Stop That Heart Attack! - Softcover

Derrick Cutting

 
9781859590966: Stop That Heart Attack!

Synopsis

The new third edition of this fully revised and updated practical manual, shows you how you can dramatically reduce your risk of a heart attack, without complicated dietary regimes or expensive health clubs. It covers lifestyle, food and nutrition, exercise, stress, smoking, coping with life events - a whole range of factors which go to make up our chances of either keeping alert and active till ninety, or succumbing to heart problems (or other diseases, such as cancer). New in this edition: · Latest evidence on cholesterol reduction and statin drugs (including findings from the Heart Protection Study 2002) · New evidence on the benefits of fish oil · Completely rewritten section on HRT – Dr Cutting weighs up the benefits and risks in light of the latest research · New section on South Asian diets – how some simple changes to traditional methods of cooking can make all the difference

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About the Author

Dr Derrick Cutting BSc, MB, BS, MRCGP, DRCOG, DCH is a General Practitioner and the Senior Partner in a group practice in Croydon. He is passionate about preventing coronary heart disease and has a special interest in the impact of diet and lifestyle on health and wellbeing.

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