*** Action Plan for High Cholesterol, Arry Durstine, 2006
At this point you're thinking, "What? This isn't fiction!"
The point of the Wunderfool Reading list is to record everything I read in the year, not just the literary stuff. And I read this, so here it is.
2007 was the year for The Wunderfool to slay the glucose monster, as mentioned occasionally in some restaurant reviews on Eating Fred, Texas. It is safely laid to rest and 2008 is the year to tame the cholesterol beast.
If you're in a similar position, this is a good book to start with. Only 160 pages without the recipes and appendices, it's a slim volume. Durstine is a sports medicine guy and his focus is on diet and exercise, with a few chapters on medications and alternative treatments as well, which I skimmed, since my goal is to beat this without medication, which I don't want to pay for and can't remember to take anyway.
As I read the description of how the body process all this stuff, which is very complicated, I came up with an analogy involving frat guys and janitors and pimps to explain it all. Maybe one day I'll write it down for the benefit of posterity.
In the meantime, three stars if you're interested in controlling cholesterol. For you others, and you know who you are, up your life insurance.
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