Controlling Cholesterol For Dummies [Paperback]

Carol Ann Rinzler (Author), Martin W. Graf MD (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 28, 2008

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, 2^nd 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, 2^nd Edition will help keep your cholesterol levels under control for good!

Editorial Reviews

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"the authors...know their stuff...the book is a fairly painless way to learn more about subjects you might rather avoid." -- Chicago Tribune, December 1, 2002

"the authors...know their stuff...the book is a fairly painless way to learn more about subjects you might rather avoid." ("Chicago Tribune," December 1, 2002)

"the authors...know their stuff...the book is a fairly painless way to learn more about subjects you might rather avoid." (Chicago Tribune, December 1, 2002) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Back Cover

Covers the latest treatments and drugs, plus side effects

The fun and easy way to get your cholesterol under control and live a long, healthy life

Need to get your cholesterol in check? This easy-to-follow guide gives you the latest on lowering your numbers and maintaining healthy cholesterol levels. You'll see how to eat and exercise properly, use vitamins and supplements, and quit unhealthy habits. You'll also get new information on prescription drugs and the benefits of moderate drinking.

Discover how to:

• Know your cholesterol risk
• Understand "good" and "bad" cholesterol
• Follow a cholesterol-lowering diet
• Avoid dangerous drugs
• Reduce your risk of heart attack

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Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 2 edition (April 28, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470227591
• ISBN-13: 978-0470227596
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 0.8 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,168 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #23 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Special Diet > Low Cholesterol
  • #53 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Aging > Heart Disease

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51 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lighthearted but accurate reference for cholesterol control, October 4, 2004

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Track Your Plaque (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews
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As with many of the "For Dummies" series, Controlling Cholesterol is a well-executed overview of many issues relevant to cholesterol. Author Carol Rinzler's light and humorous discussion ranges from a concise description of what cholesterol is, to many of the different approaches to lowering cholesterol and why "target" values for cholesterol can differ in different people. There's an especially helpful discussion on the effects of various popular diets like Atkins', Sugar Busters, and Protein Power -- pluses and minuses of each.

"Ten Cholesterol Myths" in Chapter 16 is a great discussion that can help clear up much of the murkiness surrounding cholesterol issues and can help answer many of the questions that I am asked when treating cholesterol in my patients (in my cardiology practice).

One criticism: Like all books about cholesterol, Controlling Cholesterol for Dummies gives the reader the impression that high cholesterol is the only way to identify risk for heart disease, as well as a means of diminishing risk of heart attack. This is patently untrue, but not really a criticism of this book as it is of the standard thinking on cholesterol. There are better ways! Nonetheless, this book does serve its intended purpose very well: educate the reader thoroughly on the conventional understanding of cholesterol.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy it..., January 15, 2006

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M. Arat (California) - See all my reviews
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This is a fantastic book for learning all about the cholestrol which is the reason why I bought it. However, after I read it, I was pleasantly surprised to find this book to be better than most popular "diet" books out there. It's straight forward (with humor!), contains lots of informative facts, many handy references (web sites, phone numbers, statistics etc.,), considerate of the reader and not out to please any interest groups (i.e., honest). What more can you ask for! This book is well worth your money.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Fine Book, March 22, 2010

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Daniel Meyer (Coachella, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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I was told by my Dr. to either use diet or pills to control my cholesterol. This book clearly dicusses everything I needed to know about both options, or maybe a combination of both. It is easy to read and understand (and even has a little humor tossed in). I defintely reccomend this for anyone wanting or needing to control their cholesterol.