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Summary: Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes

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Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) is a lifestyle modification program that specifically targets individuals who are at risk for heart disease. According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (2014), TLC can help lower high blood cholesterol and may also help treat metabolic syndrome. Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes is a three part program that incorporates diet, physical activity and weight management in order to reduce cholesterol levels and help reduce the risk of heart disease and heart attack. The first part of this program is diet. According to WebMd.com (n.d.), the TLC diet recommends that you eat specific amounts of different types of foods: • Saturated fat: Less than 7% of total calories • Polyunsaturated fat: Up to 10% of
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