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Informationen zum Autor Kenneth H. Cooper, MD, MPH, is recognized internationally as the “father of aerobics” and is 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. During his career, Dr. Cooper has authored many books, which have sold more than 30 million copies, including The Aerobics Program for Total Well-Being , Aerobics for Women (with Mildred Cooper), The Antioxidant Revolution , Preventing Osteoporosis , Overcoming Hypertension , Kid Fitness , and Controlling Cholesterol . Klappentext This first and only authoritative mass market bestseller on cholesterol contains the most up-to-date! medically sound information on diet! nutrition! exercise and lifestyle--and their impact on coronary problems. Includes the latest information on determining a coronary risk profile! an all-new exercise program! low-cholesterol recipes and more. ONE How to Use This Book The word cholesterol has become almost as familiar as your next-door neighbor. You see it on many food labels in the local grocery store. The term often jumps out from newspaper headlines and advertisements. And increasingly you find friends and acquaintances saying, “This food has too much cholesterol,” or “My cholesterol level is a little too high.” But even though many of us talk glibly about cholesterol, we often don’t understand exactly what it is and how it relates to our health and well-being. For example, many people think that if they have a certain cholesterol level in their blood, they can assume that they’re automatically safe from heart disease. Usually, this is a correct assumption. But, as we’ll see later, it is possible to have low blood cholesterol and still die from atherosclerosis, heart disease that takes the form of hardening of the arteries. Also, when we talk of “hardening of the arteries,” many people just assume that’s a normal part of aging. But in fact, to say that you suffer from hardening of the arteries may be just another way of saying that you have serious problems with one or more risk factors for atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries. These risk factors may include cigarette smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes, or high cholesterol levels—yet, for most people, all these risk factors can be eliminated or at least controlled. Of course, it’s not surprising that there’s a considerable amount of confusion about cholesterol. Of several Nobel Prizes awarded for research into cholesterol in this century, one was a mistake! The scientist who received the award in 1928 described a chemical structure for cholesterol which was later proved to be incorrect. So you shouldn’t be disturbed if you don’t understand everything about the subject, because the way cholesterol works in your body isn’t so easy a concept to grasp. On the other hand, it’s absolutely essential, both for your safety and for the healthy hearts and arteries of your family members, that you understand more about the implications of cholesterol for human health. To be sure, this substance, which is both manufactured by your body and introduced through your diet, is absolutely essential to your health. Among other things, you need cholesterol for membrane synthesis in your cells. Without it, the cells of the body couldn’t function; indeed, you couldn’t even stay alive. But when cholesterol isn’t handled properly, your life is in serious danger. Cholesterol bears a large part of the responsibility for the sad and sickly condition of our arteries and hearts. Atheros...
