Determining how to make a change in your life for a healthier you starts with educating yourself on the issue. To learn more about Heart Health, check out the books and videos listed below. Books and videos can be checked out at the Mutch Women's Health Library located at the Mutch Women's Center for Health Enrichment at Sanford's Women's Health Plaza located at 57th and Western, Sioux Falls SD. You can call us at 605-328-7155 to reserve the book or video of your choice. Download a printable version of the books listed below.
| TITLE |
AUTHOR |
DESCRIPTION |
| LOW-FAT, LOW-CHOLESTEROL |
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION |
This book brings taste, fun, and variety to what you eat. This is the cookbook to get you going in the right direction. |
| HEALTHY HEART WALKING TAPE |
RITA MORENO |
* includes an illustrated booklet with diary The Healthy Heart Walking Tape is for anyone who enjoys walking and is ready for a fit lifestyle. With this tape you will, do easy-to-do stretches, choose a 30 minute walk session just for you, and enjoy listening to music. |
| GOOD CHOLESTEROL BAD CHOLESTEROL |
ANITA HIRSCH |
Anita Hirsch dispels the myths surrounding this blood lipid, clearly differentiates good cholesterol from bad, and provides the knowledge you need to drastically improve your cholesterol health. |
| HEART SENSE FOR WOMEN |
STEPHEN T. SINATRA |
From pros and cons of hormone replacement therapy to why heart medications work differently for women than men, this book shatters the myth about heart disease and outlines a prescriptive plan for natural prevention and treatment. |
| BLOOD PRESSURE BOOK |
STEPHEN FORTMANN & PRUDENCE BREITROSE |
This book explains the risk factors for high pressure, what it does to your body, how it is monitored, and how it is treated. This book is written for people who have been told their pressure is too high, and also those who want to keep their pressure healthily low. |
| CHOLESTEROL CONTROL |
PATRICIA AND EDWARD KRIMMEL |
This book enables you to resolve your cholesterol problem, includes information on how to help children, tells how to shop for and prepare foods to control your cholesterol, and is user friendly with easily understood language and concepts. |
| COPING WITH HEART SURGERY AND BYPASSING DEPRESSION |
CAROL COHAM, JUNE PIMM & JAMES JUDE |
This book is filled with a special combination of practical information and solutions to common problems about heart surgery that is sure to put you at ease. |
| HEARTMATES |
RACHAEL FREED |
This book is a complete and compassionate treatment of a subject that has been waiting for someone to deal with it: the needs and fears of the family of a heart patient. |
| WOMEN'S HEART BOOK |
FREDRIC PASHKOW & CHARLOTTE LIBOV |
Dr. Fredric Pashkow and Charlotte Libov cover every aspect of heart care, heart surgery, and the prevention of heart disease. |
| 50 WAYS TO LOWER YOUR CHOLESTEROL |
MARY MCGOWAN & JO MCGOWAN CHOPRA |
This book offers 50 expert, practical tips you can use to keep high cholesterol, a potentially life-threatening condition, at bay. |
| THERE'S MORE TO HEART HEALTH THAN CHOLESTEROL |
CATHERINE SAXELBY |
Gives you the information and strategies you need to lower your cholesterol and look after your heart in the years to come. |
| 100 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT HYPERTENSION |
WILLIAM MANGER & RAY GIFFORD |
The authors provide you with the answers you need to understand and control high blood pressure and related illness. They also provide clear and concise information to help you reduce your chances of stroke and heart disease. |
| MAYO CLINIC ON HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE |
MAYO CLINIC |
If you use the information in this book every day, you can live longer and better with high blood pressure or help prevent it if you're at risk. |
| ARROW THROUGH THE HEART |
DEBORAH DAW HEFFERNAN |
This is a story of raw emotions -from childlike bewilderment to despair to jubilation- that followed Deborah's return to the world, of "finding meaning everywhere, like Easter eggs." |
| WOMEN ARE NOT SMALL MEN |
NIECA GOLDBERG |
This book presents detailed, age-specific programs that give women the facts and the guidance they need to recognize, treat, and prevent heart disease. |
| WOMEN ARE NOT SMALL MEN |
NIECA GOLDBERG, M.D. |
This book presents detailed, age-specific programs that give women the facts and the guidance they need to recognize, treat, and prevent heart disease. |
| MAYO CLINIC HEART BOOK |
MAYO CLINIC |
This fully updated edition of Mayo Clinic's classic guide to heart health will help you keep pace wtih new developments regarding this vital aspect of your health. |
| LOW-FAT & LUSCIOUS DESSERTS |
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION |
With this cookbook, the American Heart Association proves that you can indulge in soul-satisfying desserts and still keep your heart healthy and your waistline trim. |
| HEART SENSE FOR WOMEN |
STEPHEN T. SINATRA |
Dr. Stephen Sinatra breaks through popular misconceptions about heart disease and explains why heart medications work differently for women, surprising news about cholesterol, lipoprotein, and so much more. |
| HEALTHY HEART SOURCEBOOK FOR WOMEN |
DAWN D. MATTHEWS |
This sourcebook tells readers why they should be concerned about heart health and what to do to prevent heart disease. |
| MEALS IN MINUTES COOKBOOK |
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION |
More than 200 delicious low-fat, low-cholesterol recipes to nourish your appetite for good food while respecting your hectic schedule. |
| JOAN TOOLE'S FOOD FOR THE HEART AND SOUL: THE ART OF COOKING |
JOAN TOOLE |
This book offers meals in minutes using the art of en concert cooking, happier attitudes, and much more! |
| 8 WAYS TO LOWER YOUR RISK OF A HEART ATTACK OR STROKE |
MAYO CLINIC HEALTH INFORMATION |
This book offers easy-to-follow steps that will allow you to improve your life and how you live it. |
| HEART HEALTHY FOR LIFE |
PETER JARET |
This book offers you practical strategies you can use to lower your risk. With the advice in this book, you could add years to your life! |
