HIN Health Action e-Bulletin
| March 7, 2006 |
Give Your Patients Some TLC:
New Guide Offers Practical Advice on
Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes for Lowering Cholesterol | | Would you like to help your patients lower their cholesterol? A new guide to Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes, or TLC, provides a set of tools they can use to get results. This easy-to-read booklet is designed to help your patients make the lifestyle changes that will lower blood cholesterol and reduce their risk for coronary heart disease. It explains how to follow the TLC diet, increase physical activity, and manage weight for people whose cholesterol level is above their goal. | | Including: - How to reduce saturated fat, trans fat, and dietary cholesterol to lower LDL
- How to boost the LDL-lowering power of the TLC diet by adding soluble fiber and plant sterols/stanols
- Strategies for reducing calories – learn to eat less without feeling deprived
- How to make food choices to help you lower LDL cholesterol and lose weight
- Sample menus showing how to plan a day’s meals to keep the total amounts of saturated fat, cholesterol, and calories per day in check for
- Traditional American Cuisine
- Southern Cuisine
- Mexican-American Cuisine
- Asian Cuisine
- Advice on becoming physically active even if you’re new to physical activity
- A handy guide to calories burned in common activities
The guide also includes helpful lists and charts, a 10-year coronary heart disease risk calculator, and many tips for success. Make TLC part of your program for heart health. | | | Item #06-5235
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Archived page, reproduced from a 2008 copy. It is reference material, not current guidance.
