Live Healthier, Live Longer:
Lowering Cholesterol for the Person With Heart Disease
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. Learn 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 of 100
or less. Understand how diet and lifestyle changes, together with medications if
prescribed, can improve your cholesterol and reduce your heart disease risk.
Discover 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. 34 pages. NIH Publication Number 96-3805
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