Heart Healthy Foods for Life: Preventing Heart Disease through Diet and Nutrition (Book) Author: Leslie Beck, RD Heart Healthy Foods for Life is a book to help readers make smart choices to limit their intake of foods that can harm their heart and to add heart-healthy foods to their daily diet. The author explains how certain foods and food components work to guard against or contribute to developing risk factors for heart disease and, ultimately, atherosclerosis and heart attack. The book includes over 100 heart-healthy recipes with complete nutritional analysis. The book covers the following topics: • Understanding heart disease and assessing your personal risk • Foods and nutrients to eat less often • Heart-healthy foods to eat more often • Vitamins, minerals and supplements for heart health • Meal plans to lower cholesterol and blood pressure, and prevent heart disease • Tips for grocery shopping and dining out • Strategies to maintain a healthy weight and increase exercise Leslie Beck is a registered dietitian and CTV's Canada AM nutrition expert. She has a weekly column in The Globe and Mail, a syndicated radio spot and runs a private practice in Toronto. Purpose:  Consumer information/support; Health information Geographic Origin:  Canada Language of Resource:  English Publisher:  Toronto: Penguin Date Published:  2008 Last Reviewed by Women's Health Matters:  January 28, 2009