are whole grains bad to eat when you have high blood pressure and high cholesterol? because i heard you should stay away from carbs... and what foods are good to eat? and which should you avoid? this is all new to us and we dont know much about this First of all, you need to analyze whether you actually have a cholesterol problem or not. High blood pressure is due to a nutritional deficiency. Please understand that doctors and drug companies are promoting bad information in the form of indoctrination, not education. They either do NOT understand how fats work in the body or have an agenda where profits are too much of a temptation to pass up.
Cholesterol is NOT a fat. It is a form of alcohol that has the ability to have fatty acids attach to it and therefore becomes a "TRANSPORTER" of fatty acids around the body. One form, and only one form of cholesterol has the potential of contributing to plaque build up in the arteries and that is LDL pattern 2 that is very tiny in size. The LDL pattern 1 cholesterol is GOOD CHOLESTEROL, NOT BAD ! ! !
When doctors do typical lab tests for LDL cholesterol, they simply do NOT separate the good and bad LDL forms and you get a TOTAL of the LDL and they lump it all together and call it bad. This is NOT GOOD SCIENCE and no way to determine your health in regard to cholesterol, but they get away with it and you ultimately pay the price for this.
HDL cholesterol has a job to go around the body and collect the LDL cholesterol and return it to the liver for RECONJUGATION so it can be used again! ! So if LDL is bad, why would the body do this? Because the body makes about 85% of the cholesterol found in your body and if your diet is deficient in it, your body makes more to compensate for the deficiency! ! ! So, what makes the bad LDL tiny particles that can actually contribute to the problem? Bad OILS, like Vegetable oils (especially soybean, canola, cottonseed, and corn oils). These oils are oxidized (rancid) when you buy them. Oxygen oxidizes the extracts when they are made. So, the manufacturers put a deodorizer in the garbage to mask the stench so you won't notice. Also, fried foods, trans fats, hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils contribute to this problem. These oils make bad bile and bad LDL cholesterol.
When you get high cholesterol readings, it simply means that your body has a lot of inflammation going on and your body is trying to reduce this inflammation by sending the necessary fatty acids to repair the inflamed tissues, like your arteries.
Additional to the bad oils, there are three primary foods that make this bad LDL tiny particle guy that contributes to the plaque and that is: ALL GRAINS, ALL SUGARS, and CORNSTARCH. You mentioned carbohydrates and small LDL particles (pattern 2) are most sensitive to carbohydrate intake as opposed to fats.
Cholesterol, being a form of alcohol dissolves in water and that is why it is so good in transporting the fatty acids for repairing tissue because the fatty acids attach to the cholesterol molecule and it is a major part of the healing process in the body.
If you avoid ALL Grains, sugars, and cornstarch, you will see your LDL levels reduce dramatically in days. An ideal range for LDL is around 160 to 175 and an ideal range for your HDL cholesterol is around 50 or slightly higher.
Drug companies started out telling everyone to keep their cholesterol levels in the 400 range. Then it went to 300 and now it's 200. Along with these recommendations, their drug sales skyrocketed and the sales curve rises according to lower those numbers.
Stroke has now reached the #3 most deadly problem that is killing Americans today. When you reduce your cholesterol the body uses to repair tissue, your arteries become thinner and you become more susceptible to STROKE. This is why doctors are so concerned about your blood pressure. If you have high blood pressure, thin arteries, you are a good candidate for a stroke.
Inflammation is the real issue and their is NO money in treating people nutritionally for the medical guys, so reducing your cholesterol and putting you on a cascading, declining slippery slope gives you "MAKE BELIEVE HEALTH" and on a drug program for life support and a diminished quality of life. There is a nanobacteria that can be found in cooked foods, especially processed foods, that does NOT show up on typical lab tests that attacks three primary body parts, the arteries around the heart, pancreas, and kidneys. This bacteria is free to enter the body when the stomach acid level is low and prevents the stomach from getting to a pH of 1.5 to 3.0 during digestion. Since we make less and less stomach acid as we age, this guy is generating LOTS OF INFLAMMATION in the body. When doctors prescribe antacids for reflux and acid indigestion, they promote this bacteria and lots of inflammation in the body. PCR lab tests will show this bacteria, but that test is expensive.
The myth about saturated fats being bad for you and is being promoted by the incredibly ignorant medical industry because nutrition is not a money maker for them. Your brain is saturated fat and your heart runs on saturated fat for it's energy. Primitive man ate huge amounts of wild animals and wild fish that contained enormous amounts of saturated fats, but had NO cavities, and resistant to disease. When you eat too much protein, your body converts that protein into SATURATED FATS and stores it for use later. These low fat diets are simply DUMB. Saturated fats do NOT cause heart disease.
In regard to your high blood pressure, one of the best things you can eat is Natto. This is a fermented soy product that contains Nattokynase and it will lower your blood pressure very well. If you eat soy, only eat fermented soy, not raw soy or things with soy in it. Soy that is NOT fermented, causes many problems in the body.
In an indirect way, grains cause higher blood pressure because as I mentioned, it makes BAD LDL cholesterol pattern 2 that contributes to plaque build up in the arteries. When the arteries inside lumen decreases in size, your blood pressure will go up.
Most of your calories should not come from carbs, but fats and proteins. Avoid the fats I mentioned and do the following:
Make a mixture of three oils: 1/3 olive oil, 1/3 sesame seed oil, and 1/3 coconut oil. Use that mixture for all your cooking needs and then add balsamic vinegar to the oil mix for a great salad dressing. Throw out all those commercial salad dressings because they contain bad oils like soybean, canola, cottonseed, or corn that are contributing to the hardening of the arteries.
good luck to you Hi there,
Whole grain breads are actually a great part of a low blood pressure diet, you should definately include them!
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Oat and grain varieties such as Multi-Grain Cheerios or Kashi Whole Grain cereals are also great for lowering blood pressure.
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High fiber foods are usually foods that lower blood pressure as well. Avocados, raspberries, grapefruit, sweet potatoes, bran cereal (or muffins), black beans, and lima beans are all packed with fiber. You can also sprinkle flax seed into recipes to increase your fiber intake and lower blood pressure.
There are lots of recipes available, along with proper plans to follow to effectively reduce blood pressure.
Here's some more pointers for you:
Salt and sodium are commonly blamed for raising blood pressure so you want to look for foods that are low in sodium. Stay away from salty chips, use low sodium soy sauce when cooking and check the nutrition information before you pick up your favorite jar of tomato.
(TIP: If possible always buy fresh or frozen vegetables and fruits and avoid stuff that comes in a can because it's packed with salt).
If you have to buy canned goods rinse the food off with water before serving. This works for canned vegetables such as peas, beans, and corn as well as canned tuna fish and fruit cocktail.
Finally, try to remove meat from the diet as much as possible, as studies have shown that red meat eaters tend to suffer high blood pressure than vegetarians.聽If you can't completely cut meat out of your diet remove the fat before cooking, opt for skinless chicken breasts, and stick to white meat.
If you're looking for a way to put all of this together into a recipe/diet plan to guarantee long term lower blood pressure, there's a great blog post below about a non-medical approach (all natural) to lowering blood pressure...
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聽 These foods can be eaten freely ( but always check food composition to make sure as, some people or companies may have different ingredients in their food) :
Fruit, and pure Fruit juices (Exception to, being avocados). Fruit bars with no added fat nor added nuts appear fine.
Vegetables and Vegetable juices - steamed, boiled, raw. Can be cooked with a small spray of cooking oil in a pan etc. It's the fat you add to them that's the problem.
Breakfast Cereal products except those with added ingredients for example corn flakes are fine, but with nuts are not fine. Added fruit is fine. Cereal eaten as is or mixed with skim milk or water.
Tofu.
Baked beans.
Spaghetti in tomato sauce.
Pasta.
Gnocchi (potato or pumpkin).
Egg noodles,
Egg White.
White rice. Brown Rice. Barley. Rice cakes.
Bread, Crisp bread, Pita - lebanese, Filo pastry.
Sauces ( but not tartare ), Light Salad dressing, No fat mayonnaise.
Spreads: vegemite, promite, marmite, honey, jam, marmalade, fish paste are fine.
Soups - canned and packet varieties ( but not creamed, nor ones mixed with whole milk ), any that are fat free.
Plain popcorn (no added fat nor oil), jelly desserts.
Most non-alcohol beverages and drinks are fine (except those that have milk or ice cream added)
Non fat milk or skim milk.
Gelati - non milk. Fruit Ice confections - non-milk types.
Biscuits : Plain cracker biscuits, Ginger Nut, Marie - but always check the label to make sure.
Lollies: Sugar and or gelatine one, like jubes, snakes - but the calorie count is high.
Except these foods all other foods should be taken rationally.
Salt causes rise in blood pressure. So, avoid extra salt with food.
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http://www.cholesterolcholestrol.com/sam... all i know is for the blood pressure you should not it rasberries then that is all i know i am not gonna say things that arent true so yes i know i didnt help that much sorry i tryed my best Fruits,vegetables,beans,and whole grains. You have to eat low in fat and carbs and rich in fruit ,vegetables .fair in proteins |
