Jean-luc Darrigol

The "silent killer", and is dubbed the cholesterol because ds consequences of pathological accumulation on artery walls. Atherosclerosis is, in fact, responsible for cardio-vascular: myocardial infarction, cerebral hemorrhage, arteritis ... which are now the leading causes of death in our western countries. In this book, the author first responds to the questions we all ask both the bad LDL cholesterol as good cholesterol HDL, giving us the means to interpret a blood test. It also discusses diseases associated with hypercholesterolemia: hypertriglyciridémie and hyperlipidemia, and risk factors that aggravate the situation:

hypertension, smoking, diabetes and obesity; Then he devotes a whole section to the choice of body fat to use and, more generally, the preferred foods in the cholesterol-lowering diet, before concluding in we extolling the merits of copy Cretan diet that is so talked about right now. Finally, he gives great prominence to the various food supplements and herbal medicines, which aim to regulate atherosclerotic dysfunction. The subject of cholesterol is treated here exhaustively, and this guide is intended to be practical. Its purpose is twofold: to give people aware of this problem porpora preventive elements to avoid, and provide the natural means of action to stabilize a cholesterol already installed.