I'm a borderline diabetic and my cholesterol levels are on the high side. Any recommended diet guidelines?

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Triglyceridesare 232 ( normal range is 160-240) which is borderline high cholesterol. Dr. feels I can lower them with proper diet and did not put me on meds.
Hemoglobin A1C ratio is 6.7% (normal range is 4.6%-6.0%)....borderline diabetic. Dr. feels I can lower it with proper diet.
I am looking for any recommendations on what foods I should eat and what foods I have to avoid.
Thank you in advance for your answers and I hope everyone has a happy holiday season!

Answer 1

There are two supplements you should consider taking which have been shown to reduce cholesterol. Statin drugs, which doctors usually recommend for high cholesterol, treat the symptoms but not the underlying problem. Niacin aka B3 (make sure you get no-flush niacin) and a good fish oil supplement will help to lower cholesterol when taken consistently.

As far as foods you should eat, you may want to increase your intake of fruits and vegetables and of foods high in fiber. Avoid fast food and foods that have been fried in particular.

For your borderline diabetes, I would suggest you check out the glycemic index at http://www.glycemicindex.com/. Avoid foods that are high in sugar (cookies, candy, cake, chocolate, etc) but also avoid white flour. When you look at the nutritional label of food you are purchasing, note the "Sugars" content. Chromium is an essential trace mineral which studies have shown plays a significant role in metabolizing sugar. I would suggest you also try taking a chromium picolinate supplement to go along with the fish oil and niacin.

You should also increase your exercise level and try to get regular exercise at least 2-3 times per week to start. Try to stay on the treadmill or an elliptical machine for 30 minutes at a time. Studies have shown that staying on the machine an extra 10 minutes increases the level of calories your body burns.

I work for several doctors, and these are basic guidelines recommended by the internal medicine and family practice MDs. The supplements I recommend based on studies that have shown these can be effective in prevention of heart disease, high cholesterol, and possibly diabetes.

Best of luck to you.

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THere is no such thing as "borderline diabetes". You either are or are not diabetic, and with an A1C of 6.7%, you are diabetic.

You didn't mention your blood pressure, but I'll bet that's high, too, There is a constellation of symptoms that tends to go with Type II diabetes, and they include HBP and high choleterol, specifically high HDL

Get back to your doctor ASAP and insist on being sent to both an edocrinologist who specializes in diabetes (not all of them do) and a registered dietician. Your doctor is being at least morally negligent in not haveing done this already.

The single biggest change that you can make to your diet in order to help normalize your lipid profile is to drop all animal products. Talk to the dietician.

I'm giving you a couple of sources to start with. Read them all.

And, for the record, I was diagnosed with Type II diabetes almost 5 years ago. My last A1C was 5.2% and my lipid profile is great. I had been a vegetarian for 5 years before my diagnosis, and a near vegan for the previous 3 years. My lipid profile was good when I was diagnosed, and once I dropped the last bits of animal products from my diet, it has improved.

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I'm a borderline diabetic and my cholesterol levels are on the high side. Any recommended diet guidelines?
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Hemoglobin A1C ratio is 6.7% (normal range is 4.6%-6.0%)....borderline diabetic. Dr. feels I can lower it with proper diet.
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First, it would be good for you to lower your sugar intake. Avoid, at all costs, soft drinks and energy drinks. Those are very high, and unhealthy, sources of sugar. Do not replace them with the low-calorie drinks (with aspartame), because they tend to stimulate the consumption of sugar. Plain water is best.
For the high LDL (bad) cholesterol level, you should avoid saturated and/or trans fat as much as possible (butter and hydrogenated margerine). Replace with unsaturated oils, such as olive or canola oils. You can also try duck fat, which is very beneficial for atheries. If you like soy products like tofu or soy milk, go ahead, those tend to lower the LDL level and promote HLD (good) cholesterol formation. A good intake of soluble fibers has also shown such benefits. Soluble fibers can be found in psyllium cereal, oatmeal, and all pulses (chick peas, black peas, mung beans, red kidney beans...). Those fibers also help prevent hypoglycemia and sugar craving.
You do not need to become a vegetarian, and the vegetarian diet is no warranty of lowering your LDL level. Contrarly to what was first believed, cholesterol from meat does not significantly influence the LDL level, as it does not make it to the bloodstream when absorbed by mouth.
And last, start a moderate exercise program. Exercise will help your body to recover its sugar balance by increasing your sensitivity to insulin.

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Your diet is something that should be recommended by a nutritionist. As to cholesterol, mine was high, but I started using garlic pills, and finally dropped it about forty points. You might look into this.