Cholestorel

The Munster · 03-09-07, 07:09 AM

Okay Lads and Lasses, what is your best tip on reducing cholestorel ?

Captain Nemo · 03-09-07, 07:21 AM

I was told by my doctor to eat plenty of fruit and vegetables. By coincidence I had to have a blood test this morning to check if my level has gone down since my last visit to the doctor. If not, I may have to be prescribed cholesterol reducing drugs.

Nemo

TteFAboB · 03-09-07, 07:56 AM

1 tablespoon of Extra-virgin Olive Oil with your meal/s, or whatever makes up 12g of its fat. It needs to be the real thing, and it has to be extra-virgin. And you don't need more than 2 tablespoons a day.

EDIT: The idea is to replace 12g of fat you already eat, not to add on top of the pile.

bradclark1 · 03-09-07, 08:55 AM

The problem with high cholestorel is that it is so easy to get bad fast food and harder to find healthy food.
I'm on high colestorel meds.

geetrue · 03-09-07, 09:04 AM

A nice Greek salad and lots of hills to climb ... exercise breaks up the
fatty globbins and they dissolve in your blood stream instead of building
up plaque.

I also know how to tune up my own car, but like exercise I don't do it ...

I'm going to start as soon as the snow melts ... exercise that is ...

joea · 03-09-07, 09:44 AM

Greek salad is good, exercise is good, u-boot cocktail only with skim milk. Errr

Respenus · 03-09-07, 12:21 PM

Try eating Omega fats and vitamin E. It did wonders on my cholesterol and triglicerids level (dunno how to spell the second one).

SUBMAN1 · 03-09-07, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by TteFAboB

1 tablespoon of Extra-virgin Olive Oil with your meal/s, or whatever makes up 12g of its fat. It needs to be the real thing, and it has to be extra-virgin. And you don't need more than 2 tablespoons a day.

EDIT: The idea is to replace 12g of fat you already eat, not to add on top of the pile.

Don't even get me started on this subject. Eating lots of Extra Virgin olive oil is very good for you. However, finding the best kind (unfiltered, preferably Greek) is a major chore. 99.999% on the shelves, even in the most expensive grocery stores, is filtered. Arrghh!

-S

PS. Thats it - I need to go home and cook something up now.

PPS. The last bottle of unfiletered I found was Spanish! It was still pretty good though.

Hitman · 03-09-07, 02:45 PM

Well I must tell you what other here will not....and that is that sitting in front of your computer for many hours is for sure a bad habit when it comes to reducing cholesterol. So less SH4 and more exercise is a good choice

I think the most realistic diagnosis about cholesterol is the one I received from a friend who is a medic. Thus he adviced me as friend, not just as medic...he said: "The human body was not created for a lack of exercise. All those diets and pills against being fat and/or high "bad" cholesterol levels (Fat & cholesterol do not always come together BTW) are just a bad & cheap remedy for what our body really demands: EXERCISE, SPORT, MOVEMENT"

I have noted along the years that when going to a sports center three days a week and eating whatever I like (Even the dreaded McDonald's burgers) my cholesterol and weigth have always been in fact lower than when sitting a lot at home and eating a diet.

Well I said it, now you can start shooting at me

but that's the truth!!

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PPS. The last bottle of unfiletered I found was Spanish! It was still pretty good though.

That doesn't amaze me because as everyone in the business knows, the spanish olive oil is the best in the world, even better than the "famous" italian and greek ones. The italian oil from sicilia is really really good, but other zones lack so much in production and quality that in fact they buy tons of oil here to mix with theirs. So you might probably have been already taking spanish oild for a long time. Sadly we in Spain have less marketing than the italians....

And yes, pure olive oil is good against cholesterol, as also is "blue" fish (Sardina, atun, salmon, boqueron, anchoa etc...sorry I don't know the names in english), because both are rich in "positive" or "good" cholesterol.

lesrae · 03-09-07, 03:01 PM

Take statins.

They've reduced my level from ~14 to ~8 in about 3 months (I suffer from familial hypercholesterolaemia which pretty much means my blood has a similar consistency to black pudding) it should improve further with my diet, giving up smoking and cutting down on the booze. Then I can lead a long, albeit slightly tedious, life.

ASWnut101 · 03-09-07, 03:23 PM

Cholestoraide!

j/k.

The Munster · 03-11-07, 05:34 AM

Thanks for the tips Guys, you've given me a lot to go on

Can't stand fruit, so boring ! but some stuff I haven't heard of before ..
Greek Salad and Statins :hmm:
BTW, do you spoon the Extra Virgin stuff down the mouth or do you spread it over the meal ?

The Avon Lady · 03-11-07, 10:26 AM

Atkins. Eat cholesterol to reduce cholesterol.

bradclark1 · 03-11-07, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by lesrae

Take statins.

They've reduced my level from ~14 to ~8 in about 3 months

I use them as an excuse to keep up my bad ways.

kiwi_2005 · 03-11-07, 05:12 PM

Avoid milk & white sugar. IF u must drink milk in your coffee/tea, then go low fat milk * brown sugar.

03-09-07, 07:09 AM	#1
The Munster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Deepest Dumbria Posts: 1,243 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Cholestorel Okay Lads and Lasses, what is your best tip on reducing cholestorel ? __________________ *GWX Team Member; Retired* GWX Home Page

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Captain Nemo Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 1,144 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	I was told by my doctor to eat plenty of fruit and vegetables. By coincidence I had to have a blood test this morning to check if my level has gone down since my last visit to the doctor. If not, I may have to be prescribed cholesterol reducing drugs. Nemo __________________ "I'm afraid there is no disguising the fact that King's obsession with the Pacific and the Battle of Washington cost us dear in the Battle of the Atlantic". Sir John Slessor GCB, DSO, MC, DL AOC-in-C Coastal Command RAF ___________________________________________

03-09-07, 07:56 AM	#3
TteFAboB Admiral Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,247 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	1 tablespoon of Extra-virgin Olive Oil with your meal/s, or whatever makes up 12g of its fat. It needs to be the real thing, and it has to be extra-virgin. And you don't need more than 2 tablespoons a day. EDIT: The idea is to replace 12g of fat you already eat, not to add on top of the pile. __________________ "Tout ce qui est exagéré est insignifiant." ("All that is exaggerated is insignificant.") - Talleyrand Last edited by TteFAboB; 03-09-07 at 11:16 AM.

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geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	A nice Greek salad and lots of hills to climb ... exercise breaks up the fatty globbins and they dissolve in your blood stream instead of building up plaque. I also know how to tune up my own car, but like exercise I don't do it ... I'm going to start as soon as the snow melts ... exercise that is ... __________________

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Respenus Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,169 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Try eating Omega fats and vitamin E. It did wonders on my cholesterol and triglicerids level (dunno how to spell the second one). __________________

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bradclark1 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Connecticut, USA. Posts: 2,794 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	The problem with high cholestorel is that it is so easy to get bad fast food and harder to find healthy food. I'm on high colestorel meds.

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joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Greek salad is good, exercise is good, u-boot cocktail only with skim milk. Errr

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lesrae Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Somerset, UK. Posts: 932 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	Take statins. They've reduced my level from ~14 to ~8 in about 3 months (I suffer from familial hypercholesterolaemia which pretty much means my blood has a similar consistency to black pudding) it should improve further with my diet, giving up smoking and cutting down on the booze. Then I can lead a long, albeit slightly tedious, life. __________________ DOLPHIN 38

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ASWnut101 Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: USA Posts: 2,021 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Cholestoraide! j/k. __________________

03-11-07, 05:34 AM	#12
The Munster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Deepest Dumbria Posts: 1,243 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the tips Guys, you've given me a lot to go on Can't stand fruit, so boring ! but some stuff I haven't heard of before .. Greek Salad and Statins :hmm: BTW, do you spoon the Extra Virgin stuff down the mouth or do you spread it over the meal ? __________________ *GWX Team Member; Retired* GWX Home Page

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The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Atkins. Eat cholesterol to reduce cholesterol. __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

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kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Avoid milk & white sugar. IF u must drink milk in your coffee/tea, then go low fat milk * brown sugar. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.