Cholesterol help?

Question

My dad's had some cholesterol issues and has been eating right, exercising, and he's on de-cafe now. Is there any specific foods that might not be as healthy as we think? Is there anything he can do to lower his cholesterol? He just recently went up 10 points and he's freaking out. He's working out more and he gave up red meat. Please Help!!!

Answer 1

I too had some cholesterol issues. I did not exercise or change my diet or take prescription drugs. What I did do is take red yeast rice, fish oil and I ate a bowl of oatmeal everyday. I reduced my cholesterol from 237 to 167 in 6 months.

Answer 2

I all so was taking Lipitor for cholesterol, but then my doctor switched me to Caduet. A combination Cholesterol and High Blood Pressure medication, for several years. I have not experienced any more than normal short term memory loss. My long term memory is just find. Now because of financial and no medical I can not afford to take that medication. and still see no change. I have also heard on the news within the last month or so that the cholesterol medications do not give appreciably any major cholesterol lowering capabilities to warrant the taking of these drugs. And it is not a life or death situation. They feel it is just a ruse by the pharmaceutical company's to push these drugs on people in order to make themselves more money. Diet and exercise will do the same thing and better. And you can keep the money in your pocketbook.

Answer 3

Aside from taking prescriptions like Lipitor...
Cinnamon is a great cholesterol reducer (available in capsuls), as is oatmeal, red yeast rice supplements.
Some people dont realise that shellfish contains a lot of cholesterol.
Losing any extra weight will help bring numbers down too. Good luck.

Answer 4

Have him try the oatmeal thing for breakfast every morning, my husband has cholesterol problems and it helped him, stay away from fried foods to they are a big no-no. The dr also has him taking fish oil capsules. They help in controlling cholesterol, and you can get them over the counter.

Answer 5

By cutting back your consumption of saturated fat (the kind in hamburgers and ice cream) to less than 7 percent of your total calories, increasing your fiber intake by 5 to 10 grams (about one serving of a raisin bran cereal) a day, and adding a couple of tablespoons of a special margarine designed to help lower cholesterol to your diet regularly, you could lower your LDL (low-density lipoprotein) level between 17 and 30 percent. And that's before you add more bran, apples, oats, nuts, and other foods that on their own can lower your LDL several percentage points or increase your HDL (high-density lipoprotein).

Answer 6

Tell you Dad to start eating Cheerios cereal it will lower his cholesterol ...guaranteed

Answer 7

There is a company called Melaleuca with an all natural product called Phytomega. Go to www.melaleuca.com.

Answer 8

Healthy diet and exercise. Avoid fats and seafood. Mine came down when i started doing Weight Watchers. Hope he gets better

Answer 9

hi I sent my pop to www.myhealthabc.com its mostly about weight loss but if you fill in your details and go through to the mall they have the best heart health products ever. My dad lowered his bmi by 25 points, he takes something that works through the night aswell. there is link to ask the owner via email if you need help. good luck--this stuff works. you can go direct and buy it to www.myhealthabcmall.com just create yourself a username and password and follow the links to healthy heart.

Answer 10

we started eating oatmeal every morning, it went down for both of us.