The New American Diet System

by William E. Connor and Sonja L. Connor

In their breakthrough book, The New American Diet, the Connors developed a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet that dramatically reduces the risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke, and high blood pressure.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671687050
• ISBN13: 9780671687052
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 574 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.7" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Simple and authoritative, guide to control of high lipids.

Dr. and Mrs Connor are, respectively, a world-class lipidologist who teaches at the Oregon Health Sciences University, and an amazingly competent dietician who cooks each recipe in this book 5-6 times herself. The Connors devised a method by which you may determine, by means of a single number, to what extent a particular food is good or bad for your arteries (foods ranging from fruits to Big Macs) - it is called the CSI or Cholesterol Saturated Fatty Acid Index. You use the book as a reference or as a cookbook: pages of foods are listed by category, with their CSI, and number of grams of fat; the recipes are well-written and tasty. The index is complete and easy to access. I use this book constantly for the education of my patients with hyperlipidemia.