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Usually ships in 1 business days | | Only 5 left in stock, order soon! | | | | | | Because diet, weight, exercise, and genetics determine cholesterol levels, the treatment of a cholesterol disorder requires a multifaceted approach. 50 Ways to Lower Your Cholesterol provides you with a proven plan to lower cholesterol. Here, the author delivers sound advice, 50 workable solutions, explanations of both "good" and "bad" cholesterol, and the latest information on key treatments--including LDL-apheresis, superstatins, and cholesterol ester transfer protein inhibitors--medication, and supplements. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Mary McGowan | | Paperback: | 160 pages | | Publisher: | McGraw-Hill | | Publication Date: | January 23, 2002 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0737305568 | | Product Length: | 8.2 inches | | Product Width: | 5.54 inches | | Product Height: | 0.56 inches | | Product Weight: | 0.51 pounds | | Package Length: | 8.1 inches | | Package Width: | 5.3 inches | | Package Height: | 0.7 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.5 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 12 reviews |
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53 of 53 found the following review helpful:
 Cholesterol Made Simple Mar 07, 2005
By LuvsBooksNMusic
In my last physical exam, my blood tests showed that I have high cholesterol for the first time in my life. I wanted to learn about high cholesterol before my appointment with my doctor to discuss treatment. I read several books on the subject and found this one to be the best! Dr McGowan explained what cholesterol is in terms I could actually understand. Besides that, she covers all areas that affect your cholesterol level with suggestions on how to lower the bad cholesterol and raise the good cholesterol. Specific topics covered include: Diet, Supplements, Exercise, Quit Smoking, and Medications. After reading and studying this book, I feel ready to discuss my options intelligently with my doctor. I wish there were more practical and down-to-earth books on this subject....like this one. Most books about cholesterol read like they are written for doctors and scientists instead of the common people like me.
43 of 44 found the following review helpful:
She does it again! Mar 19, 2002
By W. A. Zeckhausen
Mary McGowan,M.D., well known and highly respected expert on the treatment of lipids, previously wrote an extremely helpful book titled: "Heartfitness for Life".(Read the customer reviews for that book!). Among the many areas she covers are treatment for homocysteine, for which many physicians don't bother to test, and for LPa,which is "badder" than the "bad" cholesterol,LDL. Too many physicians have no idea what LPa is, and some actually argue against testing for it, as they have no idea how to treat it. In this her latest book, she adds additional information on lowering LPa. The book is full of new, clearly explained practical information. I can't recommend it too highly, for anyone, beginner or long time learner having concerns about their lipid status. It should be required reading for cardiologists, internists, and family physicians, who could use this book as a resource for their patients, and in many cases for themselves.
30 of 30 found the following review helpful:
A good overview with details available Dec 02, 2003
By Gwendally
"Dally"
I thought I knew how to handle high cholesterol, but this book taught me stuff I didn't know I didn't know. Besides a good treatment on self-help options, it has a nice overview of different cholesterol-lowering drugs that gives me the language to be able to discuss these issues intelligently with my doctor. She writes in a friendly, accessible style but still goes into fairly good detail about specific items that are easy to skip if they don't pertain. (For example, I thought her advice on how to handle a cigarette addiction was great, but I don't smoke.)
12 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Great source Mar 04, 2005
By Moni
A wonderfully down to Earth and sensible book. Lots of tips for everyday things you can easily do. Very helpful and useful! I highly recommned this book to everyone.
7 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 Very basic book, now outdated Jan 09, 2010
By Sara Dyer
"alsosara"
This book is best for someone who is new to physical fitness and nutrition, particularly someone who needs to lose weight. For those who know basic health guidelines, exercise, and eat healthy, much of the material presented was common knowledge.
For example, multiple chapters explain how to exercise, including target heart rates and the importance of warming up and cooling down. If I had wanted a book on how to exercise, I would have bought a book on how to exercise. The book also describes tips for healthy eating such as not snacking too much, avoiding eating at restaurants (watch out for that cheese!), eating a variety of vegetables -- all of which is common knowledge. However, the book doesn't have a comprehensive list of the best foods to eat to improve cholesterol levels. Which fish are best for omega 3 acids? Do the combinations of omega 3, 6, and 9 acids matter? Which nuts are best? These questions were not addressed at all.
Even more concerning were factual errors. In one instance, the author recommends exercise in order to "turn fat into muscle." As is now well known, it's impossible to turn fat into muscle (rather, one loses fat and builds muscle). I can't imagine the author actually thinks one can turn fat into muscle, which only reinforces my belief that this book is a basic-level read that glosses over the details.
The book is structured into 50 chapters, often a handful of pages long, which are written to be read individually. Some of the chapters are repetitive as a result.
The chapters on supplements and medications are standouts (perhaps because I knew nothing about those subjects going in). The chapters quote studies and may b more nuanced. However, given my experience with the rest of the book, I'm not confident that these chapters represent the cutting edge (even as of 2002) and will have to buy another book on cholesterol to be satisfied.
I was hoping for a discussion of specific foods that are good and foods to avoid. There was a list of foods with high soluble fiber, but that's the bulk of it. Recommendations of foods to eat (walnuts, fibrous foods, shrimp) are mixed throughout the book, presented simplistically, and few studies or details are presented. While I did learn some things, the nutrition chapters were less than I expected. I won't be able to easily reference this book when deciding what to cook at home.
I'm not a smoker so I breezed through the chapters on smoking. In brief, the first chapter (two pages on my Kindle) describes the cholesterol impacts of smoking, and the next 20 pages described how to quite smoking. Actually, this is fairly representative of how the book works -- a little information on cholesterol and a lot of life advice. I imagine if I were a smoker, I'd want 20 pages on the cholesterol impact of smoking and would buy a separate book on how to quit.
The sections on medications were likely useful in their time, but now are seriously outdated. Each major drug receives two to five pages (on my Kindle) with an overview, side effects, instructions for use, precautions, and other notes. This section is a good start for someone considering which prescription medicine is the best fit; however the information is now seven years old.
For someone who wasn't already well-versed in the basics of being healthy, this could be an essential book. However, for someone who already eats healthy and doesn't have any weight loss or body composition issues, the book is lacking. The sections on medications are useful but outdated. Retrospectively, I would have been better off to spend time searching the internet instead of making this purchase.
If you have any recommendations for great Cholesterol books, I'd love to hear them in the comments!
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