Book description
Need to get your cholesterol in check? You'll find the latest
information about cholesterol, including treatments, drug information,
and dietary advice, in
Controlling Cholesterol For Dummies, 2nd Edition
, an easy-to-understand guide to cholesterol control. You'll learn how
to lower your numbers and maintain healthy cholesterol levels. You'll
also find out how to eat and exercise properly, use vitamins and
supplements, and quit unhealthy habits.
You'll find out cholesterol's
positive functions and why too much can be a bad thing. You can also
assess your cholesterol risk by taking your age, sex, ethnicity, and
family history into consideration. Find out what you need to ask your
doctor about stress tests, ECBT, and angiograms to check for plaque
buildup. Design a cholesterol-crushing diet and understand which foods
can help you lower your numbers. Find out how smoking, alcohol,
exercise, excess weight, supplements, and prescription medications
affect your cholesterol levels. Find out how to:
- Assess your cholesterol risk
- Understand the benefits and risks associated with cholesterol
- Design and adhere to a cholesterol-lowering diet
- Avoid dangerous drugs
- Reduce your risk of heart attack
- Choose fats and fibers correctly
- Check for plaque buildup
Complete with lists of ten important cholesterol websites, ten
nutrition websites, ten cholesterol myths, ten landmarks in
cholesterol history, ten foods that raise your cholesterol, and ten
foods that lower your cholesterol, Controlling Cholesterol For
Dummies, 2nd Edition will help keep your cholesterol
levels under control for good!
Carol Ann Rinzler is the author of Nutrition
For Dummies, now in its 4th edition, as well as Heartburn and
Reflux For Dummies, and more than 20 other books on food and
health. A former nutrition columnist for the New York Daily
News, Carol lives in New York with her husband Perry Luntz, author
of Whiskey and Spirits For Dummies, and their amiable cat, Katy.
Martin W. Graf, MD, has been a doctor of internal medicine for
over 30 years.
