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Beyond cholesterol : the Johns Hopkins complete guide for avoiding heart disease / Peter O. Kwiterovich, Jr.
- Title
- Beyond cholesterol : the Johns Hopkins complete guide for avoiding heart disease / Peter O. Kwiterovich, Jr.
- Author
- Kwiterovich, Peter
- Publication
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989.
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- Description
- xiii, 395 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Case studies and the latest research provide information on detecting heart disease and cholesterol.
- Subjects
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- Note
- Includes indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- I. Coronary heart disease and cholesterol -- Introduction -- Do you understand the risk? -- How much can you reduce the risk? -- HDL cholesterol: How important is it? -- Your risk profile -- Are your children at risk? -- II. Genes and cholesterol -- Do you have familial hypercholesterolemia? -- Do you have a triglyceride problem? -- Are you at risk if your cholesterol level is normal? -- III. Diet and cholesterol -- Blood cholesterol and your diet -- Your action plan diet -- Can increased fiber benefit? -- Fish oils: fact and fiction -- Delicious, quick menus for your action plan diet -- IV. Exercise, drugs, and cholesterol -- Exercise: how much can it help? -- Can drugs help make up for what you inherited? -- Appendices: -- A. Cholesterol and triglyceride levels of children and adults -- B. Calorie, fat, and cholesterol content of commonly eaten foods -- C. Quick and easy recipes low in fat and cholesterol.
- ISBN
- 0801838282 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^^89002548^
- OCLC
- 19455389
- SCSB-14232860
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