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10% Solution for a Healthy Life How to Reduce Fat in Your Diet and Eliminate Virtually All Risk of Heart Disease

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ISBN-10: 0517883015

ISBN-13: 9780517883013

Edition: N/A

Authors: Raymond Kurzweil

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Reducing the level of fat in your diet to 10% can save your life, and this book gives you all the tools you need to do just that. Everything you need to know about is in this book: recipes, conversion charts, pantry staples, dining-out tips, progress tables, an exercise program, and detailed appendixes.
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Book details

List price: $19.00
Publisher: Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale
Publication date: 12/27/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 386
Size: 5.55" wide x 8.46" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Author's Note
Introduction
Foreword
Health and Well-Being Versus the "Civilized" Diet
Aside From that, Mrs. Lincoln, How did You Enjoy the Play?
Atherosclerosis
Fat and Cholesterol
The Public-Health Recommendations
What Does this Mean?
Fat
Cholesterol
Fiber
Iron
Sodium
Sugar
Primitive Man
Exercise
The Benefits
Heart Disease
Stroke, Aneurysms, Claudication
Cancer
The Low-Cholesterol Controversy
Polyunsaturated Fat
Blood Sludging
Monounsaturated Fat and Omega-3 Fat
Hypertension
Type II Diabetes
Protein
Stress
Weight Loss
Immediate Benefits
A Parable
Habitability
The "French Paradox"
Children
Exceptions
Pregnancy
Chemicals
Doctors
Misconceptions
The 10% Solution
Your Weight
Ideal Weight
Maintenance Calorie Level
Keeping Track
Other Approaches
Your Goal
Weight Plateaus
How to Eat
Fat
Cholesterol
Iron
Sodium
Grains
Legumes and Vegetables
Fruit and Dairy
Meat and Fish
Recipe Conversion
Restaurants
Parties
Family Members
How to Exercise
Aerobic versus Anaerobic
Training Heart Rate
Walking
Exercise Stress Test
Benefits
Amount of Exercise
The Five Phases of Exercise
Varieties of Low-Impact Aerobic Exercise
Tips
The Mind-Body Connection
Stress
Fight or Flight
The Type A Personality Revisited
The Four Cs: Challenge, Commitment, Curiosity, and Creativity
The Stress Scale
The Symptoms of Stress
False Stress Relievers
Food
Tobacco
Alcohol
Caffeine
Benzodiazepines (Tranquilizers and Sleeping Pills)
Cocaine and Heroin
Diet
Drugs
Aerobic Exercise
Sleep
Balance
Vacations
Talking
Listening
Time Management
The Relaxation Response
Yoga, Biofeedback, and Visualization
Meditation
The Kurzweil Challenge: Ten Easy Steps
The Challenge
Drug Dependencies
Consult Your Physician
Baseline Measurement
Monitoring Current Life-style
Gradual Transition
Two-Month Trial
Progress Measurement
Permanent Commitment
Another Assessment
Write the Author
The Second Fountain
Caloric Restriction
The Animal Experiments
The Mechanisms
The Number of Calories in a Lifetime
A Cautionary Note
The Guideline
The Kurzweil Challenge to Society
The Challenge
The Medical Community
Medical Schools
The Health Insurance Industry
Nutritionists
The Food Industry
The Media
Government
Schools
Parents
Everyone
Guides to the 10% Solution
The Ten-Minute Guide to the 10% Solution
What It Is
Benefits
Who This Is For
Nutritional Principles
Caloric Restriction
Exceptions
Other Substances
Exercise
Stress
Target Weight and Serum Lipid and Glucose Levels
Weight Loss
Review of Foods
Tips
How to Eat Revisited
What's for Breakfast
Let's Have Lunch
It's Time for Dinner
Snackin' It
Frozen Foods
How the Oils and Fats Compare
Recipe Conversion
10% Cooking Methods Made Simple
The 10% Pantry
Where Fat Lurks
Dining Out
Fast-Food Restaurants
Lactose Intolerance and Other Food Sensitivities
Quick-and-Lean Cuisine From the Kurzweil Kitchen
The 10% Basics
Breakfast
Soups
Salads
Appetizers
Side Dishes
Entrees
Desserts
Ranking the Killers: How to Save a Million American Lives a Year
Overview
A Comment on the Title to Part One
The United States
Europe
Japan
China
East Africa
Appendixes
Reference Notes
Nutritional Content of Food
Charts for the Kurzweil Challenge
Baseline Chart
Progress Chart
Weekly Chart
Body Fat Charts
Glossary
Index