Cholesterol naturally control

cbrunsdonza said:
Avo is high in fat. I'm only allowed 15g raw serving of fat a day on my eating plan which is for life. That is 15g is the weight of the fat source, not the actual fat content. Basically three flat teaspoons of avo is my fat intake for the entire day so I avoid it when I can.

Once again, people should see a clinical dietician who can determine the correct amount of fat they need in a balance diet.
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Lol this is very outdated advice.
 
Eat plenty of eggs and avo.

My cholesterol has always been high +-7, and I refused to take statins. Started eating a bit healthier, and added avo to almost everything.

At the last Vitality health check, the nurse couldn't believe that my cholesterol was half the previous reading. She did the test twice, two weeks apart, just to make sure.
 
greg0205 said:
OP, why not just take a statin? I don't get it.
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Because in many cases a statin is prescribed with no dietary consideration: The person eats like crap and gets prescribed a statin; they then continue to eat like crap because hey - "I'm taking statins to manage my cholesterol". Most people I know who are on statins never had their doctor go through their diet to see what changes could be made before considering statins.

Obviously they have their place, but they're generally over-prescribed for a thing that can be reigned in by proper diet for a lot of people.
 
cbrunsdonza said:
Explain?

What is your profession and tertiary qualifications?
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I'm just giving advice that will improve your life. You can either try it or stick with your 15g of fat a day and your chronic medication. It doesn't make a difference to me.

The necessary qualifications that I have is that I know how to read.
 
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cbrunsdonza said:
Explain?

What is your profession and tertiary qualifications?
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That's a fair question. Are you asking these doctors what their qualifications are in nutrition and how often they keep up to date with nutrition and how it applies to health issues? A lot of them tout research from when they were studying to become doctors, without ever bothering to keep up.
 
Randhir said:
That's a fair question. Are you asking these doctors what their qualifications are in nutrition and how often they keep up to date with nutrition and how it applies to health issues? A lot of them tout research from when they were studying to become doctors, without ever bothering to keep up.
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I see specialists and get multiple medical opinions. I also do my own research.
 
rietrot said:
I'm just giving advice that will improve your life. You can either try it or stick with your 15g of fat a day and your chronic medication. It doesn't make a difference to me.

The necessary qualifications that I have is that I know how to read.
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Doubt it as much as you doubt the effectiveness of the treatment I get for my medical condition. You need to read a bit more, including what I posted about my medical condition and then online as to the life long treatment of it.
 
The point is you need to try different things and see what works for you. Diet is a bit of a mystery and an art more than a science.
 
guys guys guys. This is going to get ugly fast :)
There is a lot of conflicting research, big pharma agenda and ego's bashing throughout the industry.
What does seems rather clear are the markers that you can have measured.
A blood panel test that includes your HbA1c, HDL and LDL values, lipoprotein A, and triglycerides is a good start.
Total cholesterol is not necessarily a good indication of anything.. you need to know the full break down and go from there.
And when it comes to food, yeah, simple is best. Cut out the processed stuff. Eat fresh fruit and veg, quality protein and go easy on sugars.
PS I'm not a doctor....the above is only my experience.
 
cbrunsdonza said:
I see specialists and get multiple medical opinions. I also do my own research.
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A lot of medical professionals have unfortunately been influenced by Big Food, who wanted people to buy the products they were selling (namely cereal crops).

Coca-Cola was bust recently paying for research - they certainly aren't the only ones.

Witness someone like Dr Tim Noakes - may I remind you that he is a medical doctor and I believe a specialist at that. He believed in the low fat myth for most of his life, before doing his own research and ending up on the low carb side.

He is far from the only one. Dr Jason Fung - again note the Dr title - is a Canadian kidney specialist who started looking into obesity and diabetes. He too wound up realizing that the problem is carbs, not fat.

There are many more. Robb Wolf is a specialist biologist I believe.

Everywhere you look, the evidence AGAINST fat gets weaker and weaker. Heart disease and diabetes such as we have today was unheard of a few decades ago. Then suddenly the USDA published their guidelines telling people to eat carbs and avoid fat, and only then did people start getting sick. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?
 
I haven't read all the posts, so my apologies if I just repeat what has been said before.

Total cholesterol isn't that important. You have your LDL (bad) and HDL (good) cholesterol.
According to my GP, LDL divided by HDL should be less than 4.2. Usually according to my vitality tests my cholesterol was too high (5.2 - 5.9), but when I did the lipogram (detailed cholesterol test) it was fine as my HDL was high and my LDL was low.
Also, when I made a comment about cutting out some food or whatever, the GP, discovery nurse, pretty much everyone except the dietician said not to worry about food, just do your cardio.

That said, eating foods high in your good fats which boosts your HDL is a good idea. Eat more fatty fish like salmon, use olive and avocado oil instead of sunflower etc.

Anecdotally, since I started eating less red meat and more chicken (and still average of 2 eggs a day and proper butter with my oats), my total cholesterol is below 5 for the first time in 15 years.
 
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