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Product Description The classic cookbook for achieving heart health and wellbeing through a diet that is low in cholesterol and saturated fat--updated and revised with 200 recipes (including 50 new to this edition) Lose the bad fats, but not the flavor. Now in its fifth edition, American Heart Association Healthy Fats, Low-Cholesterol Cookbook provides the most up-to-date information on heart health and nutrition. Good-for-you food should also be satisfying, and the American Heart Association reveals how easy it is to replace the bad fats in your diet with healthier ones. This classic cookbook offers more than 200 tempting dishes, 50 of which are new, including: · Fresh Basil and Kalamata Hummus · Triple-Pepper and White Bean Soup with Rotini · Taco Salad · Hearty Fish Chowder · Chicken Pot Pie with Mashed Potato Topping · Balsamic Braised Beef with Exotic Mushrooms · Grilled Pizza with Grilled Vegetables · Stovetop Scalloped Tomatoes · Puffed Pancake with Apple-Cranberry Sauce · Mango Brûlée with Pine Nuts The perfect companion for today’s healthy cook, this indispensable collection of recipes proves you can eat deliciously and nutritiously. About the Author The mission of the American Heart Association is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. Its bestselling library of cookbooks includes Grill It, Braise It, Broil It; Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook; Go Fresh; The Go Red For Women Cookbook; Low-Salt Cookbook, 4th edition; and The New American Heart Association Cookbook, 8th edition. americanheart.org Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Introduction Fats, Cholesterol, and Heart Health Eating well is one of the joys of life. Because you want foods that both taste good and are good for you, this cookbook offers many choices ranging from appetizers to desserts, all high in flavor but low in unhealthy nutrients including sodium, added sugars, saturated fat, and trans fat. Saturated and trans fats are dietary villains that cause blood levels of harmful low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL, the “bad” cholesterol) to rise. That’s a serious concern because higher levels of LDL cholesterol circulating in your blood are a major risk factor for heart disease. You can take three important steps to help manage your risk of heart disease. First, evaluate your personal situation and identify all your risk factors. Second, take steps to control your LDL cholesterol level—and other risk factors—by making smart decisions about your diet and lifestyle. Third, commit to making good choices for the long term to live a longer, healthier life. KNOW YOUR RISK The first step is to assess your individual risk for heart disease. Risk factors are the behaviors and conditions that increase your chance of developing a disease. Some risk factors—aging, your medical history, and the medical history of your family—can’t be changed. (For more information, see Appendix E on page 348.) Fortunately, many risk factors can be changed. Lifestyle choices such as smoking and physical inactivity, as well as conditions such as high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure, being overweight or obese, and diabetes, are all factors that you can do something about. In fact, heart disease is largely preventable. If you don’t know your numbers for blood cholesterol, blood pressure, and blood glucose, visit your healthcare provider and find out what they are. Be sure to schedule regular visits with your healthcare provider to monitor your individual situation. Depending on your cholesterol levels and your other risk factors, decide together on target goals and the best approach for reaching them. REDUCE YOUR RISK By changing your habits, especially your dietary and lifestyle choices, you can help reduce your level of blood cholesterol as well as other risk factors. How much you have to modify your diet and lifestyle d