Anyone got high cholesterol? What food can help to reduce it?

[TLCTLC88]

I have high cholesterol too (no family history). Everyone around me are surprised, including my doctor. I'm not fat, in fact most people said I'm skinny and abit under weight. Prqctice IF, exercise everyday, eat quite healthy too with lots of veggies in most of my meals.

Now on statin 10mg (lowest dosage). Eating oats help but I've stopped eating that due to low carb diet and bloated stomach issues.

Have to cut down on red meat, animal's organs like liver (but I need vit B leh) and high cholesterol food.

I have a friend who's lean, goes to gym often and has high cholesterol too.

 

[TLCTLC88]

jiak oatmeal every morning
jiak brocolli, flax seed
cut down on sat fat, processed foot, trans fat

Doesn't help much for me (except eating oats), not even daily exercises.

 

[TLCTLC88]

No fast food. No snacks. No coffee.
Green tea, oat milk, more vege.
Sleep early wake up early.
Try 3 months
No need exercise one.

Cannot drink coffee?

 

[popsune1]

Limit foods with cholesterol. If you are trying to lower your cholesterol, you should have less than 200 mg a day of cholesterol. Cholesterol is in foods of animal origin, such as liver and other organ meats, egg yolks, shrimp, and whole milk dairy products.

Eat plenty of soluble fiber. Foods high in soluble fiber help prevent your digestive tract from absorbing cholesterol. These foods include:

• Whole-grain cereals such as oatmeal and oat bran
• Fruits such as apples, bananas, oranges, pears, and prunes
• Legumes such as kidney beans, lentils, chick peas, black-eyed peas, and lima beans

Eat lots of fruits and vegetables. A diet rich in fruits and vegetables can increase important cholesterol-lowering compounds in your diet. These compounds, called plant stanols or sterols, work like soluble fiber.

Eat fish that are high in omega-3 fatty acids. These acids won't lower your LDL level, but they may help raise your HDL level. They may also protect your heart from blood clots and inflammation and reduce your risk of heart attack. Fish that are a good source of omega-3 fatty acids include salmon, tuna (canned or fresh), and mackerel. Try to eat these fish two times a week.

Limit salt. You should try to limit the amount of sodium (salt) that you eat to no more than 2,300 milligrams (about 1 teaspoon of salt) a day. That includes all the sodium you eat, whether it was added in cooking or at the table, or already present in food products. Limiting salt won't lower your cholesterol, but it can lower your risk of heart diseases by helping to lower your blood pressure. You can reduce your sodium by instead choosing low-salt and "no added salt" foods and seasonings at the table or while cooking.

Limit alcohol. Alcohol adds extra calories, which can lead to weight gain. Being overweight can raise your LDL level and lower your HDL level. Too much alcohol can also increase your risk of heart diseases because it can raise your blood pressure and triglyceride level. One drink is a glass of wine, beer, or a small amount of hard liquor, and the recommendation is that:

• Men should have no more than two drinks containing alcohol a day
• Women should have no more than one drink containing alcohol a day

Nutrition labels can help you figure out how much fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, fiber, and sodium is in the foods that you buy.

https://medlineplus.gov/howtolowercholesterolwithdiet.html

 

[Coffeelix]

BBFA like me got high cholesterol.

Got any food that can help reduce the high cholesterol?

 

[Sammychan]

BBFA like me got high cholesterol.

Got any food that can help reduce the high cholesterol?

Reduce processed food intake.
Reduce dairy products.
Reduce seafood.
Reduce coffee and soft drinks.

Drink plenty of tea without sugar or milk. Make it your default drink. All meals finish off with tea.
Exercise daily WITHOUT FAIL. 20mins a day would be great. Even climb stairs is good.

Throw away your medicine.

 

[Coffeelix]

Reduce processed food intake.
Reduce dairy products.
Reduce seafood.
Reduce coffee and soft drinks.

Drink plenty of tea without sugar or milk. Make it your default drink. All meals finish off with tea.
Exercise daily WITHOUT FAIL. 20mins a day would be great. Even climb stairs is good.

Throw away your medicine.

BBFA like me got high cholesterol.

Got any food that can help reduce the high cholesterol?

Cut out all forms of sugar including rice noodles kuehs ice cream biscuits bread soda cakes Rojak etc

 

[orpisia]

whats the big deal abt high cholest?

 

[Coffeelix]

Doesn't help much for me (except eating oats), not even daily exercises.

 

[Sammychan]

Cut out all forms of sugar including rice noodles kuehs ice cream biscuits bread soda cakes Rojak etc

Yes. Cut all sugar. If you need sugar, go for fruits. Fructose comes with a lot more good things. Basically practice eating healthy fresh food. And dont forget to include plant based food in your meals.

 

[Pocoyoz]

high cholesterol mean high ldl
or high cholesterol / hdl ratio

 

[KPO_SAHM]

I have high cholesterol too (no family history). Everyone around me are surprised, including my doctor. I'm not fat, in fact most people said I'm skinny and abit under weight. Prqctice IF, exercise everyday, eat quite healthy too with lots of veggies in most of my meals.

Now on statin 10mg (lowest dosage). Eating oats help but I've stopped eating that due to low carb diet and bloated stomach issues.

Have to cut down on red meat, animal's organs like liver (but I need vit B leh) and high cholesterol food.

I have a friend who's lean, goes to gym often and has high cholesterol too.

Me too also underweight. BMI always below 18. I don exercise but on healthy diet. Cholesterol level also failed. But my mum & her siblings have chronic diseases. Unlike my dad & his late parents , lived till 90 & 101. Also no chronics diseases, passed away cause heart ran out of batt

 

[KPO_SAHM]

No fast food. No snacks. No coffee.
Green tea, oat milk, more vege.
Sleep early wake up early.
Try 3 months
No need exercise one.

My late grandparents & dad who zzz early, before 8/9pm. No fried food & red meat + more vege + wild caught seafood + no proceed food. they indeed on low cholesterol and no chronic diseases. They lived till 90 & 101. Sleeping & fried food really part a huge part in our health

 

[Pocoyoz]

Jiak hypocol loh.. natural supplements

In 1977, Professor Endo in Japan discovered a natural cholesterol-lowering substance that is produced by a strain of Monascus yeast. This substance inhibits HMG-CoA reductase, an enzyme that is important for the production of cholesterol in the body. Professor Endo named this substance moncacolin K. Since then, scientists have discovered a total of eight monacolin-like substances that have cholesterol-lowering properties.

Monacolin K is lovastatin, the active ingredient in the popular statin drug, lovastatin (Mevacor), which is used for lowering cholesterol. Lovastatin also is believed to be the main cholesterol-lowering ingredient in HypoCol. The lovastatin in Mevacor is highly purified and concentrated, the lovastatin in HypoCol is not. Thus, they contain much lower concentrations of lovastatin than Mevacor. For example, each 600-mg capsule of Cholestin contains less than 2.4 mg of lovastatin (when this ingredient was contained in the product), whereas tablets of Mevacor contain 10 mg or more of this ingredient.

Because none of the components are purified and concentrated, HypoCol and Cholestin (marketed outside of the US) contain a mixture of the eight yeast-produced monacolins, unsaturated fatty acids, and certain anti-oxidants. Some scientists believe that these other monacolins, unsaturated fatty acids, and anti-oxidants may work together favorably with lovastatin to enhance its cholesterol-lowering effects, as well as its ability in lowering triglycerides and increasing HDL cholesterol. (HDL is considered the "good" form of cholesterol since high levels of HDL cholesterol protect against heart attacks.) Further studies in animals and humans will be necessary to test these theories.

 

[shodan99]

Hakka tea rice, Yong Tau Foo, Fish Soup these are all healthier options

Fish soup alot of sodium. Later another problem comes, high blood pressure

 

[Coffeelix]

whats the big deal abt high cholest?

I think we need to start a movement to bring awareness of sg of our bad hawker food which is killing us.

Drinks lots of plain water as our blood is made up of more than 90% of water:

 

[Coffeelix]

high cholesterol mean high ldl
or high cholesterol / hdl ratio

this is another good video

 

[McMint]

Fish soup alot of sodium. Later another problem comes, high blood pressure

Oneself cook one okay

 

[deathan9el]

am sure when u were diagnosed that time, the nutritionist would have informed u in detail of the dos & do nots of the foods that can or cannot be consumed

 

[shodan99]

Oneself cook one okay

ownself cook then of course can la. dont put salt also can