Controlling Cholesterol the Natural Way: Eat Your Way to Better Health with New Breakthrough Food Discoveries

Cooper, Kenneth H.; Proctor, William

ISBN 10: 0553582100 / ISBN 13: 9780553582109

Published by Bantam, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Controlling Cholesterol the Natural Way: Eat Your Way to Better Health with New Breakthrough Food Discoveries
• Publisher: Bantam
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553582100
• ISBN 13: 9780553582109
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Condition: Fair
• Weight: 5 ounces

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Synopsis

Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper's all-new plan to lower cholesterol without drugs!

The Old News: Elevated levels of cholesterol put you at risk for heart attack and stroke.

The New News: Now you can control cholesterol naturally!

Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper, a leading authority on controlling cholesterol, shares his all-new plan for balancing your blood lipids--without drugs and without side effects.

Drawing on clinical trials and the most up-to-date medical research, Dr. Cooper explains how exciting new food discoveries can give you a revolutionary new way to manage your cholesterol. Inside you'll discover:

How the new functional foods, such as Benecol and Take Control, can lower bad cholesterol while improving the ratio between good and bad cholesterol in only three weeks

How these "anti-cholesterol" foods work, why they are safe to use, and who should use them

How Dr. Cooper's approach can end--or greatly reduce--your use of prescription cholesterol-lowering medications

Expert advice on diet and exercise, including recipes and more amazing nutritional discoveries

And much more

You don't have to go farther than your fridge to find an effective, nonprescription cholesterol-controlling product.

About the Author

Kenneth H. Cooper, M.D., M.P.H., is recognized internationally as the "father of aerobics" and the leading spokesman for the preventative medicine movement.

A graduate of the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine and the Harvard University School of Public Health, he introduced the term aerobics to the world with his bestseller Aerobics. Soon after publication of this major work, he founded the Cooper Clinic, the Cooper Aerobics Center, and the Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research in Dallas. Landmark scientific studies have regularly emerged from the huge database and research facilities at the institute in Dallas.

During his career, Dr. Cooper has authored sixteen books, which have sold more than 30 million copies in over forty languages. These include The Aerobics Program for Total Well-Being, Aerobics for Women (with Mildred Cooper), The Antioxident Revolution, Preventing Osteoporosis, Overcoming Hypertension, Kid Fitness, and the bestseller Controlling Cholesterol.