Cholesterol Test - Help!

[Poohforyou]

On day 5 of my diet. Here's what today consisted of:

Breakfast - Fresh Fruit
Lunch - Salad/Salmon/Water/Small cup of Frozen Yogurt
Jogged 2.25 miles
Dinner - Cheerios with 1% milk
Dessert - Fresh Fruit

Does that sound like I'm on the right track?

You need more protein. How about a Greek yogurt with fruit for breakfast or natural pb on apple slices. Also dinner s/b more than carbs. If you want to do breakfast for dinner maybe have add an egg with the cereal. Also, adding some protein and healthy fat to a meal will keep you feeling full longer.

 

[LSmith]

On day 5 of my diet. Here's what today consisted of:

Breakfast - Fresh Fruit
Lunch - Salad/Salmon/Water/Small cup of Frozen Yogurt
Jogged 2.25 miles
Dinner - Cheerios with 1% milk
Dessert - Fresh Fruit

Does that sound like I'm on the right track?

I highly recommend watching the documentary Forks Over Knives which explains in depth reversing heart disease. If you go to this site http://documentaryaddict.com and search 'Forks Over Knives' you can watch this for free. It is awesome and maybe life changing.

 

[WDWBarb]

I highly recommend watching the documentary Forks Over Knives which explains in depth reversing heart disease. If you go to this site http://documentaryaddict.com and search 'Forks Over Knives' you can watch this for free. It is awesome and maybe life changing.

I was going to suggest the same thing.

 

[LSmith]

I was going to suggest the same thing.

It changed my life. I'm a walking testament.

 

[phorsenuf]

On day 5 of my diet. Here's what today consisted of:

Breakfast - Fresh Fruit
Lunch - Salad/Salmon/Water/Small cup of Frozen Yogurt
Jogged 2.25 miles
Dinner - Cheerios with 1% milk
Dessert - Fresh Fruit

Does that sound like I'm on the right track?

Nope, not really. If you eat too few calories (and burn off more) then that's not going to do you any favors. Look online to see what your recommended amount of calories per day you should be eating based on age, height, weight, activity level, etc.

Add the cheerios and milk with the fresh fruit for breakfast. Lunch seems ok. Dinner I would have gone with some chicken, brown rice and some veggies.

 

[LSmith]

I would seriously reconsider getting random nutritional advice from strangers on the internet no matter how sincere they are. Google expert sites for the best information.

http://www.drmcdougall.com
http://www.heartattackproof.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VWi6dXCT7I&feature=related
http://nutritionfacts.org/video/uprooting-the-leading-causes-of-death/

 

[sonofanarchy]

Nope, not really. If you eat too few calories (and burn off more) then that's not going to do you any favors. Look online to see what your recommended amount of calories per day you should be eating based on age, height, weight, activity level, etc.

What those numbers indicate is for staying where you are, not losing weight or lowering your cholesterol. I want to drop 30 pounds and lower my cholesterol by quite a bit.

If I don't burn off more calories and eat fewer calories, I won't be able to lose weight.

My daily intake to maintain is 2,500 calories. To lose is about 2,000. 2,000 calories isn't a lot. The salmon and salad I had was 500 calories alone. I had bread with the meal which was probably another 150 calories. The yogurt was around 200 calories. The fruit was around 150 x2 = 300. I'm up to about 1,150 without the Cheerios. Says it's unhealthy for me to be under 1,000 calories. It's very tough to balance it all out.

 

[tvguy]

That's for HDL and LDL. Triglycerides are a different story.

Consume no food within eight to 12 hours of the triglyceride test time. Even a light snack may affect the test results. All types of food contribute calories and will be converted to triglycerides for storage after digestion and absorption. The American Association for Clinical Chemistry estimates the intake of food can raise triglyceride measurements five to 10 times higher than fasting levels.

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/38201-fast-triglycerides-blood-test/#ixzz2WExKhQx1

I'll be honest, I have been in blood test hell the past 2 years. Triglycerides, Cholesterol, blood sugar, ever blood component you can name. Too low, then too high. All over the place. Doctor has done MRI scans of me for tumors, changed medicines. AC1 goes up, blood sugar in the same test is down, AC1 does down, blood is up. Same with other blood components.
Specialist wants to watch me another year but says I'm just "one of those people who doesn't fit the norms".
Then there are the various levels at which someone moves from being considered pre-diabetic to diabetic. The lab my Doctor uses says 100, American Diabetes Association says 120, Mayo Clinic says 140!
Only things that are certain is eating healthy isn't hurting me, so lots of broccolli, spinach and salad here, less red meat wil continue, and I feel fine , my only health issue is my blood tests tend to stay outside what Doctors consider normal..

 

[sonofanarchy]

Interesting. Everybody tells me you can't eat "crap cereal" like Lucky Charms, but should eat Cheerios instead. Check this out:

Per 1 cup serving:

Calories - LC:110, Cheerios:100
Saturated Fat - LC:0, Cheerios:0
Sodium - LC:170mg, Cheerios:140mg
Total Fat - LC:1gram, Cheerios:2 grams
Total Carbs - LC:22 grams, Cheerios:20 grams

They're practically identical!

 

[tvguy]

Interesting. Everybody tells me you can't eat "crap cereal" like Lucky Charms, but should eat Cheerios instead. Check this out:

Per 1 cup serving:

Calories - LC:110, Cheerios:100
Saturated Fat - LC:0, Cheerios:0
Sodium - LC:170mg, Cheerios:140mg
Total Fat - LC:1gram, Cheerios:2 grams
Total Carbs - LC:22 grams, Cheerios:20 grams

They're practically identical!

Son, you left out the most important fact. Cheerios sugar 1 gram. Lucky charms 14 grams.

 

[LSmith]

Interesting. Everybody tells me you can't eat "crap cereal" like Lucky Charms, but should eat Cheerios instead. Check this out:

Per 1 cup serving:

Calories - LC:110, Cheerios:100
Saturated Fat - LC:0, Cheerios:0
Sodium - LC:170mg, Cheerios:140mg
Total Fat - LC:1gram, Cheerios:2 grams
Total Carbs - LC:22 grams, Cheerios:20 grams

They're practically identical!

Here is a FACT. All of your bad cholesterol comes from only animal products including meat, chicken, eggs and dairy.

 

[jsmith]

Here is a FACT. All of your bad cholesterol comes from only animal products including meat, chicken, eggs and dairy.

If that is true-why has heart disease( and cancer and diabetes) SKYROCKETED since our diet moved from being heavy on pasture raised meats, full fat dairy,homebakd bread, eggs and bacon for breakfast daily but limited sugars and processed anything to one of low fat meats,low fat or reduced fat dairy, fewer eggs and more sugars,processed carbs,processed everything and "heat healthy" soy soy and more soy? And why do the levels of peple on protein heavy diets ( im not a fan of them just aking a quesion) improve so much?

 

[denisenh]

I highly recommend watching the documentary Forks Over Knives which explains in depth reversing heart disease. If you go to this site http://documentaryaddict.com and search 'Forks Over Knives' you can watch this for free. It is awesome and maybe life changing.

thank you for the recommendation. i just watched it on Netflix. very interesting and informative!

 

[KDIPIAZZ]

Nope, not really. If you eat too few calories (and burn off more) then that's not going to do you any favors. Look online to see what your recommended amount of calories per day you should be eating based on age, height, weight, activity level, etc.

Add the cheerios and milk with the fresh fruit for breakfast. Lunch seems ok. Dinner I would have gone with some chicken, brown rice and some veggies.

You have high triglycerides. From your other post, I wasn't clear whether or not you do have diabetes. Both are helped by lowering your carb intake. Ditch the cheerios and milk. Limit the fruit. Ditch the rice....brown or white.

I lowered my triglycerides from 136 to 89 by eliminating grains and limiting carbs from fruits and legumes. My lipid panel is darn near perfect and blood glucose is now at the low end of normal (A1c 5.2)

 

[Poohforyou]

Here is a FACT. All of your bad cholesterol comes from only animal products including meat, chicken, eggs and dairy.

You're correct that animal products are high in cholesterol. However, there are lots of things that impact a person's cholesterol including genetics. Another is eating too many empty carbs.

Personally I'm on a very low dose of lipitor because of my genetic make up. I eat a very heart healthy diet, exercise and am not overweight.

I tried many things over the last few years to lower my numbers but nothing worked. My triglycerides are on the low end of normal which is really good. My HDL is also normal but my LDL is high.

 

[sonofanarchy]

Just putting it out there - We're all different.

This guy has eaten an average of 2 Big Macs a day for 39 years and he's in perfect health and has low cholesterol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCGLOF7j1zQ

 

[tvguy]

If that is true-why has heart disease( and cancer and diabetes) SKYROCKETED since our diet moved from being heavy on pasture raised meats, full fat dairy,homebakd bread, eggs and bacon for breakfast daily but limited sugars and processed anything to one of low fat meats,low fat or reduced fat dairy, fewer eggs and more sugars,processed carbs,processed everything and "heat healthy" soy soy and more soy? And why do the levels of peple on protein heavy diets ( im not a fan of them just aking a quesion) improve so much?

Our life expectancies have also skyrocketed. So what's better, dying younger without heart disease, cancer and diabetes, or living longer and getting heart disease cancer and diabetes?

 

[tvguy]

You have high triglycerides. From your other post, I wasn't clear whether or not you do have diabetes. Both are helped by lowering your carb intake. Ditch the cheerios and milk. Limit the fruit. Ditch the rice....brown or white.

I lowered my triglycerides from 136 to 89 by eliminating grains and limiting carbs from fruits and legumes. My lipid panel is darn near perfect and blood glucose is now at the low end of normal (A1c 5.2)

Generally speaking, cutting out pasta, potatoes, rice and fruit and loading up on broccolli etc had a positive impact on my blood work.

 

[sonofanarchy]

Generally speaking, cutting out pasta, potaotes, rice and fruit and loading up on broccolli etc had a positive impact on my blood work.

I was told to eat more fruit.

 

[LSmith]

thank you for the recommendation. i just watched it on Netflix. very interesting and informative!

Your welcome. These doctors can explain it much better than me.