Low Cholesterol Menu – A Great Way To Reduce Cholesterol
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We all live very busy lives, many of us opt for eating fast food rather than proper meals because it is easier. We do not stop to think of the consequences that our actions lead.
It is, however, worthwhile considering switching to a low cholesterol menu in a bid to maintain proper health.
Fast Foods Are Not A Good Idea When Trying To Lower Cholesterol
It is possible to try and find a low cholesterol menu that has fast foods in it but it will still contain a higher amount of trans fats that will only increase your weight and in the end increase the amount of cholesterol in your body.
You would be better off designing your own low cholesterol menu and this will help you in regards to improving your health. A few ingredients to start off with would be the following:
. Fruit, and pure Fruit juices (Exception to, being avocados). Fruit bars with no added fat nor added nuts appear fine.
. Vegetables and Vegetable juices – steamed, boiled, raw. Can be cooked with a small spray of cooking oil in a pan etc. It’s the fat you add to them that’s the problem.
. Breakfast Cereal products except those with added ingredients for eaxample corn flakes are fine, but with nuts are not fine. Added fruit is fine. Cereal eaten as is or mixed with skim milk or water.
. Baked beans.
. Spaghetti in tomato sauce.
. Pasta.
. Gnocchi (potato or pumpkin).
. Egg noodles,
. White rice. Brown Rice. Barley. Rice cakes or slices
. Bread, Crisp bread, Pita – lebanese, Filo pastry,
. No fat glace or no fat frosting,
. Sauces ( but not tartare ), Light Salad dressing, No fat mayonnaise.
. Spreads: vegemite, promite, marmite, honey, jam, marmalade, fish paste are fine.
. Soups – canned and packet varieties ( but not creamed, nor ones mixed with whole milk ), any that are fat free.
. Plain popcorn (no added fat nor oil), jelly desserts.
. Most non-alcohol beverages and drinks are fine (except those that have milk or ice cream added)
. Non fat milk or skim milk. Low fat soy drinks. Yacult. Non fat or skim yoghurts. 99% fat free cheese.
. Gelati – non milk. Fruit Ice confections – non-milk types.
. Cheddar cheese – for some reason still unknown, does not appear to increase cholestrol, even though it should!
. Egg White.
. Cooking oil spray – 1 second spray – but only because very little oil is used in a 1 second spray. So you still need to watch how much you spray on.
. Biscuits : Plain cracker biscuits, Ginger Nut, Marie – but always check the label to make sure.
. Lollies: Sugar and or gelatine one, like jubes, snakes – but the calorie count is high.
Remember though, that on a low cholesterol diet, you still have to monitor the size – nearly everything has some calories ( kilojoules).These foods can be eaten freely ( but always check food composition to make sure as, some people or companies may have different ingredients in their food)
You need to follow your low cholesterol menu by drinking adequate amounts of water which not only makes you feel full, but also helps to fight off bad cholesterol as well.
You can find places online that will provide recipes for your low cholesterol menu if you have trouble creating your own. When you have made the change you will see a difference in your body, you will find noticeable improvement in your immune system and your body too will feel a lot better.
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i have been on a non fat diet for the last 4 weeks, and i haven't drop a pound, why????
my husband was diagnos with high l cholesterol, the doctor give him a total non fat diet, i eat exactly the same, but i didnt lose any weight, actually a gain weight, i am desperate. what can i do????
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18 Comments
September 29th, 2009 at 5:51 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 !!!
September 29th, 2009 at 5:58 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!!!
September 29th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
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.
September 29th, 2009 at 9:39 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.
September 29th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
i choose not to destroy life unnecessarily. this is my reasoning
September 29th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Agriculture destroys more life. See my latest vide’s:Lierre Keith Author The Vegetarian Myth Food, Justice and Sustainability.
If you think being a vegan means your not destroying life you have a lot to learn.
September 29th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Yup, figured it out, wasn’t hard. Just be skeptical and open minded. Don’t believe anyone, even me. Read and find out the truth.
September 30th, 2009 at 3:11 am
your body needs animal fat. It’s really that simple.
September 30th, 2009 at 6:02 am
Actually I can give you a long list of Doctors, Authors who figured it out for me. Were Meat eaters, not plant eaters, no conspiracy there I’d say. Just misinformation like everything else told the public.
People who tell you vegan is natural or healthier are either dishonest or lying or both.
September 30th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
I eat meat and rabbit food so that makes me one happy weasel
October 1st, 2009 at 5:18 am
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
October 1st, 2009 at 6:07 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.
October 1st, 2009 at 7:33 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.
October 1st, 2009 at 11:02 pm
So Vegan/vegetarianism, as you know it; is one global conspiracy between respected doctors, scientists, millions of people, and the lab technicians confirming that were healthier?
WOW and to think it only took a Chiropractor from the Philippines to unravel it!
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:30 am
he means that certain religions practices Vegetarianism and Veganism for faith, such as the Hinudu faiths
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:17 am
Also many vegan, or anyone who doesn’t eat animals because they don’t want to destroy life.
October 3rd, 2009 at 1:49 am
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
October 3rd, 2009 at 1:26 am
No I’m completely correct actually. And there are millions and millions of unhealthy vegetarians/vegan who will are are getting sicker by the day.
I agree there is no god. Another man made myth like were herbivores lol.