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My cholesterol levels are "sky high"
Time to change my diet methinks :helpme
I had blood tests taken a week ago and the doctor who called me back today with the results used the term "sky high" when describing my cholesterol levels. So i guess that should be reason enough to make some changes. My diet has always been terrible, but i never seen to put on any weight. I think i have been the same weight since my early 20's. It's because of that, i always just eat what i like. I don't smoke. Now to work out a new food plan... :Oh crap |
So what is/was your regular diet?
And into what kind of diet you will change it? |
Double post...
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how old are you?
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I got the same message two years ago from my doctor, but told him I wanted to try to change my lifestyle and diet before I went on meds. Once you go on meds, it is difficult to come off without your body going out of wack... plus I don't want to put synthetic chemicals into my body.
My thing was my lifestyle, lack of regular sleep and eating like shit. I cut back on drinking alcohol, stopped consuming so much diet coke and tried to cut out processed foods. Believe it or not, a lot of the foods you get at chains, even places like the Olive Garden are crammed full of shit that is bad for you, and I was ALWAYS eating out. I moved towards eating more vegetables, drinking plenty of water, laid off so much beef and within six months my levels dropped significantly. Stress could have also played a factor, which mixed with poor sleeping habits, didn't help. |
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nutritionist?
frankly tho, you do the cardio thing, you eat what you want.. |
cut on the cock and increase vagina intake
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And cakes. And plenty of them. As i say though, it's because it's what i like and i never seem to put on weight... |
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What part was sky high? Was it triglycerides?
Usually they use extreme language for these things because it's the only way to convince people to change their lifestyles. |
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Eat good stuff, eat every 2 to 2 and half hours and move your ass, do some exercise, at least do some walk it will help a lot :2 cents:
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Lower your sugar intake as much as you can, start taking some fish oil pills regularly (especially if you don't eat fish already) and eat a lot more nuts and seeds. All 3 things should have a significant impact on lowering cholesterol as a whole--of course avoiding processed foods helps a lot too. To be honest my cholesterol can get up there a bit as well while doing these low carb diets but only when my bf% is too high and only temporary. I'd be more concerned if my triglycerides were high, those are the warning markers for inflammation and heart attacks, far more than cholesterol levels--most doctors aren't up to date with the research on that though. |
Check out the fitness thread...i posted a sample of my diet on the last page. 62 HDL, and 99 LDL :)
29 year old male |
Do you have the typical Scottish diet?
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Is the problem not immigration ?
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I'm skinny so my cholesterol shold be fine, but... i did a stress test two days ago and the results were that i am in immediate danger and i should take time for me asap.
I guess were both winners;-) |
Look into Mediterranean diet. It's not really a diet just good foods to focus on to help lower your cholesterol
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In the middle of May they gave me these numbers.
Cholesterol 141 Triglycerides 147 HDL 23 LDL 89 She was impressed with my diet as far as abstaining from fast foods and sodas. Cooking with coconut oil, eating lots of fresh vegetables, eating only the breads that I bake myself and shit like that. The 23 is too low, it should be above 40 I think it is for me. That's the only bad number there I think and it's not too bad? Good luck to you. edit: I'm 49 btw |
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http://www.emedicinehealth.com/high_...l/page3_em.htm |
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Also being skinny is the only way you can speed up your metabolism, the rest is myth and flat out lies. |
could be that 10 pound bag of chocolate you ate around easter
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A lot of the science about cholesterol levels and health( the science many doctors still use) is based on 100 year old information. There's some new stuff that says your level may be as linked to your diet as once thought. Look into it.
By the way, I have borderline high cholesterol and spent months trying to get it down with diet. Not only did it not go down, but it went up slightly. I'm not saying you should listen to some guy on GFY and ignore your doctor...just look into it for yourself also. There's a ton of info out there. |
I'd fire any doctor that describes a cholesterol reading as sky high. It's not a movie he's talking about, it's health, adult language required.
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LDL or HDL? Not all cholesterol is bad.
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I shall be doing some reading over the next few days... |
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My remedy? Here you go...
Eat whatever you want for breakfast and dinner, but take "lunch" out of your vocabulary. Instead what you do is snack constantly or every few hours at least on fruits, raw vegetables, a handful of nuts, cheese and whole grain crackers, yogurt, stuff like that. A handful here, and nibble there, it's called GRAZING. It will train your metabolism out of "famine" mode (storing fat) and into "feast" mode (burning fat). Do that faithfully every day and six months from now you'll be 10-20 lbs lighter, and you won't have burned muscle to do it, you'll have lost fat. Your cholesterol will be back in the zone as well. |
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Taking Omega 3 supplements daily will help immensely. That, and less sugar/alcohol and you should be good to go. Whatever you do, don't go on statins. There is all kinds of research about how bad they are for you.
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Lipitor (atorvastatin it's generic now) |
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