The Healthy Heart Cookbook For Dummies
by Ralph R. Roberts and Chip Cummings
The Healthy Heart Cookbook For Dummies
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About the Authors
James M. Rippe, M.D., is a board-certified, cardiologist who graduated from Harvard Medical School with postgraduate training at Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He currently serves on the faculty as an Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at Tufts University School of Medicine. He is the Founder and Director of the Rippe Lifestyle Institute and Founder and Director of the Rippe Health Assessment at Celebration Health.
Early in his career, Dr. Rippe specialized in heart catheterization, one of the most complicated and technically difficult procedures in cardiology, used in the diagnosis of severe heart disease. After performing thousands of these procedures, Dr. Rippe was frustrated that individuals required heart catheterization and often two or three of them usually because they took such poor care of themselves. He believed that a better way of taking care of the heart had to exist, so he founded the Rippe Lifestyle Institute, which has grown into the largest exercise, nutrition, weight management, and lifestyle research laboratory in the world. Every day, Dr. Rippe and his team study individuals who are striving to improve their health in general and their cardiovascular health in particular.
In addition to being a cardiologist, Dr. Rippe is also a restaurant-trained French chef. He served as the pastry chef in a French restaurant in Boston before going to medical school. Recently, he served for three years as the medical editor of the Food Network in New York.
Amy Myrdal, M.S., R.D., is a registered dietitian with a Master of Science degree in Nutrition Communication from Tufts University School of Nutrition Science and Policy in Boston and a Bachelor of Science degree in Dietetics from the University of California Davis.
Having had insulin-dependent (Type 1) diabetes since the age of 7, Amy developed an early respect and understanding of the critical relationship between food choices and health, as well as an early interest in and passion for cooking. At the age of 9, she opened the Sunshine Diner in her parents home, where she prepared and served brunches for her family and relatives. Today Amys cooking focuses on creating and preparing healthful meals from a variety of cuisines for herself, her family, and her friends.
Formerly a Senior Research Dietitian at the Rippe Lifestyle Institute, today Amy is the Director of Marketing and Communication for the organization. As a research dietitian, Amy focused on the relationship between food choices and health, and, in particular, on food choices that decrease risk of heart disease. As the Director of Marketing and Communication for the Rippe Lifestyle Institute, Amy is now focused on communicating research results to the medical community and the public at large.