What's the best food for cholesterol?
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"For Cholesterol"?\nDo you mean to lower it?  \n\nJust basically eat the Mediterannian Diet:\n"- high consumption of fruits, vegetables, bread and other cereals, potatoes, beans, nuts and seeds \n\n- olive oil is an important monounsaturated fat source \n\n- dairy products, fish and poultry are consumed in low to \nmoderate amounts, and little red meat is eaten \n\n- eggs are consumed zero to four times a week \n\n- wine is consumed in low to moderate amounts "\n\nYou should also try using "Smart Balance" instead of butter all around.  It even tastes better, IMHO.  My mom has really bad high cholesterol, and she has to be on this diet to not have to take medication for it.
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As mentioned above:  exercise (preferably aerobic enough to get you sweating) and soluble fiber* - oatmeal is one source (probably the best source), but isn't the only source.  \n\nAnother method of reducing cholesterol is to take niacin.  Note that niacin had a side effect called "niacin flush" which is rather unpleasant.  To prevent this, take a timed release version of niacin.\n\n*The more I learn, the more I find out that most health problems are due to either a lack of exercise or inadequate fiber.
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Cholesterol is looked upon as something undesirable. But it is actually essential to our body. There are good cholesterol (HDL) and bad cholesterol (LDL). The aim is to get the HDL up and the LDL down. \nAnd good news! There are quite a lot of food  that can do this and most of them taste good as well.\n \n1) Soya products\n2) Fish - rich in Omega 3 \n3) Nuts - high in mono/polyunsaturated fats \n4) High fibre food like fruits, vegetables and oatmeal - in our digestive system, fibres bind and traps fat in our food and reduces their absorbtion into the body\n\nCheck out this website too for more details http://www.loweringcholesterol.net/show/cholesterol-lowering-foods
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You might try cooking with olive or grapeseed oil. Those oils are known to raise the good cholesterol and reduce the bad. Another trick is to take Niacin (the type that makes you flush. Some even claim garlic can help.
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if ur dad has high cholesterol, see if hes taking 'lipitor' as one of his medication.. because this medicine helps reduce cholesterol..\n\nalso make ure dad eat food which are low in saturated-fat .. some of the examples of low saturated-fat foods are as follows : \n\nfat free or 1% dairy products \nlean meats \nfish and shellfish \nskinless poultry \nwhole grain foods \nfruits \nvegetables \n\nLook for soft margarines (liquid or tub varieties) that are low in saturated fat and contain little or no trans fat (another type of dietary fat that can raise your cholesterol level).\n\nhope that helps.....
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The best oil is Canola oil.  It has the high monounsaturated fat (lowers LDL and raises HDL) and good amount of polyunsaturated fat (lowers LDL and keeps HDL the smame) plus it works well for cooking.  The oil with the highest monounsaturated fat is safflower oil, but it has a very strong taste and does not work well for cooking.  Olive oil is ok, but it has a lot of monounsaturated fat and less poluunsaturated fat than does canola and it also has twice the saturated fat that canola has (raises LDL and lowers HDL). So go with canola.   \nAlso read this article from harvard nutrition school: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/fats.html
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Soluble fiber is very good at lowering cholesterol as it binds the bile (a digestive agent) & causes you to excrete it. The body makes more bile (to replace that which was lost - if it wasn't lost, the body tends to recycle bile) from cholesterol. You'll find soluble fiber in foods such as apples, oranges & oatmeal. \n\nInsoluble fiber is also good for your heart, so eat high fiber foods like beans & veggies. Sodium does not affect your cholesterol level, but it can affect heart health so it's best to keep it to a minimum. \n\nA little exercize, such as walking for 30 minutes 3 times a week, will also work wonders. If you eat a Whte bread, try to switch to something like Nature's Own White Wheat, which has lots of fibre. Try & drink fat-free or 1% milk instead of whole milk. A lot of little life-style changes will go a long way.
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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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The doctors will tell you to follow  a low fat diet and increase you intake of things like oatmeal, or Cheerios. Exercise also helps. If you take the more medical way, the doctors can prescribe medications like zocor, lipitor of crestor to help bring down the cholesterol numbers. Hope this helps!!
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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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Normal values for cholesterol is from 150 mg/dL to 250 mg/dL.  so your values are still within the normal range.  Increased cholesterol from the normal range is not good for the heart and body.  How to avoid increased cholesterol values? Avoid fatty foods,( pork and chicken fat), dairy products ( cheese, butter, milk) eggs.  Exercise is also good to burn out the excess fats in your body and avoid their deposition in your adipose tissue.
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you can try the cooking light site www.cookinglight.com they have lots of low fat recipes you can also join spark people. its a free diet program that helps you plan a diet to fit your needs. you can fill in low sodium and low cholesterol and it will plan meals for you
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THe main problems here are a bit high LDL of 136 and a low HDL of 32.  For LDL, follow some of the above advice.  Stay away from fat and red meats as much as you can.  Fish oil is recommended as a great food supplement, and so is Benecol spread.  Both actually lower cholesterol and fish oil is particularly good.  Your LDL goal should be anywhere between 100-130, depending on your other risk factors.  As far as HDL is concerned, your goal should by 40.  The best thing to increase HDL is excercise, so careful excercise regimen would do you best.  Work with your health care professional on that and good luck!
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You can continue to eat chocolate if you're prepared to make other sacrifices - cut down on other dairy products, switch to skimmed milk, use spreads instead of butter, cut out anything too fatty like sausages, bacon etc, don't eat anything fried, and no pastries/cakes etc.\n\nYou could add in things like porridge to your diet which help to bring down cholesterol, you can also drink those benechol drinks (expensive but effective), and you should increase your exercise which increases the levels of HDL, the "good" cholesterol and will thus decrease your good:bad cholesterol ratio.
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Sure you will. Just keep a moderate well balanced diet. Heck, you can actually eat Bacon, real butter and Rib-eye steaks. But, moderation is the key. Most people are lead to believe these mentioned foods are bad for you. This how people like me keep the Demand low and thus price down so, we enjoy the good food and everyone else buy the lesser nutritious. Basic supply and demand economics. The link will help, I just use Butter and better cuts of meat. Up the HDL's and they lower the LDL's. The good eliminate the bad, just how nature work, without pills.
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if you want to lower your chol.levels firs you have to know if you have high levels by performing a lipid panel in a clinical laboratory,this test wil tell your doctor and you levels of good and bad cholesterols.\nby yourself tou can lower your levels specially of bad cholesterol by moddifing your diet.since cholesterol is found only in animals and animals products you can reduce animals products like red meats,whole milk,avoid fried foods\nspecially in saturated fats,avoid fast foods,eat less eggs and egss products,try to eat more vegetables,cereals,non fat\nmilk and milk products like yogurt,eat oatmeal(it lowers cholesterol),try to make excercise three times a week.\nthere are medicines by medical prescription like lipitor but\nonly after a medical evaluation,(good 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.