All the articles I read and the info I got from doctors do not agree with your mum.
Just to share my best friend's late mum also on statin. Anyhow eat esp durians when in season coz she thought the med could help. Stroke at about 70 and got bedridden for about 10 years before passing (she was taken care of at home with two helpers and my friend spent a bomb, financially and emotionally, nursing her mum).
*but i know generally 'mums' are difficult to be convinced people but as a younger person, you may want to read more to safeguard your long term health.
source:
https://www.healthcentral.com/artic...you-want-while-taking-statins-for-cholesterol
To clean up your cholesterol, it is more than taking medicine. A radical diets is very much needed.
If buy cai png or duck rice or chicken rice at hawker Centre, never never allow them to add their braised sauce. It is not only oily, the oil has been boiled and reboiled many times and is very very bad oil.
Cut out the followings:
All internal organs especially fish eggs etc all high in cholesterol
All fried food including fried bee hoon mee and fried carrots cakes etc
No sugar in drinks like coffee and sugar cane soda especially for bubble tea. Swear if off.
Drink plain water
Only eat at the most 1 egg per day. Try to avoid eating eggs daily.
We can only have about 300 mg of cholesterol a day and an egg has more than 200 mg of cholesterol. This is why only can have an egg a day to keep room for other food with cholesterol.
Take half of a small avocado regularly. It gives good fat and will help reduce the bad fat. But avocado is fat. Can’t take too much. Take every thing in moderation even though it might be good. Too much becomes bad.
Add olive in salad and balsamic vinegar.
Don’t use ready salad sauce. High in salt and addictive.
Try to eat salad a few times a week:
Buy different kind of lettuces and add the following :
A handful of mixed nuts
Olive oil
Balsamic vinegar
Squeeze orange and lemon juice as the salad sauce
Add small quantity of low sugar fruits
I like to add blueberries, guava, avocados, apple, white dragon fruits, papaya, pineapple, pear etc
Very very small quantity each fruits.
Carrots
Honey tomatoes is fruits. Watch the quantities u eat.
Cucumber
Baby spinach
Kale (soak in olive oil to soften the leaves)
Russel sprouts (steam it or pan fried)
Alfafa
Tiny red radish
Asparagus (blanch or steam)
Pumpkins or sweet potatoes (steam)
Etc
The above is suggested veggies n fruits, use it interchangeably or can have all of you want, but in small quantity.
Beet roots is supposedly help to clear fatty liver. Take once a week mixed vegetables fruits juice so to have all the vitamins n minerals but take in very small quantity like 180 ml.
If diabetes, can only take 80 to 100 ml each time and then later in the day, take another 80 ml.
For diabetic, pls don’t take fruits in empty stomach.
We normally take a soft boiled egg for breakfast.
After 10 minutes then we will share a bowl of noodles and share a cup of coffee. It is filling.
Try to halve your normal meals especially carbohydrates. We don’t take rice for dinner. It is usually salad or mixed vegetables porridge with fish or chicken or mixed pork as protein.