I Need To Lower My Cholesterol Level

[Lee]

Any of you folks ever had to lower your cholesterol before? If so, how did you go about doing it?

Regards,

Lee

[Sana Chan]

I hear eating Oatmeal every day lowers it. Also there's a good cereal by Kelloggs called "Smart Start" and it has a healthy heart mix. I love thier antioxidant mix. So yummy. :heartu:

[DEVELISH]

Do some workout, eat less fat - thats what my doc tole me

[gaybucks_chip]

The nonprofit I used to work with used dietary approaches to treatment of a lot of diseases, including high cholesterol.

-- Eat oatmeal daily, it is clinically proven to help reduce cholesterol

-- Reduce fat intake, including fried foods, butter, oils, etc.

-- There is a special oil, raw flaxseed oil, available at the health food store which is also clinically shown to reduce cholesterol. You put about 2 Tbsp a day on a baked potato in lieu of butter or on a salad. This also helps to remove arterial plaque (which contributes to cardiac problems) so sometimes your cholesterol will spike a little bit in the first 4-6 weeks, but then drop pretty dramatically.

-- If you have a juicer, make fresh green juice (green leaf lettuce, green chard, romaine, red cabbage, and apple) and drink a glass or two once a day.

If you do those three things you should see your cholesterol reduce substantially in 6-8 weeks.

[wnc]

Yeah... beware of Quaker Oakmeal, it made me visit the bathroom too many times.

I feel for you Lee.

Once I had a high number but I think it may have been a false reading. In anycase, I tried to learn eating what I call cardboard, ie, eggless pasta noddles with powered non-fat sauce flavored water. Once a month I treated myself to a restaurant I loved nearby, being constantly, hauntingly taunted by the aroma, that served freshly ground meat in the best greasy 60ish era style burgers.

The high result did scare me and I actually still read the food labels in the store and have keep up with vitamins. At age 48, my numbers have remained "comfortable" for years now, and I continue to love my fried double-egg-dipped breaded chicken breasts... finger food of the GODS to me.

[desslock]

It's easy.

Just eat nothing but fresh fruit until noon. And eat a total diet that is one third fruits and vegetables. In fact I'll bet if you just do the fruit thing and eat a real salad along with your regular meals, you'll be most of the way there.

Easy schmeazy.

Steve

[CamCruise]

I take Lipitor. A long with a good workout program and eating better it has made all the difference for me. My cholesterol levels have been in the good range for years now.

[lottatoys]

Doesn't drinking red wine help with the HDL levels as well?

[padabum]

Well Lee there are 5 simple rules to follow:

FIRST: NO ALCOHOL
SECOND: NO JUNK FOOD
THIRD: NO SMOKING
FOURTH: NO SEX

FIFTH AND MOST IMPORTANT: HAVE MORE FUN IN LIFE

[SPACE GLIDER]

It's easy.

Just eat nothing but fresh fruit until noon. And eat a total diet that is one third fruits and vegetables.

Sounds like the instructions to create a giant stink bomb!


You don't have any gasseous problems eating that much fruits and vegetables? I know some people handle it a lot better than ... well. ME