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- Jeanne Jones' Healthy Cooking: For People Who Don't Have Time to
Cook - by by Jeanne Jones. A highly regarded book that does exactly
what it says it does... easy to cook healthy food.
- "This cookbook was the first one I ever bought...and it
remains my favorite, even after getting married and amassing a
very large cookbook collection. What I love about the book is
that all of the recipes are very easy to prepare, yet taste as
good as or better than most high-fat recipes. I am a registered
nurse, so I am very careful to cook healthful food at home. There
are recipes for everything from breakfast and brunch dishes to
lunch dinner, dessert, and holiday menus. The Herbed Lemon Chicken
is one of our favorite company dishes. This week I am making the
following recipes from the cookbook: Tortilla Soup, Lemon-Tarragon
Chicken on Cannellini beans, Shrimp Fettuccine, Beef Spaghetti
Pie Ole, and Fat Free Fudge Brownies. A lot of the dishes can
be prepared ahead of time, so it's a great book for entertaining
or preparing holiday meals, as well. Enjoy!"
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- Lite Up Your Life: A Delicious Variety of Low-Sodium, Low-Cholesterol,
Low-Fat Recipes for Everyday Eating - by Waynell. Harris
- A good book if you need both a low-sodium and low-fat/cholesterol
diet.
- The recipes are easy to follow and make. The ingredients can
easily be found at the local grocery store. There is a section
at the beginning of the book explaining the various spices and
how to complement the flavors of your food. It also has a listing
of brand names that have low-sodium products.
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- Cholesterol Lowering and Controlling: 3 Week Plan Handbook and Cookbook
- by Patricia T. Krimmel and Edward Krimmel
- Takes a dual approach to the topic. The first section focuses
on education about lipids, while the second part presents over
60 lowfat recipes.
- The discussion of the composition of lipids is simple and readily
understandable by the lay reader. The first chapter reviews the
types of cholesterol and how the various lipids are related. High
cholesterol is defined, with a chart listing desirable levels.
The next two chapters discuss lowering and controlling cholesterol
and include a somewhat detailed 3 week plan for initial cholesterol
management. The fourth chapter reviews meal planning, food preparation,
shopping and label reading. Chapter five, which discusses the
seriousness of atherosclerosis, stresses the negative effects
of high lipid levels on health. Risk factors for cardiovascular
disease are listed and discussed. Chapter six thoroughly discusses
the proper methods for blood lipid testing. The information on
the interpretation of test results is clear and concise. Chapter
seven's question and answers format includes a good cross section
of the questions commonly asked with appropriate answers.
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- Good Fat, Bad Fat: How to Lower Your Cholesterol and Reduce the
Odds of a Heart Attack - by William P.Castelli, Md and Glen C.
Griffin.
- 174 recipes including include entrees, side dishes, breads,
desserts, and snacks to reduce saturated-fat and cholesterol intake.
Includes nutritional analysis and easy-to-use tables for all popular
foods to help identify and control intake of saturated fat and
cholesterol. Discusses the pros and cons of cholestrol-lowering
medications.
- Adopts the proposition that that risk can be reduced and that
surgery avoided when adhering to a sound diet and exercise is
used to reduce coronary blockage.
- It explaines what all of those ratios mean that your doctor
talks about (cholesterol levels, HDL/LDL ratio, triglycerides,
etc.), Provides a simple formula for changing your diet (10 or
20 grams of bad fat intake a day, depending on your risk of heart
disease). There's also important advice about smoking, alcohol,
exercise, diet, aspirin, and drugs for reducing cholesterol.
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- The Book of Yogurt: An International Collection of Recipes by Sonia
Uvezian -
- Shows how to cut fat by substituting yogurt for cream cheese,
sour cream, whipped cream, and even mayonnaise, thus allowing
you to put otherwise rich dishes from appetizers to desserts back
into your life, with the added benefits of better nutrition and
superior flavor.
- There are a dozen fragrant soups...24 wonderful salads, and
11 interesting egg dishes. There are recipes for fish, poultry,...meat,
pasta, and vegetables. There are sauces, from salad dressings
to a yogurt creme chantilly (a light, refreshing alternative to
sweetened whipped cream with about half the calories) and a chocolate
yogurt sauce that makes a marvelous frosting. There is a section
on bread...She also has recipes for waffles, pancakes and fritters...
- "Recipes
and Remembrances from an Eastern Mediterranean Kitchen" is
another good book from this author
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- Cholesterol Cures: From Almonds and Antioxidants to Garlic, Golf,
Wine and Yogurt-325 Quick and Easy Ways to Lower Cholesterol and Live
Longer - by Richard Turbo. Good sound and practical advice from
physicians, nutritionists, and researchers. Not the best source for
appetizing recipes though.
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- Weight Watchers Healthy Life-Style Cookbook: Over 250 Recipes Based
on the Personal Choice Program - A collection of more than 250
recipes based on Weight Watchers' Personal Choice program includes
nutritional information, kitchen tips, and tips on cutting cholesterol,
fat, and sodium out of dishes. Over 150,000 first printing.
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- Green Tea: Fight Cancer, Lower Cholesterol, Live Longer - by
Kate Gilbert Udall
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