will this damage his cholesterol level?
so my dad has high cholestrol and high blood pressure and today he came home with 3 pounds of red meat and told me if i can cook it for him for fathers day and im like no hes been in a Diet for almost 3 monthhs and i dont want him to loose it already and the first week of next month hes going to the doctor to check if it lowered
so should i cook the red meat for him? its cause now i feel bad i said no
and is there anything i could put in it to lower how much cholestrol there is like limon?
Please keep in mind that it is easy to get obsessive over numbers – I tend to, but it is more important to get into a healthy life style that helps to keeps cholesterol levels in balance. Remember, cholesterol is as much about your genetics as it is about what you do. Therefore, use these numbers as they were intended – as guidelines. I find it equally helpful to look at trends. For instance, my cholesterol level used to be as high as 280. Over the course of 10 years, I managed to get it down to 194. In the process, I checked it at least once per year, while I improved my lifestyle.
Total cholesterol level should be 135 - 200 mg/dL.
LDL cholesterol ( bad cholesterol ) should be less than 130 mg/dL.
HDL cholesterol ( good cholesterol ) should be greater than 30 mg/dL. Raising HDL cholesterol was not a priority until a few years ago. Most studies had focused on how lowering LDL cholesterol that can reduce the risk or coronary heart disease. But in the past few years, researchers have identified that HDL acted as an independent factor and was also critical in the overall health of your heart.
The ratio of Total cholesterol / HDL cholesterol should be 4.0 – 6.0 (for males) and 3.7 – 5.7 (for females). This ratio is an important indicator of health. Since LDL cholesterol can damage your arteries and HDL cholesterol helps your arteries, this ratio is a good indicator of the potential of cholesterol, in general, to help or hurt your arteries. Additionally, there are separate guidelines for male and female – recognizing the inherent differences in women’s and men’s bodies.
http://www.the-natural-path.com/normal-cholesterol-levels.html
June 22nd, 2010 at 6:30 am
Please keep in mind that it is easy to get obsessive over numbers – I tend to, but it is more important to get into a healthy life style that helps to keeps cholesterol levels in balance. Remember, cholesterol is as much about your genetics as it is about what you do. Therefore, use these numbers as they were intended – as guidelines. I find it equally helpful to look at trends. For instance, my cholesterol level used to be as high as 280. Over the course of 10 years, I managed to get it down to 194. In the process, I checked it at least once per year, while I improved my lifestyle.
Total cholesterol level should be 135 - 200 mg/dL.
LDL cholesterol ( bad cholesterol ) should be less than 130 mg/dL.
HDL cholesterol ( good cholesterol ) should be greater than 30 mg/dL. Raising HDL cholesterol was not a priority until a few years ago. Most studies had focused on how lowering LDL cholesterol that can reduce the risk or coronary heart disease. But in the past few years, researchers have identified that HDL acted as an independent factor and was also critical in the overall health of your heart.
The ratio of Total cholesterol / HDL cholesterol should be 4.0 – 6.0 (for males) and 3.7 – 5.7 (for females). This ratio is an important indicator of health. Since LDL cholesterol can damage your arteries and HDL cholesterol helps your arteries, this ratio is a good indicator of the potential of cholesterol, in general, to help or hurt your arteries. Additionally, there are separate guidelines for male and female – recognizing the inherent differences in women’s and men’s bodies.
http://www.the-natural-path.com/normal-cholesterol-levels.html
References :
GOD BLESS
June 22nd, 2010 at 7:05 am
Sorry, Mary Boo - I have to bump heads with you on this one.
Cholesterol is not a bad thing - as long as you keep the reasons for it in check.
When you get dehydrated and the body borrows the water it needs from the blood, the blood thickens and becomes acidic. This acidic blood creates minute tears and abrasions along the interior of the artery walls. These could peel off and be carried by the blood causing an embolism in the brain or the lung.
To prevent this, the body produces cholesterol to act like a Band-Aid and protect the damaged areas until they can be repaired. Not correcting the original cause of dehydration will allow the damage to worsen, which will allow the cholesterol to build until medical intervention is necessary.
Your dad needs to increase his water and salt intake according to the protocol found by clicking on the link below. This treatment will mean he’ll have to adjust his lifestyle a little, which most people find is too much to ask. But he (and you) need to consider which is more important.
Also through the link you’ll find a list of supplements that you should consider.
If your dad is on any kind of medication, he needs to continue taking them unless directed otherwise by a doctor.
References :
http://watercure2.org/mankind.htm
June 22nd, 2010 at 7:32 am
Adopt the Mediterranean diet (DASH diet). Eat a low-cholesterol, low-fat diet, which includes cottage cheese, fat-free milk, fish, vegetables, poultry, and egg whites. Use monounsaturated oils such as olive, peanut, and canola oils or polyunsaturated oils such as corn, safflower, soy, sunflower, cottonseed, and soybean oils. Avoid foods with excess fat in them such as meat (especially liver and fatty meat), egg yolks, whole milk, cream, butter, shortening, pastries, cakes, cookies, gravy, peanut butter, chocolate, olives, potato chips, coconut, cheese (other than cottage cheese), coconut oil, palm oil, and fried foods.
References :
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/patientinstructions/000099.htm
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/patientinstructions/000110.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DASH_diet