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.
Owner Reviews, Ratings, Comments and Criticism
Dr Kennedy hits this one head on. Finally a MD who understands that stress is the main cause and risk factors such as genetics, elevated blood pressure and elevated cholesterol are just that, risk factors. He guides you through an easy way to deal with stress and eliminate heart disease from your system. I've been a RN for 25 years specializing in cardiac care. Many patients that have heart disease are just treating symptoms with medication and procedures but not dealing with the underlying stresses in their lives that cause the disease in the first place. I highly recommend this book!!!
