The Tsim Tsoum Approaches for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

<table>Blood cholesterol as a Marker for Holistic Health. The Columbus Concept (<a href="http://www.columbus-concept.com">www.columbus-concept.com</a>) deals with lifestyle's <i>essential</i> components to man's health. The Tsim Tsoum Concept (<a href="http://www.tsimtsoum.net">www.tsimtsoum.net</a>) focuses on lifestyle's <i>functional</i> components to human health. These latter differ from the former components in that they do not contribute to the daily energy intake (DEI = <svg height="9.5625" id="M17" style="vertical-align:-0.3003pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 10.1 9.5625" width="10.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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</svg> 0) on the one hand, and tend to elevate man to human-being on the other hand. They encompass those components that characterize the noninvasive interaction of man's body/mind with his environment through recognition of his evolutionary nature, that is, heritage and  development.</table>

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The Tsim Tsoum Approaches for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

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