Controlling Cholesterol for Dummies

Carol Ann Rinzler has written more than 20 books on health, including Weight Loss Kit For Dummies. Martin W. Graf, MD, has been a doctor of internal medicine for more than 30 years.

Part I Getting up close and personal with cholesterol: explaining what's paining your arteries; looking at cholesterol from both sides; rating your cholesterol risk. Part II Eating your way to lower cholesterol: writing rules for a cholesterol-lowering diet; building a cholesterol-lowering die;. rating the cholesterol-lowering impact of brand-name diets. Part III Leading a cholesterol-lowering lifestyle: tipping the scales; pulling on the leg warmers and feeling the burn; puffing up your cholesterol; the grape, the grains, and your cholesterol. Part IV Cutting cholesterol with nutrients and medicine: vitamins, minerals and other good stuff;. prescribing lower cholesterol; ditching dangerous drugs. Part V The part of tens: ten important cholesterol web sites; ten nutrition web sites; ten cholesterol myths; ten landmarks in cholesterol history; ten foods to avoid; ten foods that help lower cholesterol.