Cholesteral?

Question

if 160 is average and mine is 228. What is the best course of action to bring that number sown?

Answer 1

Watch your diet closely, especially fat and cholesterol intake. Exercise can also help a bit. For some people, diet and exercise is not enough and they may need medication to reduce cholesterol.

Answer 2

First, you need to get more information. The "total cholesterol" number is almost completely meaningless, because it includes lots of things like HDL, LDL, triglycerides, and VLDL. On top of that, those categories have sub-groups. Some of the components of cholesterol are actually good, and some are not healthy. If you're concerned about it, talk with your doctor and ask her to order blood tests for a "lipid panel," which will test for all the categories. If your doctor feels your cholesterol needs to be improved, there are several options, including a healthy diet, exercise and medications. Diet and exercise are natural, while medications like statins and high-dosage niacin can have all kinds of side-effects. You might consider these steps:
1. Eliminate all trans fats from your diet. Trans fats are a major cause of cholesterol problems.
2. Eliminate or reduce saturated fats. They also cause lots of cholesterol problems.
3. Consume more mono-unsaturated fats from olive oil, avocados, peanuts, and other nuts and seeds.
4. Eat more foods with fiber. Fiber can absorb a lot of the cholesterol in your intestines, instead of letting it be re-absorbed into your body.
5. Consider drinking a small amount of a dry red wine (like Cabernet Sauvignon), perhaps 4-6 ounces per day. Wine can improve the "good" HDL.
6. Exercise. Exercise. Exercise.

Finally, don't worry too much about dietary cholesterol. High-cholesterol foods like egg yolks are actually not as bad as trans fats and saturated fats.

Answer 3

Increasing good Cholesterol a bit and decreasing bad. Even that is no warranty, as research shows heredity can be a factor.

Peanut butter.

Olive oil.

Limit red meats

No fried foods

Cut down on salt

Drink a little red wine

Use some apple cider vinegar in salads with a touch of olive oil

Eat some apples.

Drink 40 ounces or more of water

Answer 4

I have high cholesterol myself. Eat reduced fat foods and take in less sodium. Examples: if you eat butter switch to Smart Balance margarine, eat eggs only a couple of times a week, eat meat only once a week, drink reduced fat milk, do not eat fried foods, if you like salads then use reduced fat dressings or just balsalmic vinegar and olive oil. I bought a book "The Complete Food Counter" by Annette B. Natow , PhD., and Jo-Anne Heslin, M.A., R.D. and this book lists calories, protein, carbyhydrates, fat cholesterol, sodium and fiber for regular food and fast food. Try changing your diet for 2 months and then go back to your dr. and have him do another cholesterol test.

Answer 5

Eat oatmeal or cereal with oats in it, like Cheerios.

Also, eat avocados, olive oil and nuts (walnuts and almonds). They have monounsaturated fats in them. It's the good kind of fat.

Take niacin (a B vitamin - but take it with the other B vitamins).

Exercise regularly.

Answer 6

Exercise is the best way read some tips on it on this site

Answer 7

try diet and exercies for upto three months and then you need medicines after that. for diet you can also try mypyramid.gov