Going on a Low Fat Low Cholesterol Diet Doesn’t Mean the End of the World
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For those people who have been diagnosed with having high cholesterol, changing your eating habits is the best way to get the numbers under control. Your doctor will more than likely suggest you go on a low fat low cholesterol diet to improve the chances of bringing high cholesterol numbers down.
Things you won�t need to do when you begin a low fat low cholesterol diet is give up all of your favorite foods. You will not have to measure ingredients and you won�t be expected to make major changes all at once. What you will need to do when you are on a low fat low cholesterol diet is learn something about the foods you eat, learn to read food labels and make some smart substitutions for foods that are high in fat.
An important factor in how fats are metabolized and digested is the amount of fat that is in your diet. When you eat a low fat low cholesterol diet that is rich in fresh fruits and vegetables as well as whole grains, you may take care of your medical condition without having to take any type of drugs. Even the smallest changes in your eating habits can make big differences in your health.
When you are on low fat low cholesterol diet you should know that foods that are high in saturated fats are usually animal based. Saturated fats are changed into cholesterol by the liver. When you see the term polyunsaturated fats, it means that the fat is from a non animal source and is healthier for you to eat. Foods that are described as having monounsaturated fats will lower your bad cholesterol and raise up your good cholesterol.
When you are shopping for foods for your low fat low cholesterol diet, just because a food is labeled as having no cholesterol it doesn�t mean it isn�t high in saturated fat that will eventually turn to bad cholesterol. Educating yourself on the best foods to incorporate into your new lifestyle is the best way to eat a low fat low cholesterol diet and see the benefits to your health.
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As more and more studies are coming up about the detrimental aspects of non vegetarian food, many people are anxious to know how they can stay healthy without giving up their favorite non vegetarian delicacies. The following points list the demerits as well as ways you can circumvent the harmful effects.
1. Non Vegetarian foods are fibreless: The roughage portion is missing in non vegetarian diets, therefore one should make a conscious effort to eat foods high in roughage. The foods high in roughage (insoluble fiber) are wheat bran, whole cereals like brown rice. Oat fiber is particularly beneficial for cardiac cholesterol related disorders. Oats have soluble fiber which dissolves in the body fluids and helps the body to decrease the cholesterol buildup.
2. Non Vegetarian foods are high in cholesterol: Since non vegetarian foods contain cholesterol, it is important to avoid other foods which can have additive affect on the cholesterol, like dairy products, particularly cheese. Besides these, one must avoid foods which have trans-fatty acids.
3. Non Vegetarian foods which are processed and preserved may contain high amounts of chemicals. Therefore, it is important to limit the quantity of non vegetarian food products which may contain preservatives.
4. Non Vegetarian foods are devoid of many vitamins. To keep up a healthy level of Vitamin B complex and Vitamin C, it is important to eat fruits and vegetables in adequate quantities to prevent any deficiency from coming up. Fruits should be eaten in their natural state and drinking packed juices is not the solution. Similar is the case with eating vegetables destroyed by deep frying beyond recognition.
5. Non vegetarians need strong digestive enzymes to be able to digest proteins. Hence, it is important to include sources of natural digestive enzymes in the diet to help the body keep its digestive capability high. Foods rich in enzymes are raw papaya (can be eaten as a salad) – rich in enzyme papain; pineapple – rich in the enzyme bromelene, and basic salads which are rich in natural enzymes.
6. Many authorities claim that people should be cautious while consuming fish found near industrial zones as they may be toxic.
7. Red meat should be consumed sparingly if you have increased incidence of hypertension and heart problems. Once a week, detox by eating fruits, sprouts, vegetable juices, salads and non-roasted nuts.
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18 Comments
August 4th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
It seems like your doing all the right stuff that my doctor told me to do, although, be careful on the "no-fat" diet. You can get yourself into a great pickle if you aren't careful. Your body DOES require a small amount of essential oils to actually lower you lipid count. I'm referring to the so-called "good" oils. Vegetable oils (olive oil is good) and Omega 3's.
I was told to take at least 4 grams of Fish Oil per day, (2 grams in the morning and 2 at night). You can buy fish oil anywhere, Walmart, Target, etc…).
Sometimes, though, your high lipid count may be due to heredity. If it runs in your family, there may be no other option than to take medication. I've been taking LOPID for over three (3) years now with no side effects and my lipid levels are well within the normal range. My total cholesterol started out at 290, and is now 165.
The good new is that if you really try, it can be brought under control but you may have to take a pill or two.
Good Luck !!!
August 4th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
non-fat, all-fat, low-carb, no-carb. It all doesn;t matter if your eating too many calories even if it's the "right" food. Here are some tips/tools taht work and will et you back on the right track:
Step 1: Find out what your basal metabolic rate is. Goto http://health.discovery.com/tools/calculators/basal/basal.html
This is the amount of calories you need to eat to maintain your current weight.
Step 2: Do you exercise? Do you exercise right? Exercising right means that you monitor your heart rate and make sure that you reach your target heart rate and maintain it for the longest period of time while exercising. You have two targets a fat burn zone and an cardiovascular zone. The fat burn is usually 60% of your maximum an d is easier to achieve and maintain and if your goal is weight loss this is where you want to be. Just walking/excising is a good start but if you want to get the most out of your work out find out what your target range is. If you don't belong to a gym then I recommend the
Polar Fitness F11 Heart Monitor Watch.
Step 3: You need to decrease your caloric intake or increase the amount of calories your body uses in a day by 500 calories a day for a week to lose 1 pound. So you can decrease that basal number you got in step 1 by 500 calories and exercise very little(yes you still need to exercise). Or you can decrease it by 250 and exercise off 250 calories or any other combination. Remember that your basal number is the amount of calories you body needs to live. If your number were 2400 then your body burn 100 calories per hour. So if you walk for half an hour and burn 300, 50 of that is your basal.
Step 4: Count your calories, it's not hard and you'll find out that you eat a lot of the same things on a daily basis so you won't have to research everything over and over again. Balance what you eat(equal parts carbs and protien whenever possible) . One of the best websites out there is one from the FDA. http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/
This database has almost every food on the planet counted and weighed. (Hint: they do a lot of their weights based on 100grams. If you put 0.28 in the serving size this equals 1 ounce). Get a reliable food scale, preferably digital. Weigh everything that you put in your mouth that is not prepackaged. You need to know what you’re eating and how much you’re eating. The number one mistake is "eating healthy". Everyone thinks because it's "healthy" the portion isn't that important. A handful of peanuts is "healthy" and has nearly 250 calories! Eat enough calories and it won’t matter how "healthy" it is your going to gain weight.
Step 5: Adjustments and Variety. If you are doing your best and losing weight but your starving, increase the amount of calories your giving yourself by 100-200 calories a day. Losing weight and starving are not good bedfellows. If you starve eventually you will crack and lose the battle. The more types of exercises you do the more weight you will lose. You will work more muscles and keep your body guessing.
Step 6(optional): If you belong to a gym or have some free weights at home. Use them! Muscle takes up less space in your body than fat (pound for pound). A pound of fat sits
around and does nothing all day, while a pound of muscle, even at rest burns calories(increasing your basal metabolic rate).
Step 7: Sleep, Never underestimate the power of a goodnight sleep. Will power can crumble in a second if your going through your day tired. You end up with a diminished sense of self control and tend to “give in” to temptation.
Step 8: Find a distraction. Read a book, Ride a bike, Play a game. Whatever takes your mind off of food, do it. You will need something that you can turn to in a moment of weakness. Something that will distract you for a half an hour so that your will can reassert itself and help you to make a rational decision.
Good luck!!!
August 4th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
Here are ways to increase your HDL levels, 1. Regular aerobic exercises. 2. Lose weight 3. Stop smoking 4. Cut out trans-fatty acids 5. Consume no more than 2 drinks per day, will raise HDL 6.increase monounsaturated fats in diet 7.Add fiber to your diet 8. Drink cranberry juice raises HDL 9 Avoid refined carbs such as white flour and sugar , worked for me, good luck
August 4th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Find the right amount of fat recommended for your diet, using this calculator, based on age, height, gender and frame size:
http://www.healthcalculators.org/calculators/fat.asp
CHOLESTEROL Guidelines and Daily Allowance: The Australian National Heart Foundation advised that all people should restrict total cholesterol consumption to no more than 300 milligrams a day, that's their cholesterol guideline for daily allowance. The University of Texas, USA, in discussing those with high cholesterol, suggests a limit of 200 milligrams a day.
I suspect going below 100 milligrams a day may run risks with your health, as cholesterol is necessary in our blood for good health to be maintained, but the liver can apparently produce cholesterol when it is absent from the diet, so zero cholesterol should be fine, provided your liver is working well. Will you ever achieve a zero cholesterol guideline? Inconceivable, cholesterol exists in our food chain, in so many different foods.
Use this cholesterol counter to determine its amount in any specific food item.
http://www.medindia.net/patients/calculators/cho_counter.asp
August 4th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
These are great with steak.
August 4th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Thanks Kent.
August 5th, 2009 at 10:45 am
I hesitate to point out that you seem to have been given 3 conflicting opinions about your cholesterol level from the same person at the same time. In my case, having been put on a statin with a level of 6.5 which reduced my level to 5.0 over a few months, I was then invited to use a different (stronger?) statin which led me to do a little more research on the 'net. It appears that a level of 5.0 is generally acceptable and there is considerable medical scepticism over the need to reduce that level to the Government's imposition of a target level of 4.0. I have remained, by choice, on the previous statin. My GP doesn't subscribe to the view that everything the Government's men in white coats prescribe is automatically a good thing.
August 5th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
I had a similar problem for many years. My cholesterol was around 250, with low hdl, despite the fact that I was on a vegetarian diet and already exercised a lot. I tried lowering my fat intake, and my readings got worse. I lowered my fat intake even further, and they got worse still! My doctor was ready to give up on me. He told me to just keep doing what I was doing, which didn't sound like good advice to me.
Then I found a book on the Zone diet, which advocates a balance of carbohydrates, protein, and fat, in the ration of 40%-30%-30%. That's by calories, which means for me that a typical meal has something like 36 grams of carbs, 27 grams of protein and 14 grams of fat. I tried it and my numbers improved drastically. Not only did my total cholestrol drop to 150, but my HDL went up, and trigylicerides went down. All my ratios got much better. That was 10 years ago, and my numbers are still great.
That's what worked for me. Of course there's no guarantee that it will work for you, but it might be worth a try.
Good luck.
August 5th, 2009 at 10:35 am
Glad you liked them. It is somewhat amazing how good the low carb conversion foods even to non-low carbers taste buds as well.
August 5th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
I eat meat and rabbit food so that makes me one happy weasel
August 5th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
I make these a lot but mine seem to come out softer than yours. Don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I cook the cauliflower in the microwave for 10 minutes, put it in the food processor and only add salt, pepper and some cream cheese and they still don’t look as firm as yours.
August 5th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
I decided to try this recipe out, and it’s truly superb. I finally have a good mashed potato substitute. Thanks from a fellow low carber!
August 6th, 2009 at 11:50 am
You are very welcome. I am glad you liked them.
August 7th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
most probably not related to diabetes
but its not normal to have this number of GE
so i think his problem is not a GE but diarrhea or loose motion (I mean it was labeled as GE but its actually due to another pathology)
so i would advise u to see a gastroenterolgest not a GP.
August 7th, 2009 at 10:39 am
The only thing I can suggest is that too much water from the cauliflower is getting into the final mix. You might try paper towels and pressing the extra water out. Try the bullion cube too. It may soak up some of the water as well.
August 7th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Thanks for adding your kids, I think involving them would help them better to learn what your doing. And really, kids are funny. Not to mention we single parents would love to have ways to include our kids. I think what your doing is great but will be more rewarding (and entertaining) if you include your family. I hope no one see’s this as a complaint, I just always worry about the rest of the family getting left behind when one member takes off on such an amazing journey. THANKS
August 7th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
The best way to raise HDL cholesterol is to do aerobic exercise
and There are multiple drugs to raise HDL cholesterol
please visit your doctor and consult your problem.
August 7th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Kids may be too young to do full-fledge ketogenic diet outside doctor care, but they are not too young to be taught the dangers of refined sugars and unlimited starches. Another great comment, thanks for watching!