From a top cardiologist-simple stress-reduction techniques to prevent and reverse the four major kinds of heart disease
The 15 Minute Heart Cure shows how stress can harm our cardiovascular system and offers practical, easy ways to dispel stress naturally, without spending a lot of time or money. It explains the stress-heart disease connection for the four major types of heart disease-heart attack, arrythmia, congestive heart failure, and cardiac valve disease-and equips you with the author's proven BREATHE technique to help you stop stress in its tracks.
- Teaches the BREATHE (beginning, relaxation, envision, apply, treatment, heal, end) technique to help you heal and protect your heart
- Gives you specific stress-reducing breathing and guided imagery exercises you can do anywhere, anytime
- First book by a leading cardiologist on the stress-heart disease connection-Dr. Kennedy is the former director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and director of Inpatient Cardiology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Rafael, CA and the current medical director of Preventive Cardiology and Wellness, Marina Del Rey Hospital, Marina Del Rey, California, and member of the Board of the American Heart Association
- Includes real-life case examples from the author's extensive clinical experience.
Don't let stress hurt your heart. Unleash the healing benefits of The 15 Minute Heart Cure and discover the wonderful sense of focus and calm it will bring to your life.
Relaxation exercises are great for reducing stress and getting you through those difficult days feeling more energized and less frazzled. What you may not know is that stress reduction is as important in maintaining and repairing the health of your heart as proper diet, smoking cessation, and lowering your cholesterol. In fact, the right kind of stress reduction can help you prevent and even cure heart disease.
In The 15-Minute Heart Cure, cardiologist John M. Kennedy shows you how stress triggers a fight-or-flight response that can harm your cardiovascular system in a variety of ways. Then he helps you safeguard your heart health with powerful, easy-to-learn techniques for dispelling stress naturally, without spending a lot of time or money.
Dr. Kennedy explains the stress/heart-disease connection for the four major types of heart disease and shows you how to stop stress in its tracks with his proven B-R-E-A-T-H-E (Begin, Relax, Envision, Apply, Treat, Heal, End) technique. Whether you have had a heart attack, have been diagnosed with a heart condition, or simply want to keep your heart in great shape, this unique, practical guide gives you the tools you need to make every day less stressful and mitigate the impact of each stressful situation on your heart.
You'll learn how to:
Use guided imagery and breathing tech-niques to induce a relaxation response
Train yourself to find calm even in the most stressful situations
Apply variations of the B-R-E-A-T-H-E technique to specific cardiovascular conditions
Prevent heart attack, congestive heart failure, arrhythmia, and valve disease
Reduce and reverse the effects of an existing heart condition
Avoid dangerous and costly heart surgery by maintaining your heart health every day
Complete with numerous real-life examples of stress-induced cardiovascular events and how these patients repaired their hearts through stress reduction, The 15-Minute Heart Cure is the book that could save your life.
