Cholesterol Control

Since Harriet Roth's classic cookbook was first published in 1991, awareness and concern over cholesterol levels has continued to grow. This revised and up-to-date edition contains the latest nutritional information on statins and other cholesterol-lowering treatments, trans fats and other dietary research, as well as more than 30 brand-new, delicious low-fat and low-cholesterol recipes and current product lists. Delectable reader favorites are still on the menu, including Orange-glazed Cornish Hens, Cajun Blackened Redfish, and the Chocoholic's Chocolate Cake. Harriet Roth was making thirty-minute-or-less meals long before Rachael Ray got a television deal, and she serves up over 250 easy-to-prepare, healthy, gourmet recipes for breakfast, brunch, lunch, appetizers, dinner, and dessert. Bon appétit!

A newly updated edition of bestselling author Harriet Roth's classic low-cholesterol cookbook

Since Harriet Roth's classic cookbook was first published in 1991, awareness and concern over cholesterol levels has continued to grow. This revised and up-to-date edition contains the latest nutritional information on statins and other cholesterol-lowering treatments, trans fats and other dietary research, as well as more than 30 brand-new, delicious low-fat and low-cholesterol recipes and current product lists. Delectable reader favorites are still on the menu, including Orange-glazed Cornish Hens, Cajun Blackened Redfish, and the Chocoholic's Chocolate Cake. Harriet Roth was making thirty-minute-or-less meals long before Rachael Ray got a television deal, and she serves up over 250 easy-to-prepare, healthy, gourmet recipes for breakfast, brunch, lunch, appetizers, dinner, and dessert. Bon appétit!

Publishers Weekly

Formerly director of the Pritikin Longevity Center Cooking School, Roth admits that she, like many other gourmet cooks, at one time frequently cooked with large quantities of animal protein, butter, cream and eggs--until her husband was diagnosed as having a serious coronary condition. The author of Deliciously Low: The Gourmet Guide to Low - Sodium, Low-Fat, Low - Cholesterol, Low-Sugar Cooking here presents easy-to-understand information about cholesterol and how to control its presence in one's diet. Also discussed are dietary fiber and how this affects cholesterol; weight reduction and maintenance; and cholesterol-lowering drugs sometimes prescribed when dieting proves insufficient. While offering little new information on these matters, Roth stresses the importance of adopting healthful habits and carefully reading food labels to achieve one's goals. Providing more than 250 recipes and 200 meal plans, she shows, moreover, that low-cholesterol cooking need not be uninspired. Also provided are calorie and nutrition tables of commonly used foods, but recipes do not include nutritional analyses or calorie counts. (June)

Harriet Roth has a B.S. from Carnegie Mellon University emphasizing foods and nutrition and consults with chefs around the world. She is the author of Harriet Roth's Fat Counter, Deliciously Simple, Deliciously Low, and many other cookbooks. A former director of the Pritikin Longevity Center Cooking School, she now runs a private dietary consulting service in Los Angeles and is asked to speak frequently on food and nutrition-related topics.