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I have heart disease. my chlestrol is very high. i need to watch my sodium intake and lower my chlestroll i ne |
is low sodium. and a diet to lower chlestrol the same in diets if you have suggestions in foods and menues please help me You can reverse heart disease with vitamin C and Lysine. http://www.paulingtherapy.com/ Statins cause Cardiomyopathy Many heart medications make patients worse. Specifically, the statin cholesterol lowering drugs (e.g. Lipitor 庐 and Zocor庐) are known to block the synthesis of Coenzyme Q10 leading to muscle myopathy and heart failure. Higher dosage of the statin cholesterol lowering drugs (80 mg) are increasing the cases of heart failure and cardiomyopathy. We believe that this causes resistant Angina pain - pain that is not eliminated by the Pauling vitamin C/lysine therapy. Blood Thinners (Coumadin/Warfarin/heparin) Common blood thinners block vitamin K causing rapid calcification of soft tissues. No, the diets are not the same. A low sodium diet would limit salt. Of course, it's always good to limit salt - but a low sodium diet would not necessarily be limiting high cholesterol foods. The best diet would be one abundant in fruits and vegetables with a limited amount of meat - best to eat chicken and turkey without the skin and very low fat red meat. Stay away from desserts - not so much because of the sugar but because of the high fat. If you have a sweet tooth, try jelly beans. Good luck. For starters, the foods that are highest in sodium are things like bacon, sausage, lunch meats, canned soups, tv dinners, etc. You should avoid these types of foods, unless low-sodium versions are available. High cholesterol foods are animal products...eggs, fatty meats, and any poultry with the skin on would be high in cholesterol. You should avoid anything fried, greasy, buttery, etc. Try to eat more lean meat, prepared by baking, broiling, grilling, or boiling. Eat more fruits, veggies, and low fat dairy. Hope this helps. Good luck! I'm a Registered Dietitian (RD) In the measurements used in England my cholesterol was checked at 40 years of age and found to be 13.75. A safe level is up to about 5.3, high is 6.2 and dangerous is 7.5 and above. As I had double the dangerous level I was very anxious but in the weeks I waited for my specialists appointment I monitored my cholesterol every day for over a month and modified my diet to exclude all fatty food, so I was mainly eating lean chicken and fish. Initially my cholesterol dropped for about a week, then climbed again to what it had been even though I stuck rigidly to the non fat diet. This proved to me that my body considers a higher level than normal to be correct and therefore compensates for dietry changes by manufacturing more cholesterol. Did you know that most cholesterol in your body is made by your body, not eaten. So diet does virtually nothing to alter your cholesterol. I was put on Bezalip 200Mg, 3 tablets a day and they reduced my cholesterol to about 6.5 and kept it there for 15 years (I am now 55). Even if you can't get your cholesterol down it is not necesserily going to harm you. Everyone has a different proportion of HDL to LDL and HDL is good, it helps to clean your arteries. So if you have high cholesterol and high HDL you are more healthy than someone with low cholesterol and very low HDL. If you have to get your cholesterol down then diet will help less than you think. For snacks you may want to change from potato chips that are high in sodium to other crunchy goodies such as, carrots that have been cut with ridges to make them more appealing, or you can buy already cleaned green beans, they are crunchy too, along with other vegies. And also, fruits. Recentley, I bought a juicer and that is great to use for fruit or vegie juices and smoothies. Whatever diet you do choose it is always nice to have something for a snack. And above all drink lots of water. You can spruce up your water by adding some lemon juice to it. And adding cinnamon to say oatmeal and raisins that is a really healthy breakfast. Something to help you from not eating out is a slow cooker. I bought this great cook book at Wal-Mart called: Fix-It and Forget It Lightly Healthy, Low Fat Recipes for Your Slow Cooker. By Phyllis Pellman Good. This is a great cook book. The recipes are easy and very tasty. Today I am making Greek Chicken. You can tweek the recipe to your liking. 6 medium-sized potatoes, quartered 3lbs. Chicken pieces, skin removed (I used chicken breasts) 2 Large onions, quartered 1 whole bulb garlic, minced (buy the bottled minced packed in water, its quicker) 1/2 cup water (if I add more vegies like carrots I add abit more water) 3 tsp dried oregano 1/2 tsp lemon pepper (this way your not using salt but make sure the lemon pepper you buy does not contain salt) 1 Tbsp olive oil 1. Place potatoes in bottom of slow cooker. Add chicken, onions, and garlic 2. In small bowl mix water with oregano, and pepper 3. Pour over chicken and potatoes. Top with oil. 4. Cover. Cook on high 5-6 hours or on low 9-10 hours. I hope this helps. I am a college student so I don't have alot of time to spend in the kitchen. So I find it helps alot if I plan out my meals beforehand so I have the ingredients available and I can just throw them in the cooker, set and then when I get home, my meal is ready, and healthy. Save your stock too because you can use that for rice instead of water and add more flavor to your meals. I am a snacker and up all hours doing homework so healthier snacks are a much better alternative than the fattening ones that put on the pounds. I am 48 years old and my cholesterol was high too till I started my husband and I on eating healthier meals. |
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