 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?
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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 "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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