Cardiologist Joseph Lee Klapper, M.D., gives an in-depth yet accessible explanation of cholesterol levels--and explores ways to lower them. Weighing the pros and cons of a variety of approaches, including a holistic approach, Western medications, natural remedies, and new methods on the horizon, he then takes readers step by step through a medically proven plan for shedding cholesterol points.

• By 2010, the leading cause of death worldwide will be heart disease, far greater than infections, AIDS, and other killers
  
  
• Explores many contemporary heart-smart diets and provides sample menus
  
  
• Important information about exercise, risk factors, statins and other Western cholesterol-lowering medications; herbs, supplements, and natural remedies; and antioxidants, gene therapy, and new drugs