suggestions for reducing cholesterol?
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This list of low-fat food choices may help you:\nMEATS: choose lean meats, chicken, turkey, fish (without skin or added oil)\nLean, trimmed cuts of beef, pork, and lamb\nexample:Pork tenderloin has written on the package"Recommended by the American Heart Association", anything that has this notice on the package is safe for you to eat\nEGGS: limit egg yolks (including those used in baked goods and cooking) to no more than 3 per week\nDIARY: have at least 2 servings of nonfat or low-fat dairy products per day. A serving size equals: one 8-ounce glass of milk or 1 ounce of cheese...always choose nonfat (skim) or low-fat dairy products\nFATS AND OILS: choose unsaturated oils such as olive, canola, safflower, sesame, soybean and sunflower, always use limited amounts\nFRUITS AND VEGETABLES: eat 2 to 4 servings of fruit and 3 to 5 servings of vegetables per day\nSTARCHES, GRAINS, AND LEGUMES: eat 6 to 11 servings per day, especially whole-grain products. The type of fiber found in oat, rice, and barley bran, along with beans, peas, and some fruits and vegetables has been shown to lower cholesterol\nchoose low-fat starches such as anfel food cake, low-fat cookies and crackers, bagels, English muffins and cereals, rice, pasta, corn, potatoes, peas, beans, lentils, pretzels and some bread sticks (check the label for fat content)\nLABELS: read the labels \nexample: a can of VanCamps Pork and Beans has on the label \nCalories 110    Fat Calories 10\nBecause it has printed on the label, Fat Calories 10, This is a good product for you, always go by the fat calories on the label\nAnd try to exercise as much as you can, this will also lower your cholesterol\nEveryone is different, always ask you doctor about what is\nbest for you\nI hope this helps\nGood luck
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Yes, sweet potatoes and any vegetable or fruit high in fiber (celery, apples, bananas, collard greens, etc.) will lower cholesterol, in addition to eating lean meats.
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Rice, sugar, and potatoes should be fine for your husband as long as they are prepared well. \n\nTraditionally, people with high cholesterol are advised to avoid foods with high levels of saturated fat and/or unhealthy cholesterol, such as that from fatty animal meat. Total fat intake should be reduced, as it is clinically proven to lower cholesterol with weight loss. Salt should also be reduced and monitored, as this can trigger higher cholesterol levels. High-fiber foods should also be eaten regularly.\n\nThough contrasting previous beliefs, new research shows that dietary cholesterol, such as those found in nutritious foods such as seafood or eggs, are less effective in cholesterol levels. \n\nBut back to the rice, sugar, and potatoes - these foods are great, and have good amounts of vitamins and minerals. It is what you add with them that will negate your health, such as creams, butters, and other high-fat sauces. \n\nGood luck! :)
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Lowering triglycerides emphasizes several dietary components.\n\n* Decreasing calories to lose weight if your Body Mass Index (BMI) is 25 or higher. \n* Restricting alcohol \n* Limiting fat to about 35% of calories \n* Decreasing carbohydrate, particularly simple carbohydrate, to no more than about 50% of calories \n* Decreasing saturated fat to less than 7% of calories \n* Limiting dietary cholesterol to less than 200 mg per day \n* Using unsaturated fat to replace saturated fat \n\nEat more fish as the fat in it is of the good sort.  Eat fish that have a short life span like shrimp and salmon as they don't have the mercury problem and fish with longer lives have.  Fish liver oil and flax seed oil are good for you
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Artichoke juice has been proven to reduce high LDL cholesterol.\n\nShrimp and other shellfish are fairly high in cholesterol; however, they are low in saturated fat. Therefore, these foods can be eaten in moderation -- even if you have high cholesterol.
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Your doctors just telling you have high cholesterol, you need to cut out the hamburgers and the red meat, switch to eating some salads and some fish.  Also you might wanna have a few bowls of oatmeal during the week.  This really helps to lower your cholesterol.
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Exercise to reduce your LDL level and increase your HDL level \nDrinking a small amount of alcohol may raise your HDL level and lower your LDL level, but more than two drinks could have the opposite effect \nMaintain an appropriate weight \nStop smoking \nless stress\nsome says garlic but not sure
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oatmeal is good for helping to get rid of the bad cholesterol ( I believe its the LDL), and eating foods like fish will help raise your good cholesterol (I think it's HDL), which will lower your total overall cholesterol.
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1. Do exercise (just walkings and don't get exhausted). Always talk about this to your doctor or get a physical trainer. Exercise can raise the HDL (good cholesterol that cleans up you blood from bad cholesterol).\n2. Eat fish 2-3 times a week (salmon, tuna, macarella, fishes from cold water). They have omega 3, that helps to reduce cholesterol.\n3. Eat plenty of fruits and veggies (because of the fiber), and also grain cereals (like oat,oatmeal, grain flour). Fiber sticks to cholesterol so your intestine wouldn't be able to absorb it.\n4. Try eating pomello (grapefruit), it gots a substance that will keep vytorin (simvastatin) in your blood stream working more time.\n5. Cut off fat from beef or pork. Reduce the meat you eat and try poultry and fish. Reduce shortening and butter, lard, bacon.\n6. Try low fat milk.\n7. Cook with olive oil (high in monounsaturated fat), canola oil, safflawer oil.
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The correct word is: cholesterol.\n\nTwo ways:  1) Low fat diet.\n\n           2) Exercise
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try lowering your carbs
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I'd say diet is probably key.  Watch your fat intake - especially trans fat.  Eat less red meat. Exercise. Drink red wine.  Check with your Doctor or nutritionist.  It's good to get a baseline bloodwork check and then make some diet changes and get the bloodwork done again to see if you lowered your cholestrol.  Some people still need cholestrol lowering meds to help.  HTH's
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Just boil it, and take out the egg yoke, that will reduce the cholesterol and you won't have to wait.  Egg whites themselves contain very little cholesterol.
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list of low cholesterol foods should contain healthy foods such as:\n- fruits and vegetables,\n- fish, lean meats (also game),\n- dry beans,\n- whole grains,\n- low-fat or skim milk and cheese.\nFoods that have less salt and fat are recommended. It also helps to eat all fatty foods in moderation. \n\nLimit foods high in cholesterol, such as:\n\nliver and other organ meats \negg yolks \nfull-fat dairy products (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 2001a; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 2002m). \n\nWhen preparing foods, the following cooking methods tend to produce lower saturated fat levels:\n\nbake \nbroil \nmicrowave \npoach \ngrill \nroast (when roasting, place meats on a rack so fat can drip away) \nlightly stir-fry or sauté in cooking spray, small amounts of vegetable oil, or reduced sodium chicken broth
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There are different ways to lower your cholesterol. You should always talk with your family doctor because he/she will know best which changes in your overall life might help the most.\n\nThe following life style changes often help regulate cholesterol:\n* regular physical activity\n* reduce over all stress\n* get regular and enough sleep\n* avoid transfats, instead use fats with polyunsaturated fatty acids (salmon and other fish) or monounsaturated fatty acids (olive oil as example)\n* increase the amount of dietary fibre
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The healthy way is with diet. Stay away from fatty foods (like fried and baked goods). Eat food rich in fiber. A bowl of cheerios is really good. To do it fast, drugs may be the best option. Lipitor and Zocor are reletively safe and can lower your cholesterol big time! My dad's went from 230 to 160 with Lipitor. Ask your doc about it.
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Recent studies have shown that reducing cholesterol to ultra-low levels with statin drugs can begin to reverse hardening of the arteries.\nOther than that, do not smoke, make sure your blood pressure is under control  and keep your cholesterol down via statins.\nIf diabetic, keep that under control also.