Lower Cholesterol Naturally Without Drugs
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Diet to lower cholesterol is very simple if you know which type of cholesterol in the foods you must keep off. The best diet to lower cholesterol is one designed to lower blood pressure: * [the DASH diet, the all-around best diet for controlling cholesterol, diabetes, blood pressure and weight. A diet to lower cholesterol is only a small factor in influencing your body’s total cholesterol level. There are also supplements on the market that can make it easier to lower cholesterol naturally. Changing your diet to lower cholesterol is usually the first step in cholesterol maintenance, before medicines are added.
Dietary cholesterol is found only in foods that come from animals. Diets have gotten worse because poor people are eating crappy food, not because the diet fairy left them with the pork rinds rich people didn’t want. Diet can be a very effective tool for lowering blood pressure. Dieting to lose weight will certainly improve your health but if you already have existing health problems , then you need to have a healthy diet based on what foods you need to include and what foods you need to omit at mealtime. Diets rich in beans, peas, rice bran, barley, oat bran, whole grains, citrus fruits and apple pulp can help lower cholesterol levels, especially when additionally cutting back on animal products and fats. Eat fresh fruits and vegetables, raw when possible.
Most doctors and fitness specialists recommend that you exercise for at least 30 minutes a day for optimal health benefits. Be aware that lifestyle factors such as diet, health and fitness levels will all play a part in maintaining overall health and routine cardiovascular health. It’s really nice to know that now fast-foods establishments even offer low-fat or non-fried food options, helping those on the road to fitness stick to their plans.
Exercise and eating healthy foods is the key to long healthy life with out worry and fear of being within the high risk groups for hypercholesterolemia. It is important however to remember regular exercise and herbal supplements along with a lowering cholesterol diet to get the most benefit from it, as those two things are just as important to get the best results. Another benefit of regular exercise is weight loss, which can also help increase HDL cholesterol and lower LDL cholesterol levels. Exercise itself doesn’t directly lower cholesterol, but will strengthen the heart and entire circulatory system. Buying a rebounding video is a good idea if you’d prefer structured exercise instruction. Exercise 30 minutes a day as often as you can in a week.
Just a few diet changes, a good combination of supplements, vitamins, herbs, spices, and exercise is all that is needed to get started on a diet for
lowering cholesterol. Not just any herbal supplements, but those which only contain natural ingredients. It’s also critical that you only purchase supplements made from what are called standardized herbal extracts. Some of these supplements will actually help you to extend your life by insuring against poor health. Supplements lower cholesterol naturallyResearch also shows that improvement results can be dramatic if you were to strongly consider the combined use of regular exercises and the regular use of nutritional supplements, which are clinically proven to lower cholesterol naturally with no side effects. Supplements such as Omega-3, inositol hexaniacinate, pantethine, and guggulipid can be effective in lowering cholesterol. Remember
that the approach with drugs and / or dietary supplements is to supplement and not to replace a healthy diet and exercise.
How to lower cholesterol by 14 percent without cholesterol medications and without side effects. You can lower cholesterol naturally with many different cholesterol lowering herbs and nutrients. Dieting to lose weight will certainly improve health but if existing health problems already exist, such as high cholesterol, a diet to lower cholesterol is essential. The conclusion of the experts is that good regular exercising and a diet to lower cholesterol is a must.
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plz. suggest me how control my cholesterol(bad/ LDL).As my cholesterol is v.high inspite of strict diet.?
Sir/Md, plz kindly advice me how control my cholesterol without any medication. my hight is 163centimts. and weight is 77kgs!!. i have not taken any oily/sweet/ghee/non-veg.non smoker/non alcoholic. I am v.much worried because of this. plz help me.
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August 29th, 2009 at 5:29 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 29th, 2009 at 6:13 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 30th, 2009 at 1:12 am
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 30th, 2009 at 10:26 am
I eat meat and rabbit food so that makes me one happy weasel
August 31st, 2009 at 10:13 am
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 1st, 2009 at 4:55 am
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.
September 1st, 2009 at 6:52 am
There are currently 2 units used to measure cholesterol mmoles/litre in which case optimum is 5 mmoles/litre or mg/dL, in which case optimum is less than 200 mg/dL. Neither fits with your result I am afraid.
Normal cholesterol levels are not dependant on age,gender or BMI. Your BMI is just above the acceptable norms,this is ok if you are a regular exerciser,as then being overweight is probably not an independent risk factor. If however you are a couch potato,if you do some decent exercise your BMI should fall at the same time as it improves your general health.
September 1st, 2009 at 10:50 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
September 1st, 2009 at 9:30 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