrition (two weeks of menu plans, 100 recipes and extensive brand-name shopping lists are provided), McDougall also discusses exercise and stress management, medications and surgical procedures and offers plenty of cautionary words on diagnostic tests. Peppering his lively prose with anecdotes, McDougall is persuasive and upbeat about his program's success in preventing as well as treating heart disease, but his demanding regime will likely appeal most to the highly motivated, especially those already experiencing heart problems.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Plume
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0452272661
• ISBN 13: 9780452272668
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 448