Publisher's Synopsis
TNE ANTI- CHOLESTEROL
Cardiovascular diseases affect 10 to 20% of French people and 40% of Americans. They represent the leading cause of death in France with more than 37% of deaths attributable to it. On the front line: cholesterol, the excess of which in the blood promotes the formation of fatty plaques on the wall of the arteries (atheroma plaques) which end up reducing the caliber of the artery. The result is a drop in blood flow, which leads to an increase in blood pressure. A situation that can get even worse if an atherosclerotic plaque breaks off and passes into the bloodstream, leading to arterial obstruction (thrombosis) with variable damage depending on where the thrombosis occurs: in the heart (disease coronary and infarction), in the brain (cerebrovascular accident), The other major cardiovascular risk factors are tobacco, hypertension, diabetes and obesity.It is currently known that the mode of feeding intervenes by modifying in particular the metabolism of lipids in the organism. This is why, faced with the cardiovascular risk represented by a high blood cholesterol level, prevention through nutritional measures is necessary. Prevention is all the more justified since scientific studies have shown that the drop in cholesterol using nutritional measures can be compared to that obtained with drugs.
What is cholesterol?
Cholesterol is one of the essential constituents of cell membranes: around 20% of cholesterol is found in the brain; it is essential for the production of hormones, in particular sexual and anti-inflammatory hormones such as cortisol. It is also through the cholesterol that the skin synthesizes vitamin D under the effect of sunlight. It is used for the production of bile salts by the body, essential for digesting fats.
Cholesterol does not come only from the diet since the dietary cholesterol that we ingest represents only 20 to 30% of our cholesterol stock. Most of the cholesterol is actually produced by the body in the liver. From the liver, cholesterol is then transported by small shuttles called LDL (Low Density Proteins) to the cells which will use it and "drop" it into the circulation if the cell does not need it. Other carriers called HDL (High Density Proteins) are kinds of garbage collectors that bring unused cholesterol back to the liver where it is destroyed. MAIN HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BOOK
- The difference between good and bad cholesterol
- FOODS RICH IN CHOLESTEROL
- SOUPS
- THE ENTREES
- THE FISH
- MEAT AND POULTRY
- THE VEGETABLES
- THE DESSERTS
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