Lowering Your Cholesterol with TLC

September is National Cholesterol Education Month! The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute offers suggestions and a free booklet for making the lifestyle changes needed to control cholesterol naturally.

Need to lower your cholesterol? TLC (therapeutic lifestyle changes) is a set of tools you can use to get results. Download Your Guide to Lowering Cholesterol with Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC), a free, easy-to-read booklet designed to help you make the lifestyle changes that will lower blood cholesterol and reduce your risk for heart disease.

The booklet explains how people whose cholesterol level is above their goal can:

• follow the TLC diet (low in saturated fat, trans fat, and dietary cholesterol);
  
  
• increase physical activity; and,
  
  
• manage weight.

The guide includes helpful lists and charts, sample menus, a 10-year coronary heart disease risk calculator, and many tips for success. Also included is a special section for people with metabolic syndrome (a condition that places them at higher risk of heart disease).

Make TLC part of your program for heart health!

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The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute offers a wide selection of consumer information about heart health, cardiovascular diseases and related conditions.

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