The Complete Idiot's Guide to the TLC Diet

The TLC (Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes) Diet is a low saturated fat, low cholesterol diet that was originally designed to help high-risk patients reduce their high blood cholesterol levels, as well as lowering risk for developing heart disease and suffering future heart attacks. However, this diet isn't just for those dealing with health problems, because recent studies have also revealed that TLC happens to be one of the healthiest and best overall diets for anyone interested in a healthier lifestyle. U.S. News and World Report recently ranked TLC as the #2 best overall diet, as well as being one of the best diets for heart healthy eating (#2) and overall healthy eating (#2). The TLC Diet was created by the (U.S.) National Institutes of Health's National Cholesterol Education Program and is considered a medically-sound and well-researched diet. As opposed to gimmick diets that are often debunked, this diet will be around for the long term.

However, unlike other diets that offer a step-by-step plan, TLC requires effort and attention on the part of the follower for long-term success. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to the TLC Diet offers readers a structured program not only for eating and cooking for TLC success, but it offers guidance for healthy lifestyle changes that will provide a non-gimmick, medically-proven plan for anyone interested in healthy, life-changing results. Readers will learn the often confusing differences between "good" and "bad" cholesterol, how to cook and eat right to get the desired results, and how to change their lives for the better with this sound, healthy program.

Diane Welland, M.S. R.D., is a registered dietitian, freelance food writer, and award-winning recipe developer based in the Washington, D.C., area. She writes for a variety of consumer and trade publications, websites and blogs, specializing in stories on food and food trends, nutrition, health, and fitness and is the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Eating Clean,The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Eating Local, and co-author of The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Belly Fat Weight Loss.

A former contributing editor for Environmental Nutrition Newsletter, Welland regularly writes forClean Eating Magazine and has blogged for Cooking Light magazine. Her work also appears inVegetarian Times, Relish magazine, Spry magazine, Northern Virginia magazine,Sizzle magazine, Cowboys and Indians, National Culinary Review, andToday's Dietitian. In addition to writing, she is an accomplished speaker, and has presented at numerous national, international, and state conferences.