High Cholesterol

Other Places To Get Help

Books

American Heart Association Low-Fat Low-Cholesterol Cookbook
Author/Editor:	American Heart Association
Publisher:	Random House
Publication Date:	January 1998
Eater's Choice: A Food Lover's Guide to Lower Cholesterol
Author/Editor:	R. Goor, N. Goor
Publisher:	Houghton Mifflin
Publication Date:	5th edition, 1999

Online Resources

Canada's Food Guide
Health Canada, Health Products and Food Branch, Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Web Address:	www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index_e.html
Canada's Food Guide provides resources to help guide food selection and promote the nutritional health of Canadians. Resources include outlines of the food groups, the recommended range of daily servings, background information about the food guide, and other information about healthy eating.
Canada's Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living
Health Canada
Web Address:	www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/pau-uap/paguide
This site is designed to meet the federally mandated promotion of health and fitness among Canadians. It provides information and general guidelines to help individuals make wise choices about physical activity.

Organizations

Canadian Cardiovascular Society
222 Queen Street
Suite 1403
Ottawa, ON  K1P 5V9
Phone:	1-877-569-3407 toll-free (613) 569-3407
Fax:	(613) 569-6574
Web Address:	www.ccs.ca
The Canadian Cardiovascular Society works to advance the cardiovascular health and care of Canadians through leadership, research, and advocacy.
Dietitians of Canada
480 University Avenue
Suite 604
Toronto, ON  M5G 1V2
Phone:	(416) 596-0857
Fax:	(416) 596-0603
Web Address:	www.dietitians.ca
The Dietitians of Canada Web site provides a wide range of food and nutrition information, including fact sheets on frequently asked food and diet questions, quizzes and other tools to assess your diet habits, and meal planning guides.
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
222 Queen Street
Suite 1402
Ottawa, ON  K1P 5V9
Phone:	(613) 569-4361
Fax:	(613) 569-3278
Web Address:	www.heartandstroke.ca
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada works to improve the health of Canadians by preventing and reducing disability and death from heart disease and stroke through research, health promotion, and advocacy.
National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health
P.O. Box 30105
Bethesda, MD  20824-0105
Phone:	(301) 592-8573
Fax:	(240) 629-3246
TDD:	(240) 629-3255
E-mail:	nhlbiinfo@nhlbi.nih.gov
Web Address:	www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/ncep
Contact the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) for information on the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP). The NCEP can provide information on high cholesterol as a risk factor for heart disease and stroke. You'll also find information on cholesterol-lowering diets, recipes, exercise, weight loss, and lifestyle changes.

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Author:	Douglas Dana Ralph Poore	Last Updated: November 13, 2006
Medical Review:	Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine Tom Bailey, MD - Family Medicine Neil J. Stone, MD, FACC, FACP - Internal Medicine, Cardiology
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