ABC of Nutrition (ABC)
Contributors: Stewart Truswell (Editor)
Edition: 3rd edition
Publisher: Bmj Publishing Group
Published: November 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 121
ISBN-13: 9780727912336
Subjects: Dietetics & nutrition; Nutrition; Medicine; Consumer Health; Diet / Health / Fitness; Diet/Nutrition
First sentence: For some doctors in affluent countries the first question about prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) nowadays is whether to write a prescription for one of the statins (simvastatin, pravastatin, fluvastatin, atorvastatin, etc) which inhibit an early step of cholesterol biosynthesis in the body (see p 7).