Guide to Contented Hearts Cardiac Risk Management Cholesterol, High Blood Pressure Exercise, Stress, Weight, Diet

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D. Charles Van Fulpen. Guide to Contented Hearts. (Ills). 112p. CONTROL THE FIGURES THAT CONTROL YOUR LIFE. With a foreword by cardiologist H. L. Brammell, M.D., healthcare education specialist D. Charles Van Fulpen explains how a simple 10% change in lifestyle can achieve a 20% benefit to your heart by reducing risks found in a continuing U.S. heart study: too much stress, excess weight, physical inactivity, high blood pressure & high cholesterol. A former journalist, working with a cardiologist, nutritionist, exercise therapist, & behavioral psychologist, Van Fulpen provides a complete cardiac rehab program with a risk analysis test, food diary & analysis, menus & recipes, an exercise program that sticks, a fat screening quiz & how to cope in today's world of high stress & higher fear. This is a survival kit for improving quality of life, to continue to do all the things you want to do, longer. It helps you make small changes in your lifestyle to provide a profound impact on your heart & possibly reduce healthcare costs. Short case stories about real people managing change are presented: a millionaire, a poor black woman, factory worker & his wife & a single woman who lost & gained-back 100 pounds. To order: Contented Hearts, Inc. 5582 Gull Road, Suite 125 Kalamazoo, MI 49001, (616) 665-4420. Also available thru Baker & Taylor.