Controlling Cholesterol For Dummies

You’ll find out cholesterol’s positive functions and why too much can be a bad thing. You can also assess your cholesterol risk by taking your age, sex, ethnicity, and family history into consideration. Find out what you need to ask your doctor about stress tests, ECBT, and angiograms to check for plaque buildup. Design a cholesterol-crushing diet and understand which foods can help you lower your numbers. Find out how smoking, alcohol, exercise, excess weight, supplements, and prescription medications affect your cholesterol levels. Find out how to:

• Assess your cholesterol risk
• Understand the benefits and risks associated with cholesterol
• Design and adhere to a cholesterol-lowering diet
• Avoid dangerous drugs
• Reduce your risk of heart attack
• Choose fats and fibers correctly
• Check for plaque buildup

Complete with lists of ten important cholesterol websites, ten nutrition websites, ten cholesterol myths, ten landmarks in cholesterol history, ten foods that raise your cholesterol, and ten foods that lower your cholesterol, Controlling Cholesterol For Dummies, 2^nd Edition will help keep your cholesterol levels under control for good!

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