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Cholesterol Protection for Life, New Expanded Edition

Joel Fuhrman

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Total reviews: 11 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Questionable advice. 2 out of 5 stars.
15 of 19 people found this review helpful.

First, I should say that I believe that his diet is vastly superior to the standard american diet. However I think that both "The Mcdougall Program for a Healthy Heart" by John Mcdougall,MD and "Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease" by Caldwell Esselstyn are both much better books for a number of reasons.

Fuhrman uses the native population of rural China where heart disease is rare to justify his program. However, he then recommends that you limit consumption of starches such as rice even though rice is the primary component in rural chinese diet. While Dr Mcdougal's program uses the same justification citing not only rural china(rice),but parts of mexico(corn), eastern Europe(potatoes), New Guinea(yams),etc, he recommends that you base your diet on these foods. Following Mcdougalls plan, my weight dropped to 155lbs and on my 1st blood test since starting this plan my cholesterol dropped to 167 from its typical 220-250 range after only a few weeks. A Whole grain based diet is both more satisfying and a lot less expensive than a vegetable based diet unless you are growing it yourself.

Dr. Fuhrman also recommends and sells policosanol. When I first found out that I had high cholesterol, I tried policosanol. After 6 months, my cholesterol went up 20 points. To the best of my knowledge, no studies outside of the cuban studies (funded by a company with a financial stake) have replicated the Cuban findings. If you cannot get your cholesterol low enough with diet and exercise and you do not want to take statins, then you should read "Reverse Heart Disease Now" by Stephen Sinatra,md. for advice on supplements.

I think that any low fat vegan diet (including Dr. Furhmans) will result in weight loss, low cholesterol and protection from heart disease. This book conveys that message far less convincingly than the books I cited above.

Editorial Review:

There is irrefutable evidence that high cholesterol levels are associated with increased risk of coronary artery disease and a resultant heart attack. Cholesterol Protection For Life explains my nutritional approach to heart disease and cholesterol lowering. It describes the safest and most potent natural cholesterol-lowering agents that can be used in conjunction with my dietary approach to assure that dramatic cholesterol lowering can occur without the risks of taking drugs. Also try some of the new menu plans recipes.

Dieting for Dummies

Jane Kirby, the American Deitetic Association

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If you've been trying to lose weight for much of your adult life, you're not alone. Excess weight is the No. 1 nutrition problem. The statistics are alarming: Of the ten leading causes of death in the United States, being overweight is a risk factor for half; and the number of Americans who are overweight is increasing. It's estimated that 55 percent (or 97 million) American adults and 15 to 20 percent of American children are overweight today.

Dieting For Dummies goes straight to the heart of the health risks of being overweight. Carrying the baggage of excess pounds puts a lot of stress on your body. Your circulatory system and skeleton need to work harder when extra fat weighs you down, and you're far more susceptible to developing one or more of these health problems:

Cancers

Diabetes

Gallbladder disease

Heart disease

Hypertension (high blood pressure)

Psychological and social effects

Respiratory problems

Prepared under the supervision of the American Dietetic Association, this friendly, authoritative guide explains how to move beyond trendy diets and get-slim-quick gimmicks. You'll discover how to

Define your own genetic body type – and the habits that feed the shape you're in

Adjust your attitude toward food

Figure out if you're facing an eating disorder

Enjoy a life of menu moderation

Add exercise to your plate

Shop smart and healthy

Enlist weight-loss professionals and programs wisely

Gauge the nutrients in hundreds of foodstuffs

Cook up homemade dishes for every taste and season

People come in a wide range of heights, weights, and girths. One is not better than another. But staying within your healthiest weight range can help you achieve optimal health and well-being. Dieting For Dummies cuts through the fog of fads and myths, providing practical advice you can apply today to start living healthfully.

Metabolism at a Glance (At a Glance)

J. G. Salway

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Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Excellent, Concise, and Thorough! 5 out of 5 stars.
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This large format book reveiws basic metabolism in an easy to understand manner. Specific segments of the metabolic pathway are summarized within two pages. Each face-page gives an overview of the entire metabolic pathway, with an outline of the specific topic discussed within that section. Far easier to comprehend than the metabolic pathways as described in those well known Biochemistry tomes, where the entire metabolic pathway is spread over 100 or so pages!

Metabolic pathways??? - Brilliant! 5 out of 5 stars.
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As a biochemistry student I found this book to be the perfect partner to Albert Lehninger's "Principles of Biochemistry". An excellent overall picture of how each pathway interacts with other metabolic components.

Editorial Review:

This hugely popular reference provides a quick and complete overview of the complicated subject of metabolism. Color diagrams clearly illustrate the interrelated pathways and complex molecules involved in the metabolic process, making this handy guide an invaluable reference for researchers, scientists, clinicians, and students.

APO E Gene Diet, The

Pamela Mcdonald

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First Hand Experience That This Program Works 5 out of 5 stars.
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I am a patient of Pamela McDonald and I have first hand experience with the program that is explained in her new book, The AOP E Gene Diet. After 18 months from taking the APO E gene test and starting the program, I lost 45 pounds and had a substantial reduction in my body fat. I have also been able to stop taking blood pressure medication which I had been taking for 15 years and still maintain a normal blood prerssure. My blood work has improved substantially and my LDL and HDL cholesterol are well within normal range, something that had never been the case before starting on the program. It has been over 2 years since I lost the initial weight and have had no problem maintaining a normal weight.

For me, the best part of the program has been that this was not a quick fix program but really an integrated program that takes into account your mind, body and spirit so that eventually you become a healthy person with healthy habits and that just becomes who your are- a healthy person doing healthy things without really trying that hard. I learned how to eat properly for my gene type (moderate amount of healthy fat), incorporate an excercise routine into my normal daily life, and view life differently so that the changes I have made and the results I have achieved have become permanent.

I highly recommend reading this book. Then you can decide if you agree with the science and are willing to make some changes to improve your health for the rest of your life.

Nutrition and Diet Therapy

Ruth A. Roth

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Don't bother with this one........ 1 out of 5 stars.
1 of 5 people found this review helpful.

Don't waste your money- so many better books available today-
information is not applicable -
writer does not have a clue-
research is not accurate

Editorial Review:

The seventh edition of this best-selling text provides a comprehensive introduction to nutrition and diet therapy for the health care worker. Revised to include new findings in the field of nutrition, this new edition stresses the importance of good nutrition through all stages of life and includes information on the special nutritional needs of pregnant and lactating women, AIDS patients, and those requiring weight control. In addition, the text includes a section on diet therapy for medical and surgical patients. Key terms, NCLEX style questions, and case studies implementing the nursing process help the user apply knowledge to real-life situations. (LPN/LVN, LPN, LVN, nutrition, diet, eating disorders, anorexia, bulimia) ALSO AVAILABLE - INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS CALL CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO ORDER Instructor's Manual ISBN: 0-7668-0297-3 Computerized Testbank ISBN: 0-7668-0298-1

Contemporary Nutrition

Gordon Wardlaw, Anne Smith

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Contemporary Nutrition...a great textbook! 5 out of 5 stars.
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This textbook is really informative and understandable!
It is required text for my graduate Nutrition class and I am happy that the professor has chosen it.

One of the best text books I have had 5 out of 5 stars.
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I recently used this book for class and found it so easy to use, straight forward and accurate. The version I received also had an accompanying CD which may or may not come with this version from Amazon.
This book covers the basics from the different types of nutrients to in depth details of vitamins, minerals, weight loss, child nutrition, and exercise.

Be sure that your professor wants the 7th edition, otherwise buy the one they are requesting. My professor was working off of the 6th edition and said that the 7th was fine but it is not! They moved some things around so you are working on different page numbers and there is not alcohol section in this book like there is in the 6th edition.

Other than that, I love this book and it is one of the few that I am not reselling. Good for a student, or anyone trying to learn more about nutrition and becoming healthy, active and a proper weight.

Editorial Review:

Contemporary Nutrition Seventh Edition is designed for students with little or no background in college-level biology, chemistry or physiology. It will provide students who lack a strong science background the ideal balance of reliable nutrition information and practical consumer-oriented knowledge. With their friendly writing style, the authors act as the student's personal guide to dispelling common misconceptions and to gaining a solid foundation for making informed nutrition choices..

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Total Nutrition (3rd Edition)

M.S., R.D., C.D.N., Joy Bauer, Joy Bauer

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Packed With Info!! 5 out of 5 stars.
48 of 51 people found this review helpful.

This book should be titled "Total Guide to Nutrition AND Fitness". Ms. Bauer does a great job of explaining nutrition and it's role in maintaining one's health. She also covers exercise, pregnancy, eating disorders, and dieting. Quite a complete book. Don't let the "Idiot's" title fool you--this book goes into detail with many topics and serves as much more than just an intro. Bravo Ms. Bauer!

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You're no idiot, of course. You take a vitamin every day, sometimes order the fruit cup instead of the cheesecake, and even take the stairs now and then. But when it comes to working the five food groups into your diet and staying on a realistic exercise program, you feel like you're ordering sushi without a picture menu. Put down that bag of chips! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Total Nutrition, Second Edition, gives you everything you need to know about eating healthy and staying fit--a nutrition tune-up for life! You'll fel confident reading nutrition labels, planning your meals and your shopping, and managing your weight. Inside this Complete Idiot's Guide, you'll find:

Foundations and Clinical Applications of Nutrition: A Nursing Approach

Michele Grodner, Sara Long, Phd Anderson, Sandra Deyoung

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Excellent book 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 5 people found this review helpful.

Great details and explainations. A perfect guide for those in the nursing field as well as nursing students. I give it an A+.

Nutrition for Nursing 4 out of 5 stars.
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The book was very helpful in my nutrition class, it was clearly written and applicable to my field.

Foundations and Clinical Applications of Nutrition 4 out of 5 stars.
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Foundations and Clinical Applications of Nutrition: A Nursing Approach (Foundations and Clinical Applications of Nutrition)

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William Paterson Univ., Wayne, NJ. Textbook, for nursing students, discusses nutrition and diet therapy from the personal and professional perspectives of nursing students. This edition includes objectives of Health People 2010 and expanded nursing content. Previous edition: c1996. Mosby's NutriTrac Nutrition Analysis CD-ROM requires: 4MB RAM and 5MB free space.

Medical Nutrition & Disease: A Case-Based Approach (MEDICAL NUTRITION AND DISEASE)

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Using a practical, integrated approach, Medical Nutrition & Disease: A Case-Based Approach, third edition, offers a complete perspective on the increasingly important role nutrition plays in every day medical practice. Key topics include: fundamentals of nutrition assessment; vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals; herbal medicine; nutrition in pregnancy, pediatrics and geriatrics; nutritional management and the pathophysiology of diseases; and enteral and parenteral nutrition support. The updated edition also features new case studies and sections on metabolic syndrome, prevention of neural tube defects, insulin resistance in an overweight child, iron deficiency anemia, and drug-herb interactions. This edition has been updated to reflect the most current practice guidelines.

Co-written by a multidisciplinary group of physicians and registered dietitians, each chapter includes cases that present relevant medical and nutritional implications of various clinical scenarios. Readers will learn how to diagnose and manage nutritional problems and answer their patients’ most frequently asked questions.

The text also contains over 195 review questions that allow readers to test their knowledge and prepare of course, licensing, and certifying exams. Successful completion of the review questions qualifies for 35 American Dietetic Association continuing education credits.

SuperSized Kids: How to Rescue Your Child from the Obesity Threat

Walt Larimore, Sherri Flynt, Steve Halliday

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AUTHOR: WALT LARIMORE, MD, AND SHERRI FLYNT, MPH, RD, LD, WITH STEVE HALLIDAY

Now in trade paperback, SUPERSIZED KIDS is a comprehensive approach to helping parents control their children's weight and develop healthy, active lifestyles.

In this groundbreaking book, the doctors at Florida Hospital provide their strategy for combating the childhood obesity epidemic that is sweeping our nation. Complete with a quiz to identify which areas to focus on and a simple 8-week action plan to help families know where to begin, this guide for parents and kids provides tips for practically and effectively developing healthy eating habits. Forty percent of overweight kids grow up to be overweight and obese adults, but by helping children to learn healthy habits early, parents can rescue their children from this fate, and lower their risk for diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and kidney disease. SUPERSIZED KIDS is a step-by-step, medically sound, achievable weight-control program that will benefit the whole family.