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Book review Conquer cholesterol and osteoporosis By DR CHARLES GODFREY Dr Kenneth Cooper who in aerobic exercises to North America is well on his way to selfestablishment as the guru of preventative medicine In his third book Overcoming Hypertension Bantam Books hardcover 386 pages 95 he adds another solid work to his previous efforts to conquer cholesterol and osteoporosis In his latest volume there are hundreds of pages of information ranging from the early duJnosis and treatment of hypertension to the categones of medication that can be given to relieve the disease to problems that mav arise from drug therapy He offers a clear chart of the problems faced by anyone whose blood pressure becomes elevated through age disease or other causes But in addition to describing the disease Dr Cooper points out that the most reliable means of making a diagnosis does not include a one- shot reading of your blood pressure at the doctors office or the shopp ing centre Rather he insists the diagnosis of hypertension is a com plicated matter and should be made quickly In order to consider what an elevated diastole means to you the author proposes a hypertension risk profile This includes the health implications of your current pressure measurements your lifestyle diet and family history any of which may influence your chances of developing sion MILLION But Dr Cooper is not an alar mist He feels that there is an over emphasis on tbe diagnosis of hypertension and that current figures of to million victims in the United States should read closer to million Of course if you are one in the 40 million vou will watch the physicians face closely as he listens to your blood pressure sounds The numbers that result from the observation spel out the diastolic and systolic pressure- Current thinking is that the risk of disease and death increases steadily as each of these rise And if both pressures are too high the risk of complications mav be even greater One of the factors that For All Your Fine China Silver Crystal Giftware generate those elevations is genetic If both your parents have lived to an old age without hypertension its likely that you will do the same On the reverse side if they died early of cardio vascular disease this may not be inherited by you There are several other controllable factors that can in fluence morbidity Whites are less prone to hypertension than blacks Males tend to higher diastolic in the under60 group while women have their turn in the after60 group Sodium sensitive people have higher pressures But sodium sensitivity while it it beyond our control can be handled by reducing sodium intake The same control goes for obesity where excessive bodytrunk largeness contributes to the pro blem Similarly high alcohol in take and most importantly the stress factor where living is characterized by an uptightness rather than being laid back can be asking for trouble The book describes how hypertension can be overcome through exercise diet and as a final measure taking medication But the general emphasis is on non medical remedies EXERCISE The basis of his program is exer whether walking swimming or other athletic activity For the more severely involved he offers twoweek menus of palatable dietary meals which depress potassium and salt to low levels and in addition avoid certain types of cholesterol medicines are discussed with an emphasis on their proper use and effects Although Cooper admits that it is that there will ever be a future entirely without hyperten he feels that eventually the condition should and can be brought under control Charles Godfrey is professor emeritus in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto He spends considerable time each year in Africa working with The Third World countries and recently has been named to the Order of Canada HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday March 1990 Page 13 Wash your fine clothes at home The following lips are guidelines for home laundering Wools Dissolve soap flakes never divergent in a small amount of hot water then add cold to fill the basin For whiles creams and beiges add ammonia Swish garments through the sudsy tepid waiter rub spots genii never scrub Rinse and drain Add 14 cup white distilled vinegar to a few inches of water thorough rinsing Biol garment with towels In dry patting him Silks the directions given wool After blotting with lowels hang garment on padded hangar until partial dry Silk should be ironed while damp with a warm iron ami Downs Hand wash mild soapy solution soaking for half an hour Rinse until garment no longer feels slippery Press water out with hands Tumble dry at gentle cycle for about three hours tossing in a few terry cloth towels help absorb moisture and a pair of clean tennis shoes to prevent clumping Hang to finish drying plumping the down from time to lime as if were a pillow If outer fabric use a steamer never an iron MARYS Main Street South Downtown Georgetown 8731470 8736028 THEOLDE BANK he Passive Reducing 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