Low Cholesterol Diet

 

Diet Makes a Difference
Doctors often tell their patients who have high cholesterol to follow a low cholesterol diet or "heart healthy diet" when there blood cholesterol level is high, or if they have a family history of heart disease. Then, it's up to you!

7 Big Mistakes 
Many people make diet changes and despite their efforts, not much happens! Are you making any of these common mistakes?
Is your diet healthy enough?

1. Trading one source of fat or cholesterol for another?

2. Cutting back too much on total fat? 

3. Giving up too soon on diet?

4. Quitting your diet once you start medications?

5. Taking supplements instead of
changing what you eat?

6. Following high fat, low carbohydrate diets?

7. Not getting professional help with your diet?

What about cholesterol and your diet?
Did you know that not everyone responds the same way to dietary changes? For some people, diet and losing weight is all that is needed to get their cholesterol numbers down to a healthy range. 

For others, diet may have little impact. But you won't know the impact diet has unless you are truly following a heart healthy diet and not making the common mistakes listed above.

How do you know if you're getting the most out of your diet? Get professional help from the nutrition experts, registered dietitians who have specific training and expertise in dealing with heart healthy diets.
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Low Cholesterol Diets"I'm happy to say that I have lost 10 pounds so far and my blood work says that my cholesterol is down 50 point from 299-249!  I am doing my treadmill 45 min and 2 miles I am really excited at this start. I know that the real work is ahead.  But it is nice to actually have some success!!!" C.A


What is Cholesterol?
Cholesterol is waxy, fat like substance present only in animal foods. It is part of the membrane of all cells, including those in our own bodies. The body makes most of the cholesterol it needs - there is no need to eat foods that contain cholesterol for most people. Besides eggs,  do you know how many foods you eat every day that contain cholesterol? There are 4 major sources of cholesterol in a typical diet!

Cholesterol Diets:

  • Diets to Lower Cholesterol & Weight

  • Diets to Lower Cholesterol Only

  • Personal Dietitian's Director of Nutrition & Chief Dietitian, Carolyn Classick-Kohn, MS, RD, CFT, is responsible for designing all the Low Cholesterol Diets & Cholesterol Lowering Diet Plans - and also authored the following articles:

    Cholesterol Articles

  • Lowering Cholesterol through Dieting

  • Plan for lowering Cholesterol?

  • Custom Diet to Lower Cholesterol

  • Heart Disease and Dieting

  • Why Diets Work

  • Lowering Cholesterol & Losing Weight

  • Know Your Fats

  • What is Cholesterol?

  • Lowering Cholesterol (without weight loss)

     

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