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The Harvard Medical School Guide to Lowering Your Cholesterol

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This book doesn't just cover cholesterol, but heart health in general. It starts with what cholesterol is and how your body manufactures it and the mechanics of heart disease, then moves on to risk factors and what will happen when you visit your doctor about this. Then it goes to how to lower your cholesterol and, thus, your heart disease risk. Diet, exercise, medications. He includes special cases- children with high cholesterol, seniors, people with established heart disease and diabetics. He gives a chapter to alternative and complementary approaches- and doesn't think much of any of them.

It's a very thorough book- the explanation of heart disease is very good. High cholesterol is not a problem on its own- it's the things it does to the arteries, and it works by several different mechanisms. Of course, even though the book is only five years old, the results of some of the studies he cites have been overturned by newer ones, but for the most part, it's a good, solid book.

I got the book to learn about health care. This book tells me what I need to know to help myself and care for my health problem.

The book arrived quickly but had some wierd markings in it and notes from a prior user. I was surprised.
It came quickly and I was glad it was for my use, but the prior owner had notes in the back on her favorite spas or somesuch.

Very easy read. Good book for the reader who is just starting to learn about this topic

I bought, read, and threw this book out. I can find my good info on the internet for free.

This book was real informative. I learned a lot about lowering my cholesterol