Control Cholesterol Levels With a Healthy Diet

if you're diagnosed with high cholesterol, your doctor will probably tell you that you need to change your diet. That doesn't mean going on a diet for a weight loss quick-fix; it means changing the way you buy, cook, and eat food.
What a Heart-Healthy Diet Means
A cholesterol-lowering diet isn't just about what foods you shouldn't eat — it includes foods that you should. The American Heart Association and the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute's National Cholesterol Education Program recommend these guidelines for heart health and lower cholesterol:

Total fat consumption each day should be between 25 percent and 35 percent of your daily calorie intake.
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Wed, Jul 14,2010

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Cholesterol-Lowering Foods

Do you want a diet to lower cholesterol? We all know that butter, ice cream, and fatty meats raise cholesterol, but do you know which foods make up a low-cholesterol diet? Find out here.

Here's some good news. To lower your cholesterol, you can actually eat more of certain foods. A handful of some "functional foods" have been shown to make a big impact on your cholesterol levels. They're also much tastier than a pill chased with a glass of water.

"These foods may not be magic, but they're close to it," says Ruth Frechman, RD, a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association.

Researchers have found that some foods -- such as fatty fish, walnuts, oatmeal,...more

Sat, Jul 10,2010

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Eating to Control Cholesterol Levels: Everyday Diet Strategies to Lower LDL

About one in two American adults has borderline or high cholesterol levels, which increase one’s risk of heart attack and cardiovascular disease. Statins, medications that lower levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, are now among the most prescribed drugs in the country (and the world). But medication is only part of the solution: To keep cholesterol under control, maintaining a healthy weight and diet is just as important as taking a daily pill.

The guidelines for treating high cholesterol from the National Cholesterol Education Program recommend that patients try to lower their cholesterol through Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC), which include exercise and a healthy diet, before...more

Sat, Jul 10,2010

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Exercises to Control Your Cholesterol

You’ve probably heard that exercise can help keep your cholesterol at a healthy level. But what kind of exercise? For how long, and how often? And how much of an impact can you really expect exercise to have on cholesterol levels?
If you’re exercising the right way, the answer to that last question can be “a lot,” according to Patrick McBride, MD, MPH, director of the preventive cardiology program and the cholesterol clinic at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Regular exercise affects your cholesterol and triglycerides in two main ways.

Exercise helps lower triglycerides, which at high levels are linked to coronary artery disease.
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Sat, Jul 10,2010

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