The Mediterranean Heart Diet: How It Works and How to Reap the Health Benefits, with Recipes to Get You Started

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All about the Mediterranean Diet, from guiding principles to specific recipes, for people who want to improve their health by improving their eating habits. Most people know that a Mediterranean-style diet is "good for them," but many lack the information that determines the diet's success. The Mediterranean Heart Diet does what most doctors who recommend the diet don't: spells out which foods are "out" and which are "in," and why.

Doctors recommend a Mediterranean eating style to thousands who are diagnosed each year with heart disease because it is "heart-healthy"-it promotes lower saturated-fat consumption, and helps lower cholesterol and blood pressure levels.

It is an all-purpose style of eating that also benefits those at risk of developing certain cancers and those with a diabetic condition, because it is high in antioxidant-rich foods and whole grains. The Mediterranean Heart Diet not only provides a full range of satisfying recipes but also covers the science behind the diet's health benefits. Readers learn to create their own healthful eating plans and establish new habits.

More than 140 delicious recipes are included, from satisfying Lentil and Broccoli Soup to tangy Halibut in Citrus Sauce. All recipes feature nutritional analysis by serving, including food exchanges.

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Faulty Information.......2007-07-24

This is an absolutley "terrible" book. It first tells you what the Mediterranean Diet was many years and and how it is so helpful - THEN it tells you how to make bread with WHITE ALL-PURPOSE BREAD FLOUR. WHAT A STUPID BOOK. Then it goes on to tell you how to update the diet with new technology learned over the last century. THAT IS NOT WHAT THE AUTHOR SHOULD BE DOING = THEY SHOULD BE TELLING YOU WHAT THE DIET "WAS" NOT WHAT THE AUTHOR THINKS IT SHOULD BE. And as an added "insult" they tell you to stop smoking. Do you think the Mediterranean"s "Smoked". Of course, and they were living longer than anybody on earth. What arrogance.

Great Heart Diet.......2007-07-16

This is a diet that the average person can live with and lose weight with for the rest of their lives. It isn't fast but steady, you're not hungry and you can have veggies and fruits, and pastas, chicken & fish. And occassionaly dessert and red meat. I only wish there were more sample menues or more about portions. I am losing weight at about 2 or 3 lbs. weeks and I love it!

I love this book!!.......2007-04-14

I bought 3 different cook books at the same time. This is my favorite. The walnut topped portabello mushrooms are to die for. Everything in this book that I've tried so far has been excellent.

no title.......2007-03-27

Not for people raised in the deep south and who have limited access to the ingredients in the receipes. Instead of buying this book just do what the doctors are always telling you. Cut down or out on red meat and eat more vegetables. Substitute fish or fowl in place of the red meat. Also do as the Apostle Paul said in the Bible, "take a little wine for thy stomach's sake". Then get out and walk more.

Healthy eating.......2007-02-19

I love the food. I never realized there were so many different Herb and spices and what they were for. I always used Garlic salt instead of real Garlic. I replaced our regular salt with sea salt.Our cooking oil is now extra virgin olive oil. I am not only enjoying great food but healthier meals and I feel great.

The Miami Mediterranean Diet: Lose Weight and Lower Your Risk of Heart Disease

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Miami Mediterranean Diet is a Must-Read for Optimal Health

The Miami Mediterranean Diet: Lose Weight and Lower Your Risk of Heart Disease
Michael D., M.D. Ozner
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Wake up, America! Low-carb diets are potentially danggerous and there are no long-term studies proving their safety or efficacy. The Mediterranean diet has been around for thousands of years. It is safe and clinically proven to reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer. Moreover, the Mediterranean cuisine is delicious and the ingredients needed to prepare the recipes can be found in any grocery store. Isn't this the type of diet that you want for yourself and your family?

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Miami Mediterranean Diet.......2007-03-20

....highly recommended by my husband's cardiologist. Good advice that is reasonable, with a nice selection of recipes to get one started on the right track.

Exellent .......2007-02-19

Ever since my huusband purchased the book we have made our meals straight from the recipes. We feel better and the food taste great.

Should not be labeled "diet".......2006-08-19

This is a great book for a person with any type of heart problems or who wants to lower their risk of heart problems. It is not really geared to losing weight, but to being healthier. It was recommended by my husband's doctor and is great for heart disease.

Good Book.......2006-02-28

I love books and am always looking at new and healthy diets. This book is a good book if you are looking for a sensible diet and good recipes.

Miami Mediterranean Diet is a Must-Read for Optimal Health.......2005-12-13

Think of this: Greek men have 90% less heart attacks than American men. Yes, I said 90% less. Statistics like this have led scientists to spend more than 20 years studying the Mediterranean diet, Dr. Ozner, a cardiologist based in Miami, summarizes the enormous benefits of this lifestyle in his book. He offers many patient tested (& patient suggested) recipes, all delicious. The basic foods in this diet are pasta, fresh vegetables, beans, whole grains, cold-water fish, nuts, olives, tomatoes, olive oil and red wine. Simple, but rarely followed in America. The Mediterranean diet is rich in benefits, inexpensive and there's an added benefit: weight loss. The book is a winner, easy to read and highly recommended.

Eating for a Healthy Heart: Explaining the "French Paradox

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Eating for a Healthy Heart: Explaining the "French Paradox
John S., M.D. Yudkin , and Sara Stanner
Manufacturer: Keats Pub
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Review of "Eating for a Healthy Heart".......2002-05-02

Concise and easy to read with lots of examples--obviously a competant Professor writing here. Reviews and ties together all the studies about the Mediterranean diet vis a vi the "French Paradox" whereby the French eat a diet high in cholesterol and fat and yet have a low heart attack rate. By the end of the book the reader will fully understand all the risk factors and their solutions for heart disease whether he lives in Peoria or Paris.

Olive Oil Cookery: The Mediterranean Diet

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Disappointing recipes
Mediterranean Food is Delicious!

Olive Oil Cookery: The Mediterranean Diet
M. A. Abbas
Manufacturer: Book Publishing Company (TN)
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The Mediterranean diet, using olive oil as its main source of fat in the diet, can protect you from heart disease. Learn how with delicious recipes from a heart disease researcher and native of Lebanon.

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Disappointing recipes.......2000-05-30

Olive oil has long been an indispensable ingredient in my cooking, and I cannot imagine being without it. As might be expected, I am extremely fond of Mediterranean food, which I find to be utterly delicious and satisfying. I am sorry to say, however, that I was quite disappointed with the choice of recipes in this book, which presents a very limited view of a great cuisine. Although the text is well written and easy to understand, the same cannot be said for the recipes, which lack clear and detailed directions. The dietary wisdom and practical advice offered by "Olive Oil Cookery" is good as far as it goes, but in my opinion two other books, "Low-Fat Lies" and "The Omega Diet," explain more fully the science validating the Mediterranean diet.

Mediterranean Food is Delicious!.......1999-02-13

"Olive Oil Cookery: The Mediterranean Diet" offers some of the most delicious Mediterranean recipes I have ever tasted. The recipes were easy to prepare. The diversity of Mediterranean cuisine has something to offer to all food lovers. And with olive oil as its main ingredient, it is one of the healthiest! I highly recommend this book.

French Paradox and Beyond: Living Longer With Wine and the Mediterranean Lifestyle

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French Paradox and Beyond: Living Longer With Wine and the Mediterranean Lifestyle
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The Mediterranean Diets in Health and Disease (AVI Books)

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Diet may ward off dementia: eating a Mediterranean diet and watching your carbs might lower your risk of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.(KEEPING ... An article from: Focus on Healthy Aging

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Diet may ward off dementia: eating a Mediterranean diet and watching your carbs might lower your risk of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.(KEEPING ... An article from: Focus on Healthy Aging
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Title: Diet may ward off dementia: eating a Mediterranean diet and watching your carbs might lower your risk of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.(KEEPING YOUR MIND SHARP)
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Mediterranean diet, omega-3 show anti-AD effect.(Alzheimer's disease): An article from: Clinical Psychiatry News

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This digital document is an article from Clinical Psychiatry News, published by Thomson Gale on November 1, 2006. The length of the article is 697 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Author: Robert Finn
Publication: Clinical Psychiatry News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2006
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The Mediterranean diet--a recipe for health.(Neighborhood Heart Watch): An article from: Medical Update

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Title: The Mediterranean diet--a recipe for health.(Neighborhood Heart Watch)
Publication: Medical Update (Newsletter)
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Time for an oil change: switching the type of fats and oils in your diet can make a big difference to your cardiovascular health.: An article from: Food & Fitness Advisor

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Time for an oil change: switching the type of fats and oils in your diet can make a big difference to your cardiovascular health.: An article from: Food & Fitness Advisor
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Toward the end of the twentieth century, it became evident to professionals working within the meterological arena that the world's climate system was showing signs of change that could not be adequately explained in terms of natural variation. Since that time there has been an increasing recognition that the climate system is changing as a result of human industries and lifestyles, and that the outcomes may prove catastrophic to the world's escalating population. Compiled by an international team formed under the auspices of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Climate: Into the 21st Century features an unrivalled collection of essays by the world's leading meteorological experts. These fully integrated contributions provide a perspective of the global climate system across the twentieth century, and describe some of the most arresting and extreme climatic events and their effects that have occurred during that time. In addition, the book traces the development of our capabilities to observe and monitor the climate system, and outlines our understanding of the predictability of climate on time-scales of months and longer. It concludes with a summary of the prospects for applying the twentieth century climate experience in order to benefit society in the twenty-first century. Lavishly illustrated in color, Climate is an accessible acccount of the challenges that climate poses at the start of the twenty-first century. Filled with fascinating facts and diagrams, it is written for a wide audience and will captivate the general reader interested in climate issues, and will be a valuable teaching resource. William Burroughs is a successful science author of books on climate, including Weather (Time Life, 2000), and Climate Change: A Multidisciplinary Approach (2001), Does the Weather Really Matter? (1997) and The Climate Revealed (1999), all published by Cambridge University Press.

21st Century Complete Guide to Paleoclimatology: Research into the Climate of the Past-Global Warming and Climate Change Insights, Greenhouse Gas Profiles

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21st Century Complete Guide to Paleoclimatology: Research into the Climate of the Past-Global Warming and Climate Change Insights, Greenhouse Gas Profiles
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This up-to-date and comprehensive electronic book on CD-ROM provides the finest collection of official federal documents available anywhere on the subject of paleoclimatology. Paleoclimatology is the study of climate prior to the widespread availability of records of temperature, precipitation and other instrumental data. There is particular interest in the last few thousand years because this is the best dated, best sampled part of the past climatic record and can help us establish the range of natural climatic variability in a period prior to global-scale human influence. Environmental recorders are used to estimate past climatic conditions and thus extend our understanding far beyond the 100+ year instrumental record. "Proxy" records of climate have been preserved in tree rings, locked in the skeletons of tropical coral reefs, extracted as ice cores from glaciers and ice caps, and buried in laminated sediments from lakes and the ocean.

This research is enormously important to understanding our current climate and the possible changes caused by greenhouse gases and global warming. Research involves computer climate reconstructions and physical investigations into ice cores, coral, tree rings, insects, and pollen. This research is providing important information about glacial and carbon cycles.

Paleoclimatologists use clues from natural "proxy" sources such as tree rings, ice cores, corals, and ocean and lake sediments to understand natural climate variability. NOAA Paleoclimatology operates the World Data Center for Paleoclimatology and the Applied Research Center for Paleoclimatology, with the goal to provide data and information scientists need to understand natural climate variability as well as future climate change. International partners include the Past Global Changes Program of the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme, and the World Data Center system of the International Council of Scientific Unions. Topics covered in this extensive material include:

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