Rinzler / Graf Controlling Cholesterol For Dummies

2. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-39538-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten, E-Book

Need to get your cholesterol in check? You'll find the latestinformation about cholesterol, including treatments, druginformation, and dietary advice, in Controlling Cholesterol ForDummies, 2nd Edition, an easy-to-understand guide tocholesterol control. You'll learn how to lower your numbersand maintain healthy cholesterol levels. You'll also find outhow to eat and exercise properly, use vitamins and supplements, andquit unhealthy habits.
You'll find out cholesterol's positive functions andwhy too much can be a bad thing. You can also assess yourcholesterol risk by taking your age, sex, ethnicity, and familyhistory into consideration. Find out what you need to ask yourdoctor about stress tests, ECBT, and angiograms to check for plaquebuildup. Design a cholesterol-crushing diet and understand whichfoods can help you lower your numbers. Find out how smoking,alcohol, exercise, excess weight, supplements, and prescriptionmedications affect your cholesterol levels. Find out how to:
* Assess your cholesterol risk
* Understand the benefits and risks associated withcholesterol
* 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, tennutrition websites, ten cholesterol myths, ten landmarks incholesterol history, ten foods that raise your cholesterol, and tenfoods that lower your cholesterol, Controlling Cholesterol ForDummies, 2nd Edition will help keep your cholesterollevels under control for good!

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rinzler, Carol Ann

Graf, Martin W.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.
Part I: Getting Up Close and Personal withCholesterol.
Chapter 1: Mapping the Heart Land.
Chapter 2: Comparing Cholesterol's Risks and Benefits.
Chapter 3: Rating Your Cholesterol-Related Risk.
Part II: Eating Your Way to Lower Cholesterol.
Chapter 4: Writing Rules for a Cholesterol-Lowering Diet.
Chapter 5: Building a Cholesterol-Lowering Diet.
Chapter 6: Pinning Down the "How-To's" For aCholesterol-Lowering Diet.
Part III: Leading a Cholesterol-Lowering Lifestyle.
Chapter 7: Weighing Weight's Weight on Cholesterol.
Chapter 8: Exercising Options to Control Your Cholesterol.
Chapter 9: Weeding Out Tobacco's Role in HighCholesterol.
Chapter 10: The Grape, the Grains, and Your Cholesterol.
Part IV: Cutting Cholesterol with Nutrients andMedicine.
Chapter 11: Vitamins, Minerals, and Other Good Stuff.
Chapter 12: Prescribing Lower Cholesterol.
Chapter 13: Identifying Meds That Raise Cholesterol.
Chapter 14: Mouth-Watering Morsels for Special Occasions.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 15: Ten Clicks to Reliable Cholesterol Information.
Chapter 16: Ten Nutrition Web Sites.
Chapter 17: Ten Cholesterol Myths.
Chapter 18: Ten (Okay, Eleven) "Eureka!" CholesterolMoments.
Appendix: Calories and Other Nutrients in Food.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Carol Ann Rinzler has written more than 20 books on health and nutrition. Martin W. Graf, MD, has been a doctor of internal medicine for over 30 years.