High cholesterol is an important risk factor for heart disease, heart attack, and strokes. And although cholesterol screening is one of the most widely administered and evaluated blood tests, many people don't realize that our bodies require some cholesterol to function normally and remain confused about which cholesterol is the "good" one and which is the "bad." Now, in Good Cholesterol, Bad Cholesterol, Hirsch presents a clear, concise primer to all the varieties of this blood lipid, including HDL (high-density lipoprotein), LDL (low-density lipoprotein), VDL (very low density lipoprotein), and others, as well as the connection between the ways various types of fat affect cholesterol levels. Providing essential information about how cholesterol relates to heart disease, stroke, and other life-threatening medical conditions, this essential primer also provides guidance about how to manage your cholesterol levels—through diet, exercise, and stress management—for optimum, lifelong health.
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ANITA HIRSCH, M.S., R.D., has worked in the food and nutrition fields for almost thirty years—more than twenty of them spent developing and testing recipes for health books and magazines at Rodale Press, Inc. She has taught courses in food and cooking at the college level, and writes a "quick and healthy" column for several newspapers. She lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
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It could well be life saving,
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This review is from: Good Cholesterol, Bad Cholesterol: An Indispensable Guide to the Facts about Cholesterol (Paperback)
Good Cholesterol Bad Cholesterol: An Indispensable Guide To The Facts About Cholesterol by nutrition and health expert Anita Hirsch provides a thoroughly "reader friendly" compendium of accurate information about one of the most important risk factors for heart disease, heart attack, and stroke. Readers are provided the facts on all of the varieties of cholesterol (including HDL, LDL, and VDL); show how to determine what their blood cholesterol test results mean; provides guidance on how to manage cholesterol levels through diet, exercise, and stress management; presented with fourteen delicious recipes which will help lower their cholesterol levels, as well as invaluable advice on modifying recipes with healthier ingredients. If you or a loved one is having a problem with cholesterol, then read Anita Hirsch's Good Cholesterol, Bad Cholesterol -- it could well be life saving.
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I has low cholesterol and need follow level of any foods and really love any fruits and vegetables has diet by fiber an high and no more red meat fat skin not good and better chicken and fish very delicious and now my cholesterol better now by level WHEW
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"Cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides, omega-3, polyunsaturated fatty acids." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
total cholesterol points, mono fat, two blood tests, soluble fiber Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
National Cholesterol Education Program, Low Down Lousy, American Heart Association, Take Control, What's Cholesterol Anyway, Heart's De-Lite, Norman Sarachek, Nutrition Facts, United States New!
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"Cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides, omega-3, polyunsaturated fatty acids." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
total cholesterol points, mono fat, two blood tests, soluble fiber Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
National Cholesterol Education Program, Low Down Lousy, American Heart Association, Take Control, What's Cholesterol Anyway, Heart's De-Lite, Norman Sarachek, Nutrition Facts, United States New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Understanding Nutrition by Eleanor Noss Whitney in Back Matter
- The Peanut Butter Diet by Holly McCord M.A. R.D. on page 72
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