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摘要

Jim moviel never met an egg roll he didn't like. His list of favorite foods also includes garlic chicken wings smothered in blue-cheese dressing, and mashed potatoes made with real butter and whole milk. Indeed, the 45-year-old computer-services manager from Chicago is drawn to saturated fat like a 6-foot-1, 260-pound moth to a flame. So it wasn't exactly a surprise when Moviel found out a few years ago that he had a total cholesterol level of 290, a foll 50 points beyond the American Heart Association's threshold for high risk. For six months, moviel tried to lower his cholesterol through diet and exercise alone.