lowering cholesterol food choices or diets?
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Garlic is probably the best natural way of lowering your cholesterol, you can swallow a whole tooth of garlic every day in the morning, theres no taste, since you are taking it as a pill, but if that doesnt move you, then half of a grapefruit before breakfast will help you break down some of the fast you may intake during the day.
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25-35% or less of the day's total calories from fat.\nLess than 7% of the day's total calories from saturated fat.\nLess than 200 milligram of dietary cholesterol a day.\nLess than 2400 milligram sodium a day.\nJust enough calories to achieve or maintain a healthy weight and reduce blood cholesterol level. (Ask your doctor or a registered dietitian what is a reason able calorie level for you.)\nSoluble fiber may be increased in the diet if LDL is not lowered enough by reducing saturated fat and cholesterol in diet.\n\nAvoid foods high in saturated fats such as egg yolks, full-fat dairy products, deep fried foods, liver and other organ meats, sausage, hot dogs, bologna, salami and fatty and untrimmed red meats. Eat foods low in saturated fat, such as fruits, vegetables, whole grain foods and fat free dairy products. If you are a meat eater, then eat lean meats, fish and shellfish and skinless poultry.\nDo not eat deep fried foods. Bake, microwave, broil, poach, grill, roast, sauté or lightly stir fry your food. You should know ways how to avoid fat in cooking.\nChoose vegetable a cooking oil that is high in unsaturated fats. Always select the best cooking oil.\nEat foods high in fiber, specially high soluble fiber foods.\nYou should remain physically active. Exercise and fitness go hand-in-hand..\n\nCholesterol Lowering Recipe - 1 : Oat - Carrot Kheer\nRecipe type: Dairy product, fat-free\nPreparation time: 10 minutes\nIngredients: (for 3)\n1 cup Rolled oats\n3 cup skim milk or more, depending on the desired consistency of Kheer\n2 tsp Psyllium husk (Isbalgol, Metamusil-unflavoured) Psyllium Husk   \n1 Carrot, small, finely chopped\n10-15 almonds, skin removed, and grated\n10-15 Raisins (Kishmish)\n1/8 tsp Cardamom powder\n2 tsp Sugar or to taste\nPreparation\n\nSoak rolled oats and raisins in 1.5 cup milk for 5-7 minutes.\nBoil remaining milk in a skillet with carrot for 5 minutes. Add soaked oats and raisins of step 1 with milk and boil for 5 minutes.\nAdd psyllium husk, almonds and cardamom powder and mix.\nServe warm or cold.
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The correct word is: cholesterol.\n\nTwo ways:  1) Low fat diet.\n\n           2) Exercise
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add a good source of Omega 3 fish oil make sure it is pharmaceutical grade,  omega 3 is proven to help lower also soy protein is good in helping lower overall cholesterol.  you can do a search on omega 3's and see all the great things they do.
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Ok, I am glad that you want to lower your cholesterol and that is a great idea and so far everyone has given very good advice, anything high in monounsaturated fat (almonds, avocado..) and fruits.  \nHowever, you said that you need to get your triglycerides tested every month.  Triglycerides are not the same thing as cholesterol.  Triglycerides make up some of your cholesterol, but they are their own thing.  The main thing that raises triglycerides is alcohol, so stay away from that.  \nYou could consider taking omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid rich foods like fish and fish oils, but be careful cause in excess these will increase your LDL (bad cholesterol) but at the same time decrease your triglycerides so its a double edged sword.  You will basically have to go on a low fat diet (with the fat you do take in coming from mono and polyunsaturated fats) and stay away from saturated fat, trans fat, and alcohol.  \nGood luck
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Not really.  There are medications you can take for reducing your cholesterol.  Also watching the type of food you eat and getting more exercise can reduce high cholesterol levels.  There are plenty of web sites that will give you advice.\n\nHere is just one of them....\n\nhttp://heart.healthcentersonline.com/cholesterol/?WT.srch=1\n\nIf you do a Google search you will find plenty more.
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Garlic is amazing for lowering cholesterol. You can eat fair amounts of fresh garlic and also capsulated form (odorless). Lecithin granules added to the diet can help with removing arterial fat. Omega 3 fatty acids from flax or fish is beneficial too. (for anyone) These are some natural remedies but I would still consult with your physician.
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I lowered mine by eating oatmeal everyday and adding more grains and fiber to my meals. \nAlso eating foods high in good cholesterol like olive oil, avocadoes, and flaxseed.\nI went from 235 to 167 in a month.
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your body can convert any fat into cholesterol, whether or not it is vegetable or animal fat\n\nEat what you like, fish is good for you but only in moderation - sea food contains mercury and other heavy metals, try salmon instead
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Nope, eggs are nature's perfect food.  \n\n\nAnd there is no evidence that dietary cholesterol affects blood cholesterol.\n\nEnjoy your eggs.
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Eat more food that contain antioxidants that will destroy the free-radicals. Eat a healthy diet that reduces foods that produce cholesterol
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There are foods/supplements that help lower cholesterol:\n\n- Oatmeal. Like Quaker Oats.\n- Psyllium fiber.
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Eat whole grains and avoid fat and when you do have fat make it a good oil like canola oil or olive oil.  Eat more fish but not fried.  Eat skinless chicken.  Use fat free salad dressing.  Eat more dryed beans with whole grain for protein.  Avoid cheese and use low fat alternative if possible.  Avoid chips unless they are baked.  \nMy friend did weight watchers for 3 months and brought her cholesterol down over a hundred points and her ratio was better so if you have a few pounds to loose that would be a great place to learn about healthy eating.  They have books to help you shop and eat out too.\nExercise helps cholesterol especially your ratio.\nOrganic skim milk tastes soooo much better than regular skim.  You should also avoid ground beef and if you do eat it by the kind that is 95% fat free.
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My boyfriend had high cholesterol and I got his bad cholesterol down and his good cholesterol up.\n\nIt's not just what you eat but also what you don't eat.\n\nThere is no 'one' food that will lower it, you have to maintain a healthy and varied diet along with regular exercise. It is a slow process.\n\nMake sure you eat steamed fish and spinach.\n\nDo running, martial arts, aerobics, etc at least once a week to start with, building up to twice and then three times a week.\n\nDrink plenty of water. Pomegranate juice is VERY good in reducing cholesterol.\n\nGood Luck
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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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Advise as follows:\n\nAvoid alcohol or drink alcohol in moderation\n\nDrink plenty of water and other fluids\n\nLose weight if overweight\n\nStick to the following foods:\n\nFresh cherries, strawberries, blueberries, and other red-blue berries\nBananas\nCelery\nTomatoes\nVegetables including kale, cabbage, parsley, green-leafy vegetables\nFoods high in bromelain (pineapple)\nFoods high in vitamin C (red cabbage, red bell peppers, tangerines, mandarins, oranges, potatoes)\nDrink fruit juices and purified water (8 glasses of water per day)\nLow-fat dairy products\nComplex carbohydrates (breads, cereals, pasta, rice, as well as aforementioned vegetables and fruits)\nChocolate, cocoa\nCoffee, tea\nCarbonated beverages\nEssential fatty acids (tuna and salmon, flaxseed, nuts, seeds)\nTofu, although a legume and made from soybeans, may be a better choice than meat
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lowering fat and sugar intake. increasing fibre intake (particularly psyllium husk). taking fish oil capsules. these will lower your cholesterol, not get rid of it.