Many Americans have learned to enjoy a healthy life-style, one

designed to lessen their chances of having a heart attack. They have

heeded the advice from the American Heart Association to eat a

low-fat, low-cholesterol diet, become more physically active, avoid

smoking and have their blood pressure checked regularly and treated

if high.

The results have been rewarding. Even though heart disease con-

tinues to head the list of causes of death in the U.S., the death rate

has been steadily declining since 1968. While this cannot he attributed

solely to changes in life-style, it s clear that they have something to

do with it.

This book will serve as a continuous source of encouragement to

those of you who have learned that keeping a low-fat, low-cholesterol

diet is healthful and enjoyable. It will also help those of you who have

decided only recently to modify your eating styles.

The information in this book is for you, whether you are a healthy

member of a single or a multiple family unit; it even applies to chil-

dren as young as two years of age. Practical suggestions are provided

for buying, preparing and serving proper proportions of foods. Eating

guidelines have been expanded to include people of all ages. An ex-

panded section on "eating out" will enable you to enjoy meals in your

favorite restaurants, regardless of their ethnic character.