National Cholesterol Education Program. Live Healthier, Live Longer: Lowering Cholesterol for the Person with Heart Disease

摘要

It's never too late to help your heart. If you have coronary heart disease, this handbook is designed to help you lower your blood cholesterol level to reduce your risk of a future heart attack and prolong your life. It learns the difference between LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, and triglycerides; the role of each in heart disease; and the importance of lowering LDL-cholesterol to a level below 100 or less. It helps you to understand how diet and lifestyle changes, together with medications if prescribed, can improve your cholesterol and reduce your heart disease risk. It discovers many practical hints about choosing foods low in saturated fat, total fat, and cholesterol and physical activity and weight control-all of which may help you live a healthier life.