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In the Introduction we saw how many systems of diet have been shown to help lipid levels. Add all these ideas together, add some additional health benefits, and you have the "Plus" diet.
In the "Plus" diet we take first try to understand how each works. What are the principles of a cholesterol lowering diet? Can such a diet be designed to be both effective and tolerable in the long run? Will the patient stay on the diet? What other diseases can be attacked by the diet?
People should know why they are eating certain foods. If they understand what that food is going to do for them then they are more likely to include that in their diet.
In the "All About Cholesterol" chapter we learn how each element can help the lipid profile.
OBJECTIVES
Achieving these objectives will reduce your risk of HEART DISEASE, PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE, STROKES, CANCER, ARTHRITIS, PREMATURE AGING, ALTZHEIMERS.
Reduce intake of fats that make cholesterol: saturated fat and transfats.
Decrease the absorption of cholesterol.
Decrease the re-absorption of cholesterol.
Help the liver make less cholesterol.
Help the liver break cholesterol down faster.
Make less triglyceride.
Break down triglyceride faster.
Make less C-reactive protein. (See "All About Cholesterol" chapter.)
Decrease homocysteine. (See "All About Cholesterol" chapter.)
In the "Plus" diet we take first try to understand how each works. What are the principles of a cholesterol lowering diet? Can such a diet be designed to be both effective and tolerable in the long run? Will the patient stay on the diet? What other diseases can be attacked by the diet?
People should know why they are eating certain foods. If they understand what that food is going to do for them then they are more likely to include that in their diet.
In the "All About Cholesterol" chapter we learn how each element can help the lipid profile.
OBJECTIVES
Achieving these objectives will reduce your risk of HEART DISEASE, PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE, STROKES, CANCER, ARTHRITIS, PREMATURE AGING, ALTZHEIMERS.
Reduce intake of fats that make cholesterol: saturated fat and transfats.
Decrease the absorption of cholesterol.
Decrease the re-absorption of cholesterol.
Help the liver make less cholesterol.
Help the liver break cholesterol down faster.
Make less triglyceride.
Break down triglyceride faster.
Make less C-reactive protein. (See "All About Cholesterol" chapter.)
Decrease homocysteine. (See "All About Cholesterol" chapter.)
Chapter one
The Plus Diet
The Plus Diet
