Coronary heart disease kills more Canadians than any other disease, and eight out of ten Canadians have at least one risk factor for developing it. The good news is that many risks factors for heart disease, such as high blood pressure and obesity, can be prevented or controlled by making heart healthy changes to your diet and lifestyle.

In Heart Healthy Foods for Life, leading Canadian nutritionist and registered dietitian Leslie Beck shows us how certain foods can contribute to developing risk factors for heart disease—and, ultimately, heart attack—and how others work to guard against them. This indispensable guide gives you all the tools you need to make smart food choices and explains how easy it is to turn heart healthy foods into delicious everyday meals. This essential book also includes valuable information on:

Understanding heart disease and assessing your personal risk
Meal plans to lower cholesterol, blood pressure, and prevent heart disease
Tips for grocery shopping and dining out
Strategies to maintain a healthy weight and increase exercise
Over 100 delicious heart healthy recipes with complete nutritional analyses

Leslie Beck, RD, a registered dietician, is a leading Canadian nutritionist and the bestselling author of eleven nutrition books. She is the national director of nutrition at Body Science Centers.

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“I encourage you to read Heart Healthy Foods for Life and incorporate Leslie’s nutrition advice into your family’s meals.… It’s all about implementing a sustainable, heart healthy lifestyle. The tools in this book will help you achieve this.” - Dr. Rob Myers, Director of Cardiology, Medcan Clinic

“Canada’s nutrition guru has mapped out a plan that guarantees a new you. If you follow her 12-week plan [in The No-Fail Diet], you will lose weight. Period.” - The Calgary Herald

“[Heart Healthy Foods for Life is] a well researched book on heart health that is chock full of useful information and tips as well as scrumptious heart health recipes.” - The Welland Tribune

“Packed with information on foods to avoid, those to eat more often, proper serving sizes, recipes and easy-to-implement suggestions for minimizing risk.” - Best Health Magazine

“[The No-Fail Diet is] one of the most sensible ‘diet books’ out there.” - The Georgia Straight

“Adolescence is a critical period for developing healthy eating and exercise habits, and the guidance provided in [Healthy Eating for Teens and Preteens] is invaluable.” - Chris Carmichael, personal coach to Lance Armstrong

“Covers the subject extensively... Beck's tools are based on a common sense approach to eating .” - Daily Press (Timmons, Ontario)

“Teenagers are constantly confronted with fast food, poor cafeteria choices, and eating on the go. Healthy Eating for Teens and Preteens provides them with straightforward, useable tools for making the right food choices.” - Dr. Marla Shapiro, medical consultant, CTV

“Leslie Beck offers indispensable advice for healthy living.” - - James F. Balch, MD, co-author of The Prescription for Nutritional Healing

“If you’d like to eat more healthfully, Leslie Beck is a must-read.” - Homemakers magazine

“[Leslie’s] book offers plenty of sound nutrition information and evidence-based diet strategies that can help protect you from coronary heart disease. It’s all about implementing a sustainable, heart healthy lifestyle. The tools in this book will help you achieve this.” - Dr. Rob Myers, Director of Cardiology, Medcan Clinic

“A comprehensive nutrition book aimed at teens that also includes terrific information for the whole family. It includes the most up-to-date information that will help your teen form a great foundation for a healthy lifestyle.” - - Sally Brown, CEO, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

“It is a relief to have Leslie Beck’s well-researched, approachable and up-to-date guide to lifelong healthful eating.” - Elizabeth Baird, Canadian Living

“A very sensible approach to eating, diet, and nutrition.” - The London Free Press

“Practical, easy to follow strategies to help transform your relationship with food.” - The Hamilton Spectator

“Trying to eat healthfully can be a daunting task. Advice is plentiful, but often conflicting or scientifically suspect. Enter Leslie Beck and Leslie Beck’s 10 Steps to Healthy Eating, a valuable home reference with a wealth of practical ‘how-to’ strategies.” - Vancouver Sun

“Finally, a map that women can use to chart their voyage through menopause the natural way.” - - Marilyn Linton, author of Taking Charge by Taking Care: A Canadian Guide to Women’s Health

“Leslie Beck has written the first book that specifically outlines the relationship between nutrition and certain symptoms associated with the peri- and post-menopausal years. This book can help alleviate stressful side effects of menopause and lower the risk of disease through diet and nutrition.” - - Rose Reisman, bestselling author of The Balance of Living Well

“Leslie Beck’s 10 Steps to Healthy Eating contains everything you need to know to get healthy and stay healthy by eating right. The ‘Getting Ready’ section is especially impressive and helpful!” - - Christiane Northrup, MD, author of Women’s Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause

“If you are looking for a comprehensive resource Leslie Beck’s Nutrition Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy is a must read.” - Toronto Sun

“If you're not sure where to start to improve your diet, get your hands on a copy of nutritionist Leslie Beck’s … Foods That Fight Disease. The book is a mini-course on nutrition.” - The Province (Vancouver, BC)