Managing cholesterol
Description
If cholesterol levels are a measure of how long a person will live, why don't more people make an effort to lower them? This program illustrates how LDL and HDL cholesterol affect the heart and circulatory system-and how untreated LDL levels can kill without warning. It also features revealing case studies of three patients-a middle-aged man working to reduce his LDL levels through diet and exercise; a woman who suffered a heart attack during pregnancy, also eating better now; and an elderly man with excellent cholesterol levels, thanks in part to the Mediterranean diet. Dr. Roger Blumenthal of Johns Hopkins Hospital and nutritionist Lisa Bookstein offer expert commentary.
Runtime
28 min
Subjects
- Energy metabolism (36)
- Metabolism (222)
- Nutrition (648)
- Self-care, Health (487)
- Diet (387)
- Human nutrition (18)
- Ingestion (25)
- Food habits (189)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2007], c2005
Database
Films on Demand
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