Low Cholesterol Diet And The Top Five Foods To Lower Your Numbers
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More Great Tips To Lower Your Cholesterol
Include Fish in your diet at least twice a week. And try it steamed with fresh herbs and spices in the water you are using to steam it with. If you want to live a healthy life style you should consider buying a wok with a bamboo steamer or a steamer with at least two separate baskets so you can steam fish and vegetables both at the same time.
You can do your own research and find a lot of delicious recipes for steamed vegetables and steamed fish. I just simply love tilpia filets steamed with fresh sprigs of rosemary, lemon grass, ground sea salt and fresh ground black pepper. Steam broccoli seasoned with Bulgar Wheat Kernels , ground sea salt, and fresh squeezed lemon juice to serve with it and you'll have a delightfully delicious healthy meal anyone can enjoy.
You should teach yourself to cook with and use egg whites for your cooking rather than whole eggs. It will take some practice but you can make a delicious omelet from egg whites. Try making your egg white omelet with stir fried green bell peppers, mushrooms, and onions. If you really think you need it you can add low fat shredded cheese or low fat sour creme in the omelet. Or fry out lean bacon very crisp and drain well. Add a strip of crisp crumbled bacon to each egg white omelet. I like to cook my fresh sliced mushrooms, sliced onion and green bell peppers in olive oil until they are done and then add them to my egg white omelets. You can sprinkle the vegetables with ground sea salt and black pepper while they are cooking.
One very important thing that it took me a long time to learn was that in order to get your cholesterol in check or lose weight you have to retrain yourself as far as your cooking and eating habits. Until you can do this you will never be successful.
You want to avoid processed foods like wieners, bologna, liverwurst and similar items. Items like these must be avoided if you have any hope of ever getting your cholesterol and weight under control.
You really can use healthy life style changes to reduce your bad LDL cholesterol and to lose weight. And as soon as you can you want to add exercise into your daily lifestyle and the easiest way you can do this is to start walking.
Walking is a low impact form of exercise that almost anyone can start doing. I suggest you start walking on a school track or similar location and as soon as you can obtain a pair of good quality walking shoes.
Over time you really can walk yourself thin. You just have to be determined and you need to walk on a regular basis. As soon as you can buy yourself a pedometer so you'll be able to see exactly how far you've walked. Keep a journal and make regular notes so you can look back and read later and measure your progress.
Start to drink water on a regular basis. Try to drink at least eight large glasses of water a day to flush all the toxins out of your body.
At the same time work on adding more fiber into your diet. Beans, peas, and similar items are great sources of fiber and are also high in protein. You should have beans or peas at least three times a week.
If you do drink alcohol only do it in moderation. If you do want to drink consider drinking a glass of red wine because it is good for you. Red wine contains antioxidants which can help to raise your good cholesterol levels and cause you to have a healthier cardiovascular system.
Do you know that garlic is good for you. Yes indeed garlic is one of the best substances you can consume and everyone should check out the health benefits of garlic. If you haven't yet checked out the benefits of cayenne pepper you really should soon. Ginseng is another wonderful herb that everyone should check out.
There really are a lot of natural remedies that will work to lower your bad LDL cholesterol and to help you with a lot of other health problems.
Keep in mind that apples really are good for you and by eating an apple you just may really keep the doctor away. It has been proven through research that apple pectin is a soluble fiber that will draw the bad LDL cholesterol out of your blood and take it out of your body as a waste product. So maybe that red juicy apple will keep the doctor away.
Do you know that cinnamon is also a miracle herb. Recent studies have shown that a teaspoon of cinnamon will reduce the blood sugar in diabetics. Cinnamon also reduces the bad LDL cholesterol in people.
Every person should include at least two servings of fatty fish like tuna, salmon, or mackerel in their diet a week. The omega three acids in fatty fish is really good for your heart and your cholesterol.
One big thing I learned when I was fighting high cholesterol levels was to do your own research. You can use Google to study almost any subject and become an expert on it.
Never give up because there really are natural home remedies that you can use to lower your bad cholesterol levels. Let me caution you to never stop taking prescription drugs. Talk to your doctor about anything you plan to do to eat healthier or to improve your bad LDL cholesterol.
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Tips To Improve Your Cholesterol Numbers
You may not know it but what you eat can and does play a big role in your good and bad cholesterol. Many people don't know it but by eating a bowl of oatmeal a day you can lower your LDL which is your bad cholesterol. But do you know that oatmeal contains soluble fibers which can take the low density lipoprotein (LDL ) out of your blood. It is the LDL bad cholesterol which you need to get rid of.
You will also find soluble fibers in such foods as kidney beans, prunes, barley, pears, and apples. So maybe people have always been right when they told you that a apple an day keeps the doctor away. We all need fiber and by eating a cup and a half of oatmeal you'll be getting a full six grams of fiber. If you like you can add items like apples or bananas and you'll have more fiber. You need to wash your apples or pears well and eat the peelings to for the fiber they contain. But always be sure to wash any fruit well before you eat the peelings.
A low cholesterol diet is the best way to ensure you have a healthy heart. Your diet needs to be rich in good healthy things like vegetable oils and fish. You also need to learn to eat healthy things like steamed vegetables and steamed fish. If you've never had delicious steamed vegetables or steamed fish then you need to give them a try. You can learn to add fresh herbs and other spices to the water you are using to steam your vegetables or fish with and infuse the flavors of the fresh herbs and spices into the steamed vegetables and steamed fish.
You just might be pleasantly surprised at how delicious fresh rosemary sprigs, sliced fresh lemons and slivers of fresh ginger can make steamed fish taste.
Tips To Improve Your Cholestrol
1. Learn to eat smaller portions of meat than what you are used to. It's a lot more healthy for you to eat chicken and fish than it is to eat red meats. You can eat cheaper and healthier by removing the skins and bones from chicken thighs. Plus chicken thighs will cost you about one third the price of chicken breast. You can prepare your chicken thighs and go ahead and grill them up. You can then slice them real thin in strips and use the grilled chicken strips on a salad on a busy day when you don't have a lot of time to cook.
You should also learn to broil your meats like pork chops, hamburgers, Trim any excess fat off of meats before you cook them. You need to buy a pan with a wire rack so that you can cook your meats in the broiler on the rack so that any fats or excess oils will drain away.
Try adding ground and regular turkey into your meals at times other than the holidays. Turkey is a healthy meat and you can learn to cook it so that it is really delicious.
2. You need to use low fat dairy products when ever you can. Try 2 percent milk first and in no time at all you'll be used to it. You can also use 2 percent milk to cook with.
3. You can use egg whites to make a delicious omelet and if you use fresh chopped vegetables and herbs you'll have a delicious omelet that just may surprise you.
4. You really need to watch your snacks. Learn to eat healthy snacks like dried fruits, homemade popped corn, or fresh fruit. If you can teach yourself to do this you'll be well on your way to eating healthy and getting your cholesterol under control.
5. I know it may be hard for some people to get used to but you need to start eating healthy whole grain breads, and brown rice instead of white bread or white rice. You can make some really delicious brown rice with some toasted Bulgar wheat kernels, freshly sliced mushrooms, and sweet onion.
6. As I mentioned above you need to learn to stop frying any foods except for on very rare occasions. You can use your broiler or you can steam vegetables and fish. Learn to make use of fresh herbs and spices in the water used to steam fish or vegetables.
7. Keep in mind that while you will want to use vegetable oils when ever you can you will want to avoid palm oils or coconut oils. Both of these contain mostly saturated fats.
8. Most American's don't eat enough fish in their diet. If you want to be healthier add more fish into your diet. Tilipia filets or whole tilipia steamed are oh so delicious. Learn to use curries in your diet and you can end up with some delightfully delicious meals. You can cook delicious fish under your ovens broiler. You can make it as simple as adding a little fresh squeezed lemon juice, salt and pepper.
9. You should replace your regular table salt with fresh ground sea salt which is much more nutritious for you than regular table salt. You can buy ground sea salt in the same section where the regular table salt is sold.
10. One of the most important things you will ever do is learn to read labels. A lot of people fail to read the labels and this quite often gets them into trouble with their diet. A lot of low fat foods really aren't as low fat as you might think they are. So be sure to read the labels. Watch the food labels carefully for trans fats, coconut oil, palm oil, or meat fats. These things will get you into trouble with your LDL cholesterol in a hurry.
There are of course other things you can do to lower your cholesterol numbers but those are some of the most important. If you can learn to enjoy steamed vegetables and steamed fish you'll be a long way towards getting healthy and staying healthy.
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Great article. Thanks for posted such an informative article. It's useful to me as I am trying to put myself in healthy diet since early of the year.
doodlebugs Level 4 Commenter 7 months ago
Good advice. A dietary approach to lowering cholesterol is much cheaper and safer than drugs.