Controlling Cholesterol the Natural Way: Eat Your Way to Better Health with New Breakthrough Food Discoveries [Mass Market Paperback]

Kenneth H. Cooper (Author), William Proctor (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 3, 1999

Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper's all-new plan to lower cholesterol without drugs!

The Old News: Elevated levels of cholesterol put you at risk for heart attack and stroke.

The New News: Now you can control cholesterol naturally!

Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper, a leading authority on controlling cholesterol, shares his all-new plan for balancing your blood lipids--without drugs and without side effects.

Drawing on clinical trials and the most up-to-date medical research, Dr. Cooper explains how exciting new food discoveries can give you a revolutionary new way to manage your cholesterol. Inside you'll discover:

How the new functional foods, such as Benecol and Take Control, can lower bad cholesterol while improving the ratio between good and bad cholesterol in only three weeks

How these "anti-cholesterol" foods work, why they are safe to use, and who should use them

How Dr. Cooper's approach can end--or greatly reduce--your use of prescription cholesterol-lowering medications

Expert advice on diet and exercise, including recipes and more amazing nutritional discoveries

And much more

You don't have to go farther than your fridge to find an effective, nonprescription cholesterol-controlling product.

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From the Inside Flap

Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper's all-new plan to lower cholesterol without drugs!

The Old News: Elevated levels of cholesterol put you at risk for heart attack and stroke.

The New News: Now you can control cholesterol naturally!

Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper, a leading authority on controlling cholesterol, shares his all-new plan for balancing your blood lipids--without drugs and without side effects.

Drawing on clinical trials and the most up-to-date medical research, Dr. Cooper explains how exciting new food discoveries can give you a revolutionary new way to manage your cholesterol. Inside you'll discover:

How the new functional foods, such as Benecol and Take Control, can lower bad cholesterol while improving the ratio between good and bad cholesterol in only three weeks

How these "anti-cholesterol" foods work, why they are safe to use, and who should use them

How Dr. Cooper's approach can end--or greatly reduce--your use of prescription cholesterol-lowering medications

Expert advice on diet and exercise, including recipes and more amazing nutritional discoveries

And much more

You don't have to go farther than your fridge to find an effective, nonprescription cholesterol-controlling product.

About the Author

Kenneth H. Cooper, M.D., M.P.H., is recognized internationally as the "father of aerobics" and the leading spokesman for the preventative medicine movement.

A graduate of the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine and the Harvard University School of Public Health, he introduced the term aerobics to the world with his bestseller Aerobics. Soon after publication of this major work, he founded the Cooper Clinic, the Cooper Aerobics Center, and the Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research in Dallas. Landmark scientific studies have regularly emerged from the huge database and research facilities at the institute in Dallas.

During his career, Dr. Cooper has authored sixteen books, which have sold more than 30 million copies in over forty languages. These include The Aerobics Program for Total Well-Being, Aerobics for Women (with Mildred Cooper), The Antioxident Revolution, Preventing Osteoporosis, Overcoming Hypertension, Kid Fitness, and the bestseller Controlling Cholesterol.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Bantam (August 3, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553582100
• ISBN-13: 978-0553582109
• Product Dimensions: 4.1 x 0.7 x 6.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #149,600 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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56 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars worth reading, February 18, 2000

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This review is from: Controlling Cholesterol the Natural Way: Eat Your Way to Better Health with New Breakthrough Food Discoveries (Mass Market Paperback)

An excellent book which I heartily endorse for a layperson's understanding of cholesterol. An everything you need to know book, with all the latest as of the publication date. The doc also has recommendations based on his own experience and research, most obviously well considered and grounded. Of course, things are moving so fast in heart and health research that I have questions since the two months ago I read this book, and things are left unanswered. I felt the book failed to synthesize adequately all the information that is coming out. E.G. how do we combine the benecol with the vitamin e,c,b, the fish oil, the garlic, the COQ-10, the flaxseed oil, melatonin etc. Does the benecol affect absorption of some of these other food ingredients being touted now by the researchers? And, do we take something, or everything, and if we combine everything, when do we ingest? I also had questions, unanswered, about the doc's touting of oat bran and psyllium fiber, since other research indicates that these foods, like processed wheat flour, have high glycemic indexes, and therefore that large ingestions would by inference tend to increase blood triglycerides. Thus, maybe I consider this more an information book than a program book, as I felt that latter aspect as explained needs more work.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great introduction to "functional foods", September 26, 2004

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This review is from: Controlling Cholesterol the Natural Way: Eat Your Way to Better Health with New Breakthrough Food Discoveries (Mass Market Paperback)

For over 30 years, Dr. Ken Cooper has been a trusted source for insights into health, exercise, and heart disease. Despite its release in 1999, Dr. Cooper's book remains a persuasive and detailed introduction to the use of so-called "functional foods" and "nutriceuticals" to lower cholesterol. These included stanol/sterol esters in butter substitutes, soy products, Phytrol, and oat bran. If you have high cholesterol (LDL or total) and you're unaware of the power these strategies, you've got to read Dr. Cooper's book to get up to speed.

Dr. Cooper's book is also the only other book on the market besides mine that discusses how heart scans can be used as a part of your heart disease prevention program. Although the discussion is only 3 pages long, he details how this exciting technology is proving to be among THE most powerful tools available for detecting hidden coronary plaque.

Only one criticism: Dr. Cooper's discussion of causes of heart attack beyond cholesterol is too brief and you'll have to turn elsewhere for more information. (In all fairness, much new data has become available since publication of this book.) Nonetheless, Controlling Cholesterol the Natural Way remains a principal reference for people who wish to augment their health program with powerful nutritional strategies.

24 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I had no idea lowering my cholesterol could be so easy, November 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Controlling Cholesterol the Natural Way: Eat Your Way to Better Health with New Breakthrough Food Discoveries (Mass Market Paperback)

I agree wholeheartedly with the other reviewers. At first, I thought it was just hype, but Dr. Cooper convinced me that new foods like Benecol actually work to reduce cholesterol. My doctor wanted me to take medication, but I hate taking pills. This is so much easier and I trust eating food more than taking pills.

Dr. Cooper also proved to me that I needed to be even more concerned about cholesterol than I thought. Cholesterol is a problem in America and lower is better. I was happy to read that there are many other doctors and clinical studies that support Dr. Cooper's use of Benecol to lower it.