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ljimmfr t- issues answers a n n de p t h l 0 0 k kv f h i etn e w s jawt hen e w s m a k e r s j i easytordigestbook offers juicy tidbits to scare you iq life by fred simpson staff writer in one section of his book take it to heart thornhill cardiologist dr rob myers cheerfully offers his opinion on fastfood outlets avoid them unless its to use the restroom thats for openers hes just warming up for example bacon and sausages are cesspools of unhealthy ingredients they are teeming with a vertiginous collection of fat and saltand should only be consumed by peo- pie who are terminally ill alfredo sauces are a white creamy death w smooth creamy butter goeswell witfir many things including caskets andtomb- stbnes v his definition of a hotdog is equally daunting ground fat and cholesterol mas querading as a wiener he lightens up a bit when speaking of gar lic if your primary goals are to spice up your food and spice down your love life then use garlic with reckless abandon if you think it will reduce your cholesterol recent evi dence suggests you are wasting your money as you might have gathered cholesterol and other forms of fat are the formidable vil lains inmyers book its hot meant to scare youto death just wiseyou up to whatthefuture may hold a fewthousand juicy steaksdown the road you will have been introduced along the way to the irreverent wit and wisdom of sunhybrobk health science centre cardiolo gist myers the 34yearold thornhill resident has puftogether a 170page ofthumorous and always feasytpgigest goffering that deals v wimcardiacriskfactoreandnowto modify them jtqprevent aheart attack 1 deehvtbteibjobkout of the frustration of seeing all the rjeople who pass thrqugtfmyofficewhb already havethe dis- ease myefssaid i j- hedlike toget to them before they get to him r f 5 jcv once a heart attack occurs the dead heart jnusclewiu- remaindead it can no i more recover- function- thana hand can regrow a finger afterit s cut off r yheivvasalsoirispifedto write theboqk because of the many c 4 v v dr rob myers promotes a hearthealthy lifestyle in his take it to heart behind myers is his wife randi and daughter rachel which i found were way too long and too technical myers explained the book with editing help from myers wife randi was two years in the making and was published last october j it received an initial boost when shoppers drug mart as part of its health watch program stocked the book in its stores- the myers have two children seth 2 and rachel seven months i also play poker every two weeks but im not sure thats something you want to write he joked myers did his internal medicine in cardi ology training at the university of toronto and spent a year in acute care cardiology at boston medical centre theres so many people out there who just dont realizethat some heart attacks can carry a worse prognosis then cancer a heart attack he pointed out kills or others on the market most of my spare time is taken up with cripples moire people than cancerlts deadly the two young kids at home said myers toll includes many victims who delay getting who graduated from the university of medical attention mariitobamedical school in 1988 one reason so many people die of heart attacks prior to reaching the hospital is denial myers said their last words are often its only a little indigestion patients arriving at the hospital soon after the onset of an attack have the best chance of recovery he said ive treated many people whose hearts stopped within five minutes of their arrival in the emergency department at the same time myers harbours no fan tasies of converting the world to a life of soy bean and treadmills that doesnt even sound attractive to me my goal is to inspire you to address your risk factors and improve your health he realizes that no ones perfect about health and that includes himself follow- my own dictates to the reader but not to the extreme at the same time however i make sure i always know the amount of fat that im eating he said on occasion ill have a highfat dessert or a steak but its not a common practice of mine steady now all is not gloom and clogged arteries after all myers goes on to vouch for a moveable feast of such lowsaturated fat foods as pasta whole grain foods saftlower sun flower corn canola and olive oils pista chios avocados and fish of all types as if to accent the positive even more myers announced he and his wife would be indulging in a healthy meal of pasta fagio for dinner it will include pasta beans onions its very tasty and it has very little fat to it it tastes good and dont forget to exercise and check your stress count once in awhile in his book myers touches every base as he graphically details the workings of the cir culatory system as it applies to the heart the reader learns the risk factors for heart disease how to lower cholesterol which 5 foods contain fat which vitamins will really help your heart which exercises are best for you how to control your blood pressure and how to quit smoking throughout his message to thereader is a simple one if you choose to continue to smoke a pack day or gorge on fatladen vegetablebereft meals that is your choice once you have the facts the decision to continue practising highrisk behaviour becomes an educated one and i believe in informed choices dr rob myers book take it to heart is published by ecw press of toronto and retails at 1995 w attteyou to feel safe in a saturn oiwestarted with the payment fisatlrn m per month f thornhill saturn saabisuzu 7200 yonge street 905 7640764 a roy foss company- rjl steelesave 2 bjocks north of steelcs avenue on yonge streetin the toronto automobile center phone j905 764rj764 com f uaf payment based on 1999 sw2 purchase price of 22053 and j999sl2 purchase price of 19998 plus applicable license and taxes overa term of 36 months with a down payment of 3300 on the sw2 and 2000 on thesl2 at an interest rate of sjsik per annum with t t r f- f- 1i lfv fr hj i i t n