Resources / Info Links

For more information about Exercise (see below) and Cholesterol, these are some trustworthy resources:

Heart Disease Risk Calculators:

Online AHA 10-Year Heart Disease Risk Calculator: Web version
Mayo Clinic Heart Disease
My Calculating Heart Disease Risk article on Answers.com which explains how these risk calculators work.
My post, Calculate Your Heart Attack Risk Online.

General Information about Cholesterol:

About Cholesterol: from The American Heart Association
High Cholesterol: from the Mayo Clinic
High Cholesterol Basics: from Everyday Health
From medical training site: ACLS Guide to Answering Your Cholesterol Questions. While a bit jargony, it’s a good way to see many aspects of cholesterol in one place.
Business Week article: Do Cholesterol Drugs Do Any Good?
Interpreting Cholesterol Test Results: from the Mayo Clinic
The Cleveland Clinic’s ‘What you need to know about Triglycerides‘
Triglycerides FAQ, from the American Heart Association
From the Mayo Clinic: Nutrition and Healthy Eating – dietary guidelines for protein, fat, cholesterol, fiber, sodium, etc.
Cleveland Clinic’s Nutrition-Cholesterol Guidelines lists out the % of total calories recommended for each type of nutritional element: % of calories from fat, cholesterol, etc. This page has changed: here is link to new page with dietary guidelines. If you open up TLC guidelines then PRINT IT, you can see the guidelines per day.
My bagel & lox versus Oatmeal comparison.