Need to get your cholesterol in check? Youâll 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. Youâll learn how to lower your numbers and maintain healthy cholesterol levels. Youâll also find out how to eat and exercise properly, use vitamins and supplements, and quit unhealthy habits.
Youâll find out cholesterolâs 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!
Categories:
- Health, Fitness & Dieting
- Diseases & Physical Ailments
- Heart Disease
- Diseases & Physical Ailments
Publisher : For Dummies
Author : Rinzler, Carol Ann
Language : English
Edition : 2
Published :2008-04-28
Number Of Pages : 368
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 0470227591
ISBN-13 : 9780470227596
Item weight : 1.15 lb
Dimensions : 0.9 in x 7.4 in x 9.1 in
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