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If a "continuing education" teacher planned a class on recent findings in heart disease risk factors, this would serve well as the textbook, complete with chapter summaries, easily understood charts and tables, and a glossary. Professor of medicine and pediatrics and chief of the Lipid Research and Atherosclerosis Unit at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Kwiterovich surveys and describes a broad range of relevant scientific research in succinct detail, interpreting it in practical terms. As well as discussing "good" and "bad" cholesterol, the author explains how heredity, diet, exercise and drugs affect the risk of heart disease. He includes a two-week suggested menu, chapters on fish oil and fiber (such as oat bran), a comprehensive chart analyzing the fat content of foods and 90 simple recipes. The book's dry, clinical presentation can be exhausting, as well as exhaustive--it tells more than most will want or need to know. Though a dull read, the book is a useful resource.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The author, director of the Lipid Research Clinic at Johns Hopkins, presents a very complete explanation of "good " cholesterol and "bad" cholesterol; how dietary fat is metabolized; the genetic factor in high cholesterol levels; and the relationship of cholesterol to coronary disease. He regards this relationship as established beyond doubt; other authorities are less certain. He also discusses other risk factors in heart disease--smoking, weight, family history, and lack of exercise. Almost half of the book consists of tables of food values and also diet and meal plans; veteran dieters will view these with an I've-been-here-before attitude. Undoubtedly, this a very good book on cholesterol, but perhaps this risk factor is overemphasized for the lay reader at the expense of other risks.
- Eleanor Maass, Maass Assocs., New Milford, Pa.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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If a "continuing education" teacher planned a class on recent findings in heart disease risk factors, this would serve well as the textbook, complete with chapter summaries, easily understood charts and tables, and a glossary. Professor of medicine and pediatrics and chief of the Lipid Research and Atherosclerosis Unit at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Kwiterovich surveys and describes a broad range of relevant scientific research in succinct detail, interpreting it in practical terms. As well as discussing "good" and "bad" cholesterol, the author explains how heredity, diet, exercise and drugs affect the risk of heart disease. He includes a two-week suggested menu, chapters on fish oil and fiber (such as oat bran), a comprehensive chart analyzing the fat content of foods and 90 simple recipes. The book's dry, clinical presentation can be exhausting, as well as exhaustive--it tells more than most will want or need to know. Though a dull read, the book is a useful resource.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
The author, director of the Lipid Research Clinic at Johns Hopkins, presents a very complete explanation of "good " cholesterol and "bad" cholesterol; how dietary fat is metabolized; the genetic factor in high cholesterol levels; and the relationship of cholesterol to coronary disease. He regards this relationship as established beyond doubt; other authorities are less certain. He also discusses other risk factors in heart disease--smoking, weight, family history, and lack of exercise. Almost half of the book consists of tables of food values and also diet and meal plans; veteran dieters will view these with an I've-been-here-before attitude. Undoubtedly, this a very good book on cholesterol, but perhaps this risk factor is overemphasized for the lay reader at the expense of other risks.
- Eleanor Maass, Maass Assocs., New Milford, Pa.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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blood lipid problem, blood cholesterol problem, triglyceride problem, premature coronary heart disease, high blood triglyceride level, bile acid binding agent, water prep, average blood cholesterol level, gin protein, lipid problems, cholesterol hypothesis, milk prep, blood total cholesterol, diet reviewed, bile acid resins, developed coronary heart disease, receptor independent pathway, eighteen carbons, ooo calories, lipoprotein pattern, major apolipoprotein, significant blockages, preventing coronary heart disease, oat bran cereal, familial combined hyperlipidemia Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Action Plan, Step One, United States, Adult Treatment Panel, National Institutes of Health, Step Two, Coronary Primary Prevention Trial, Framingham Heart Study, American Heart Association, Blood Institute, Food Tables, National Heart, Helsinki Heart Study, Jim Fixx, Can Increased Fiber Benefit, Prevent Heart Disease, Cholesterol-Lowering Atherosclerosis Study, Coffee Lunch Sandwich, Greenland Eskimos, National Cholesterol Education Program, New England Journal of Medicine, Human Nutrition Information Services, Larry Allen, New York, Preventive Medicine New!
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blood lipid problem, blood cholesterol problem, triglyceride problem, premature coronary heart disease, high blood triglyceride level, bile acid binding agent, water prep, average blood cholesterol level, gin protein, lipid problems, cholesterol hypothesis, milk prep, blood total cholesterol, diet reviewed, bile acid resins, developed coronary heart disease, receptor independent pathway, eighteen carbons, ooo calories, lipoprotein pattern, major apolipoprotein, significant blockages, preventing coronary heart disease, oat bran cereal, familial combined hyperlipidemia Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Action Plan, Step One, United States, Adult Treatment Panel, National Institutes of Health, Step Two, Coronary Primary Prevention Trial, Framingham Heart Study, American Heart Association, Blood Institute, Food Tables, National Heart, Helsinki Heart Study, Jim Fixx, Can Increased Fiber Benefit, Prevent Heart Disease, Cholesterol-Lowering Atherosclerosis Study, Coffee Lunch Sandwich, Greenland Eskimos, National Cholesterol Education Program, New England Journal of Medicine, Human Nutrition Information Services, Larry Allen, New York, Preventive Medicine New!
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- Heart Disease (Natural Way) by Richard Thomas on page 49
- Running Without Fear: How to Reduce the Risk of Heart Attack and Sudden Death During Aerobic Exercise by Kenneth H. Cooper on page 264
- Silent Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction (Fundamental and Clinical Cardiology) by Cohn on page 14
- New American Diet by Sonja L. Conner on page 55
- What If? by Shari Low on page 45
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- The Heart of a Child: What Families Need to Know about Heart Disorders in Children (Johns Hopkins Press Health Book) by Catherine A. Neill MD in Back Matter
- The Heart of a Child: What Families Need to Know about Heart Disorders in Children (Johns Hopkins Press Health Book) by Catherine A. Neill MD in Back Matter
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