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Welcome to the Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) section. Here, you will learn how changes in your lifestyle, such as eating a low saturated fat, low cholesterol diet [TLC Diet], regular physical activity, and managing your weight can help lower your cholesterol and reduce your chance of developing heart disease as well as improve your health in other ways.

The TLC section moves you through several different "cyber rooms," each with several interactive activities to help you learn how to make changes in your diet and activity level to lower your blood cholesterol.

Introduction to the TLC Diet

This should be your starting point in the TLC area. This activity will calculate how much saturated fat, cholesterol and calories you should eat to help lower your blood cholesterol. Once you have completed this activity, you will be able to navigate through the rest of the TLC section.

Virtual Grocery Store

This activity teaches you about reading food labels to help you choose foods low in saturated fat and cholesterol.

Cyber Kitchen

Here you can compare the serving sizes you actually eat with standard serving sizes. You can also create your own diet and have this site calculate for you the amount of saturated fat, fat, cholesterol, calories, and sodium in your choices to see how well you would meet your TLC Diet goals.

Cyber Cafe

The cafe will provide you with helpful tips on eating out on the TLC Diet.

Fitness Room

Here you will receive information on how regular physical activity can also improve your heart health.

Resource Library

Browse practical tip sheets on the TLC Diet and helpful information about cholesterol-lowering medicine.

Intro to the TLC Diet

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