Re: Low cholesterol diet ideas

On Fri 03 Oct 2008 09:46:44p, Cheryl told us...

"Dan Abel" <dabel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Don't keep us in suspense. What is your total cholesterol and LDL?

Total 271
LDL 190

If the doctor prescribes drugs, I would say just take them. You'll
have to have regular lab tests to make sure the drugs aren't hurting
you, but the doctor won't prescribe drugs unless they are deemed more
helpful than potentially harmful. I've been taking them a long time,
and there are no apparent side effects.


In three months the Dr will decide if I need to go the drug route. More
ammo for me to stay with the treadmill program I'm on, and now I want to
find out about how to eat right and still have it taste good. Food is
one of my vices.

A low-fat, low-cholesterol diet is certainly one avenue to lowering your
cholesterol. As some have suggested, higher fiber in your diet will also
help. Probably obvious is reducing or eliminating the cheese in your diet,
like it or not. It is a huge source of fat and cholersterol.

Most of the cholesterol in your body is actually manufactured by your body,
and while lowering your intake will no doubt help, you may still need
medication to get it down to healthy levels. My total cholesterol and LDL
was nearly as high as yours at one time. I was put on 1 medication and my
current numbers are 145 total cholersterol and 72 LDL. The only remaining
problem I have is high triglycerides which is currently 245. I was taking
a specific medication for that which was totally ineffective. More
recently I was put on Niacin, and that seems to be bringing it down. A
month before starting the Niacin my number was 269.

It's nice if you can do it without meds, but most people can't get really
good numbers without it.

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