cholesterol

"This book explores diabetes and how people diagnosed with the disease manage it. It examines how diabetes affects daily life, work, and school, and it explains the latest treatments available"--Amazon.

An introduction to cholesterol that discusses risk factors for developing high cholesterol, how it is affected by diet and exercise, and healthy habits for lowering it.

"Takes a look at the benefits of the fats we need, as well as the consequences of the ones we don't."--Publisher.

The obesity epidemic has spawned a multi-billion-dollar industry, promising miracle weight-loss solutions, get-thin-quick diets, and too-good-to-be-true diet pills. Learn the truth about quick-fix diets and miraculous obesity cure-alls. Discover that most of these products are part of the problem rather than the solution.

Explains seven additional lab tests involving possible heart disease, along with information on women's heart health, dietary, and lifestyle factors that can affect cardiovascular disease.

Describes the different types of cholesterol; explains how to achieve a healthy cholesterol level and maintain it; and presents other ways of lowering one's heart disease and stroke risk. Includes fourteen recipes and suggestions for modifying the indredients of others.

An introduction to the dangers of high cholesterol. Discusses how diet and exercise can help manage cholesterol.

Text and illustrations present information on healthy eating to kids, explaining what the different kinds of cholesterol are and what they do to the body.