Registered dietician Emilia Klapp presents Your Heart Needs the Mediterranean Diet: Learn How Mediterraneans Have Kept a Healthy Heart for Centuries, a guide to healthy and mirthful culinary lifestyle of southern Europe and how the reader can adapt it to better improve his or her cardiac health. Written in an easy-to-follow dialogue format between a fictional heart-risk patient and a registered dietician, Your Heart Needs the Mediterranean Diet covers the benefits of physical activity, the sinister connection between high blood pressure and processed foods, why fruits and vegetables are the heart's best friends, the value of tomatoes, olive oil, and garlic, and much more. Sample recipes dot this invaluable, reader-friendly guide to improving one's culinary habits, health, and overall quality of life.