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Controlling Cholesterol For Dummies »
Authors: Carol Ann Rinzler, Martin W. Graf MD
ISBN-13: 9780470227596, ISBN-10: 0470227591
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: April 2008
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Carol Ann Rinzler
Carol Ann Rinzler is the author of Nutrition For Dummies, now in its 4th edition, as well as Heartburn and Reflux For Dummies, and more than 20 other books on food and health. A former nutrition columnist for the New York Daily News, Carol lives in New York with her husband Perry Luntz, author of Whiskey and Spirits For Dummies, and their amiable cat, Katy.
Martin W. Graf, MD, has been a doctor of internal medicine for over 30 years.
Book Synopsis
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
Table of Contents
| Introduction | 1 | |
| About This Book | 1 | |
| Conventions Used in This Books | 2 | |
| Foolish Assumptions | 2 | |
| What You're Not to Read | 3 | |
| How This Book Is Organized | 3 | |
| Icons Used in This Book | 5 | |
| Where to Go from Here | 5 | |
| Part I | Getting Up Close and Personal with Cholesterol | 7 |
| Chapter 1 | Explaining What's Paining Your Arteries | 9 |
| Shaking Hands with Your Heart | 9 | |
| Reaching the Point of This Book | 14 | |
| Chapter 2 | Looking at Cholesterol from Both Sides | 15 |
| Shaking Hands with Cholesterol | 15 | |
| Spreading the Good News: Cholesterol and ... | 19 | |
| Breaking the Bad News: Cholesterol and ... | 23 | |
| Focusing on other Blood Baddies | 26 | |
| Warning! Heart Attack in Progress! | 28 | |
| Chapter 3 | Rating Your Cholesterol Risk | 33 |
| Chancing It for Daily Doughnuts | 33 | |
| Making Tracks: Counting Your Cholesterol | 34 | |
| Playing Limbo: Higher, Lower, Medium | 35 | |
| Playing Risk | 36 | |
| Digging into Your Cholesterol File | 41 | |
| Reviewing Heart-Attack Risk Factors at a Glance | 44 | |
| Checking for Plaque Buildup | 45 | |
| Calculating Your Heart-Attack Risk | 47 | |
| Part II | Eating Your Way to Lower Cholesterol | 53 |
| Chapter 4 | Writing Rules for a Cholesterol-Lowering Diet | 55 |
| Creating the Guidelines Back When the Earth Cooled | 55 | |
| Doing the Low, Controlled, Two-Step | 57 | |
| Chapter 5 | Building a Cholesterol-Lowering Diet | 63 |
| Drawing Xs and Os: Making Your Game Plan | 63 | |
| Choosing the Fat with the Right Fit | 64 | |
| Fawning over Fiber | 71 | |
| You Know the Deal: Everything in Moderation | 75 | |
| Chapter 6 | Rating the Cholesterol-Lowering Impact of Brand-Name Diets | 81 |
| Weighing in on Cholesterol | 81 | |
| Taking It Off: The under 20 Percent Solution | 83 | |
| Meeting the Moderate Middle: The 20 Percent Solution | 86 | |
| Moving into More Lenient Lifestyles: The 30 Percent Solution | 88 | |
| Swimming Upstream to Shed Pounds | 91 | |
| Fighting Fat and Cholesterol with Fad Diets | 95 | |
| Clicking with a Diet | 99 | |
| Part III | Leading a Cholesterol-Lowering Lifestyle | 101 |
| Chapter 7 | Tipping the Scales | 103 |
| Weighing Weight's Weight on Cholesterol | 103 | |
| Figuring Out Who's Fat | 106 | |
| Making Lifestyle Changes | 113 | |
| Fulfilling Your Wildest Dreams: Tossing the Scale Out the Window | 115 | |
| Chapter 8 | Pulling on the Leg Warmers and Feeling the Burn | 117 |
| Sweating the Definition: Exercise | 117 | |
| Pairing Exercise and | 120 | |
| Riding the Stationary Bike into the Sunset | 123 | |
| Chapter 9 | Puffing Up Your Cholesterol | 129 |
| Drawing in Heart Disease | 129 | |
| Burning Up the Cholesterol Charts | 130 | |
| Getting a Bad Deal on Second Hand Smoke | 131 | |
| Knowing Your Demographics | 133 | |
| Breaking the Habit | 137 | |
| Chapter 10 | The Grape, the Grains, and Your Cholesterol | 145 |
| Toasting to Your Heart | 145 | |
| Balancing Risks and Benefits | 151 | |
| Claiming Booze as a Food Group | 155 | |
| Part IV | Cutting Cholesterol with Nutrients and Medicine | 161 |
| Chapter 11 | Vitamins, Minerals, and Other Good Stuff | 163 |
| Identifying Supplements | 163 | |
| Popping a Vitamin Pill May Help Lower Cholesterol | 164 | |
| Fighting Cholesterol with Dietary Fiber | 169 | |
| Going out on a Limb with Plants | 170 | |
| Chapter 12 | Prescribing Lower Cholesterol | 173 |
| Knowing Whether You're a Pill Person | 173 | |
| Beating the Bile: Bile Acid Sequestrants | 176 | |
| Trouncing the Tris: Triglyceride Inhibitors | 179 | |
| Hitting the Source: HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors | 180 | |
| Listing Unusual and/or Surprising Cholesterol-Linked Side Effects of Products Not Necessarily Used to Control Cholesterol | 186 | |
| Chapter 13 | Ditching Dangerous Drugs | 189 |
| Good Drugs Gone Bad | 189 | |
| Sabotaging Cholesterol Therapy | 193 | |
| Narrowing Your Options | 195 | |
| Part V | The Part of Tens | 197 |
| Chapter 14 | Ten Important Cholesterol Web Sites | 199 |
| National Cholesterol Education Program Guidelines | 199 | |
| The American Heart Association | 200 | |
| National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute | 201 | |
| The Mayo Clinic | 201 | |
| MedicineNet.com | 202 | |
| HeartPoint | 202 | |
| University of Delaware Cooperative Extension | 203 | |
| Center for Drug Evaluation and Research | 203 | |
| Brand Name Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs | 204 | |
| WebMD | 205 | |
| Chapter 15 | Ten Nutrition Web Sites | 207 |
| Tufts University Nutrition Navigator | 208 | |
| The U.S. Department of Agriculture Nutrient Database | 209 | |
| The American Heart Association | 210 | |
| The American Dietetic Association | 211 | |
| Food and Nutrition Information Center | 211 | |
| The Food and Drug Administration | 212 | |
| The Special Nutritionals Adverse Event Monitoring System | 213 | |
| The Food Allergy Network | 214 | |
| The Weight Control Information Network | 214 | |
| American Council on Science and Health and the Center for Science in the Public Interest | 215 | |
| Chapter 16 | Ten Cholesterol Myths | 217 |
| Most of the Cholesterol in Your Body Comes from Food | 217 | |
| All Fatty Foods Raise Your Cholesterol | 218 | |
| Women Never Have to Worry about Their Cholesterol | 219 | |
| Children Have No Cholesterol Problems | 219 | |
| Eating More Dietary Fiber Lowers Blood Cholesterol | 220 | |
| Cholesterol is the Only Thing that Leads to Plaque in Your Arteries | 221 | |
| Red Meat Has More Cholesterol than Chicken or Turkey | 221 | |
| Taking Vitamins Lowers Your Cholesterol | 222 | |
| A Heart Attack is the Only Health Risk Associated with High Cholesterol | 222 | |
| Changing Your Diet Is the Only Way to Control Your Cholesterol | 223 | |
| You Can Never Be Too Rich or Too Thin and Your Cholesterol Can Never Be Too Low | 224 | |
| Chapter 17 | Ten Landmarks in Cholesterol History | 227 |
| 1957: The Prudent Diet | 227 | |
| 1958: Introducing Cholesterol Busters | 228 | |
| 1971: Naming Cholesterol an Official Risk Factor for Heart Attack | 228 | |
| 1971: MRFIT Gets Going | 229 | |
| 1984: Indicting Hypercholesterolemia | 229 | |
| 1985: Recognizing the Risk from LDLs | 230 | |
| 1985-1987: Establishing the National Cholesterol Education Program | 230 | |
| 1986: Unveiling Statins | 230 | |
| 1988, 1993, 2001: ATP I, ATP II, ATP III | 230 | |
| 2001: Baycol Bombs | 231 | |
| Chapter 18 | Ten Foods to Avoid | 233 |
| Liver | 233 | |
| Butter | 234 | |
| Margarine with Trans Fatty Acids | 234 | |
| Poultry Skin and Dark Meat | 235 | |
| Lamb | 236 | |
| Frankfurter | 236 | |
| Whole-Milk Products | 236 | |
| Coconut | 238 | |
| Unfiltered Coffee | 238 | |
| Eggs | 239 | |
| Chapter 19 | Ten Foods That Help Lower Cholesterol | 241 |
| Stanol or Sterol Margarines | 241 | |
| Oatmeal | 242 | |
| Brown Rice | 243 | |
| Apples | 244 | |
| Grapes | 244 | |
| Beans | 245 | |
| Onions and Garlic | 246 | |
| Bison | 246 | |
| Chocolate | 247 | |
| Appendix | 249 | |
| Index | 303 |
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