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Suggest Low Cholesterol Diet With High LDL And HDL
After 3 months of a Cholesterol lowing diet - I ve had only a small improvement in reducing LDL. LDL was 163 and it s now 155, but a 16 point improvement in HDL - was 48 and has increased to 64. What do you think of adding plant sterol fortified foods or a supplement?
Wed, 18 Jun 2014
Hello thanx for using hcm,
ldl chlesterol goes up mainly by excess saturated fat consumption.Main sources are animal fats.
Reduce intake of butter, cream ,cheese, switch to low fat milk and dairy products.avoid fried foods.Add less oil in coking,avoid reuse of oil.
Cut down on beef , lamb and egg yolks.
To improve hdl levels use oilveoil, almonds, walnuts, canola oil .
ldl chlesterol goes up mainly by excess saturated fat consumption.Main sources are animal fats.
Reduce intake of butter, cream ,cheese, switch to low fat milk and dairy products.avoid fried foods.Add less oil in coking,avoid reuse of oil.
Cut down on beef , lamb and egg yolks.
To improve hdl levels use oilveoil, almonds, walnuts, canola oil .
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