title: Lifestyle and diet.
abstract: Currently, there is widespread interest in many different diets. The best-known diets include the New Atkins diet in the USA, the Dukan diet in France, and in South Africa the Noakes diet. Two different approaches have emerged, one focusing on a life-long healthy lifestyle and the other emphasising weight loss. These are in fact complementary aims, as will be reviewed and reconciled. Furthermore, besides the dietary approach, there is a valid case for added drug therapy for selected lipid disorders with the use statins. In addition, new drugs are emerging that in the future might eventually considerably reduce the negative health impact of coronary artery disease.
authors: Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa, Groote Schuur Hospital and Medical School, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. Lionel.Opie@uct.ac.za.
authors: Lionel H
authors: LH
authors: Opie
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004032:Diet; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D012307:Risk Factors; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000502:physiology*
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