Textbook Lessons

To decrease the likelihood of developing atherosclerosis:

• Exercise. Perhaps a corollary: Don't be fat. Men especially: Lose the gut!
• Reduce consumption of fatty foods.
• Eat foods high in soluble fiber (e.g. beans, apples, oat bran) to remove bile acids in feces so liver must synthesize more from cholesterol in the blood (to lower blood cholesterol)
• Reduce stress and don't live a sedentary lifestyle
• Avoid viral infections (e.g. wash hands)
• Studies of fish oil supplements are inconclusive, but eating fish is a good idea insofar as a variety of diet supplies more nourishment

— Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function fourth edition, p. 746-747 Kenneth S. Saladin

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