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04-25-2008, 05:42 PM | #46 |
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Eat Oat Meal for breakfast every day.
I'm 42 and I had blood work done in February. my cholesterol was 117 and my doctor told me to watch my diet and exercise. the problem is that I already do work out and watch my diet. I have a family history of diabetes and heart disease. Good luck bud. |
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08-26-2008, 01:24 PM | #47 |
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Sure-Oz I am curious how you are doing and if anything worked for you
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Want to avoid the drugs? Here is a simple list of dos and don'ts that will have you where you need to be in 6 mos or so. If not, it is genetic and you are gonna have to do something else
Do: eat uncooked monounsaturated oils (olive oil) ie:salads eat lots of raw fiber (whole or cracked oats, fruits and vegetables, beans) do drink in moderation (1 or 2 glasses of wine or beer per night) good foods- avacado, nuts, oats, fruit, veggies, fish, chicken Don't: Smoke Drink in excess Eat processed fats (trans fats, saturated fats, polyunsaturated fats) bad foods-fatty beef, anything fried, processed foods (crackers, chips, etc) Get 5 servings a day of the Do's and no more than 1 per week of the don'ts and you should be where you want to be as far as the ratio of HDL to LDL. This does wonders for diabetes as well. |
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I'm sure you've gotten lots of good advice here just scanning the first page. That said, to put it in perspective for you, when I weighed in at 430lbs back in January my cholesterol was 135. It's now down to about 110. I hope you're able to lick it, it's the silent killer.
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Just making the choice to eat better....i really do feel alot better too btw-lots of great advice on this thread that i appreciate from you all! |
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See the mac and cheese thread... that should do the trick.
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Jesus ****ing christ people do not take health advise from Big Daddy. This guy is a ****ing fruit cake and he's going to get people killed. Talk to your ****ing Dr.
Listen, modern medicine isn't perfect and the system can suck sometimes but the fact is societies without modern medicine have life expectancies that are fractions of what we have here. Use it. |
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Even the fine print of the ads for the blockers like lipitor, etc state that it doesn't reduce your likelihood of heart disease or heart attacks.
They mostly just make your cholesterol number go down without any of the benefits that you think of with having a lower number. The fine print fails to mention this, of course. |
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08-26-2008, 03:52 PM | #57 |
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I'm curious about something. Why do peeps refer to peeps who are attentive to their health and well-being "health nuts"? It seems to me that those are the peeps who are most sane and the peeps who gorge themselves on dangerous food and never exercise are the actual "nuts".
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