Hubby's bad cholesterol, help!

Everything that you fry, try to bake it.. replace meat w/ fish like salmon and tuna and if you two don't like fish, chicken meat is better that red meat.

Most Indian food items require deep frying or pan frying.. check out food blogs, I google items and then just look for an easier alternative. Try making some cookies and snacks and home.. use a lot of dried fruits, flaxseeds and pumpkin seeds in cookies, cakes and stuff, it would fill you up and it is good as well.

Use egg whites instead of yolks, I don't like eggbeaters, yucky aftertaste. Honestly, everything in moderation works best. But just because you avoid meat items, don;t load up on carbs then there will be a whole host of other issues.

Good luck!!

 

Dear Nands,
Excellent information! I loved your post. Sunitha's juice is new(s) to me & I have made a note of it. I enjoyed your making a good analysis of how to cut down cholestrol.
Eat (or drink) smoothies with oats, wheat germ or bran, fruit & skimmed milk. It can replace a breakfast "comfortably".
Love,
Chithra.

 

Hi

I have my own experience in this matter, my DH's cholestrol level initially was ( by Aug 15th) 320 and i was worried to the core and start to change his diet imm but already he is very strict in diet and have very healthy eating habit and he wont even have habit of snacking inbetween and consume very little rice and hate oily and fried items and he hate to eat outside food etc......so iam confused and shocked to see his result , not only cholestrol, suddenly he got DIABETIC TOO, OMG i was down for the next one week, keep lamenting and crying and took oath to change everything his diet, daily routine and life style

Main reason for his bad cholestrol level is due to LACK OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY , he is IT person, so spends his day almost by sitting ( 8am to 10pm) an even on weekends he work from home never involve in any other activity.........Sso not only DIET IS IMPORTANT TO REDUCE CHOLESTROL LEVEL ,but LIFE STYLE too

Atlast he started WALKING daily early morning for minimum 45mts , no time to join gym and moreover he have problem in his shoulders

And his diet is

BREAKFAST : Oats kanji with buttemilk and sliced veg one plate or 4 idly with mixed veg puli kuzambu ( i wont give more than 4 idly )

LUNCH

Small cup of rice ( as usual) along with

Veg curry ( i will just steam it and make it with very less oil)

Diet kootu ( main veg will be SURAKAI almost every lternative day , since it is good for DIABETIC AS WELL AS CHOLESTROL

Sundal mainly kollu / Horsegram sundal ( i wont season it, just pressure cook it with little salt)

Veg Salad /sprouts - daily compulsory

Any greens / spinach variety , i wll do only masiyal, so NO arachivitu and all

Neeeeeeeeeer more ( Butter milk) it wil jus look in white colour but it will taste heaven, no doubt ........the with enough salt, vendayam (fenugreek) , jeeragam( jeera) , perungayam ( astofedia) and curshed gigner, curryleaves and coriander leaves .yes it is MASALA buttermilk

DINNER

Wheat rava upma( pressure cooker method) or wheat rava pongal ( no seasoning with ghee , jus v little oil ) or Ragi dosa / adai with mix veg or Wheat flour dosai or Samba rava idly ...all this i will prepare HOT and serve him, so he cant find / miss lack of taste ( use NON STICK DOSA TAWA , IDLY STAND)

Fruits : guava ( 2) , pappaya ( half)

NO MILK NO CURD NO GHEE NO OIL NO COCNUT CHUTNEY NO ROOT VEG
(He is very much fond of DAIRY PRODUCTS and hate fried /poricha and NO SNACKS appalam,podi's, thogayal etc)

After 10 days his cholestrol level was 240 ( say by 25th aug)

 

And, on Sep 8th, we took another test and his cholestrol atlast came to 130 THANK GOD :bowdown:bowdown:bowdown

Till today, he is following this strict diet but have included little bit items as per doctor's advice

We should be very supportive to them, cheer them up and at the same time be very strict in diet and exercise , almost the same diet i also used to take (dont ask me whether i have reduced weight) and never eat anything in front of him ( like his fav item), try your level best to accompany him for walking

Dont worry, cheer up and wishng you all the best ....

 

Hi all,

I don't know whether i make sense if i mention the tip which know, which help to reduce cholestrol level.

I've read and seen people in North India use mustard oil for cooking and for tadka. It does not harm or increase any cholestrol. It's specially recommanded for heart patients and its good for health too. (For all ages)

And if somebody is suffering from severe cold or sinus problem...warm this mustard oil little and put 2 drops of heated (warm) mustard oil drops to each nostril with ink pillar. It really burns inside but really helps to bring out everythg what's inside

After putting it one should close the other nostril and take breath deeply so that it goes starightly into the eyebrows area (Keep ur head height high) not into ur throat


Do it twice or thrice in day when there is cold really it works.

 

use olive oil for all sorts of frying.. the only issue w/ olive oil is that i've noticed is that it has a heats up quite fast compared to canola and so it can smoke faster..

oats works, don't worry! it's for his benefit and also try to eat the same food.. its great to be able to share a meal together.. and he won;t feel so left out..

and when i keep vrithams/vrats, i get the vegan meat (its actually pretty good) and you can use it like regular meat as well.. if your DH does not step into the kitchen to cook, you can defintely use it and he wouldn't know the difference.. and it since its made of soy, its got some extra flavnoids that we call could use time and over again!

 

Hi
Thanks Nandu for the information on cholestrol and will try and do as advised!

 

congrats, way to go girl, keep it up and keep us posted about your DH progress.

alpa:cheers