Are you worried about your cholesterol levels or do you have a family history of high cholesterol? If so then you should already be paying close attention to your diet and lifestyle. One of the most simple ways that you can keep your cholesterol in check is by changing the way you cook your food. It is not hard to eat a low cholesterol diet, and modifying the way you cook your food can help keep your heart and body healthy and happy.
To start with you should strictly limit the foods you eat which are high in saturated fat in your kitchen (and house), and use alternatives instead. You’ll find when cooking that techniques such as grilling, baking and broiling (and microwaving), will help you control the levels of saturated fat in the food you eat. You can use a light stir-fry or perhaps a sauté, as long as you monitor the amount of oil you use, or use the more expensive virgin olive oil, which can be beneficial in small quantities.
Another way you can reduce the amount of cholesterol in your diet is through the way you prepare your meat and poultry. You can easily lower the amount of saturated fat in the meat you eat by trimming or cutting off any fat you can see on the meat, or by buying better quality cuts of meat. Try to avoid frying food, instead roast, bake or broil the meat as mentioned earlier. If you decide to roast or bake the meat, you can use a rack to allow the fat to drain away, so you don’t eat it with the meat. Alternatively purchase a George Foreman Lean Mean Grilling Machine, which will allow you to drain the excess fat away with ease.
To keep your meat moist and tasty, use wine, vinegar, lemon juice or a low-fat oil as a marinade. If you like to cook soups or stews, which can be very healthy, tasty and filling when cooked properly, prepare them the day before and put in the fridge overnight. This will allow any fat in the stew or soup to rise to the top and harden, so you can remove it before re-heating and eating.
One of the key components of a diet low in cholesterol is to ensure that you eat a lot of fruit and vegetables, and a wide variety of them. Try and find fresh fruits that you enjoy, so you can eat them as healthy snacks, of prepare and freeze to eat later. A lot of people ruin the benefit of the vegetables they eat, by covering them in excess salt (sodium chloride), which can raise your blood pressure. Instead use herbs and spices to flavour your veg. You can purchase ready made mixed herbal seasoning’s from your local grocery shop. For example an Italian herb mix seasoning might contain herbs such as oregano, basil, rosemary and more. Others such as chives and parsley also give your food interesting flavours.
When cooking your veg, try and only use a minimal amount of vegetable oil or spray, or even better use olive oil. Make sure you avoid butter or margarine, as both are sources of high saturated fats and sodium. Which is a doubly bad combination for your health, especially for people worried about cholesterol levels.
These article has identified just a sample of cooking ideas and tips for your diet to help you lower your cholesterol. It might take a little time for you to get used to cooking using different methods, but the benefits for you health and your palette will quickly out weight the little extra time it may take.
William H King
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can someone tell me what i can cook to lower my husband and my cholesterol?
can anyone tell me what i can cook and what meals i can cook or recipes to cook so we can loose weight and lower our cholesterol?
Try a fat free dish, mixed with Lipozene & that Cholesterol medicine that helps one absorb Cholesterol.
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I woulld definitely eat oatmeal for breakfast! It really does help.
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Look for vegan recipes. This should help in both ways.
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Try using canola oil instead of any other kind. Eat wheat bread.Oatmeal or oat cereals. Fish .Drink plenty of water. Start walking every day. You can purchase fish oil at the pharmacy taken twice a day it lowers it pretty fast. Limit eggs to three a week. Limit beef and avoid all marbled meat. Liver is out.The grocery store has cholesterol diet meals for microwave cooking. They are very good. The main thing is to learn to limit serving sizes. Get a book or ask for one at the dietitian of your local hospital and she can Tell you just what you need to know. Also if there is any charge insurance covers it.
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Eat plenty of Oatmeal which really does work. Next thing is to only lean meats. Remove skin from chicken. No cooking in bacon grease. Add fish to your diet at least twice a week and broil it. Don’t forget to reduce your portion size. Avoid Transfats! Eat extra veggies.
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cook your husband
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Hello,
There are many foods available that can help lower cholesterol. The list includes :
1)Broccoli and leafy greens that help to protect against strokes.
2)Bananas
3)Blueberries
4)Antioxidant lycopene in tomatoes
There are many other foods on the list. You can learn more by visiting the reference site:
http://www.vitamin-supplement-reference.com/cholesteral-lowering-foods.html
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Hey Little One,
Visualize your plate. It should always be 1/4 carbs (like pasta, whole wheat bread or brown rice), 1/4 lean protein (no sausage or bacon or ground meats, need lean chicken, lean cut of beef or pork, or fish) and the other 1/2 should be vegetables (never over cook your vegies; they taste best when they’re not overcooked and still a little crunchy) The height of your food on this plate should be no higher than a deck of cards would be. That’s it.
You’ll lose weight and lower your cholestrol. To expedite matter eat a breakfast that has oatmeal in it. The oatmeal that really works is the whole grain kind, NOT instant. So buy Old Fashioned oats or better yet steel cut scottish oats. If you dont want a warm breakfast try Quaker’s cold cereals. Most have a lot of oatmeal in "square" form or as flakes. Drink a little more water than you usually do and when you eat fruits and veggies eat with skin on when possible.
You’ll notice a huge difference. I dropped my bad cholestrol (LDL)and my good cholestrol (HDL) is so amazing (it’s 70) that my doctor sent a note with my blood work saying that it’s the best cholestrol profile he’s seen in years.
You’ll also drop weight as a result of this healthier eating.
One last thing is to beware of packaged foods. They contain trans fats that eventhough they don’t have cholestrol themselves, they clog arteries and increase your cholestrol buildup, leading to all the wrong problems. They are also called "hydrogenated oils" and they’re all over packaged foods, so even if the label says "0" for its cholestrol, if it has hydrogenated oils (like margarine) it’s as bad if not worse than saturated fats and butter.
Good luck. Hope this helps.
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1) eat apples each day (best to have it before meals), apple can wash away the bad cholesterol lumpy in your blood veins.
2) do not eat any deep fried food
3) add seaweed in your salad
4) take more carotene from carrot (salad, or boil) / pumpkin (soup/ mash or cake)
5) avoid eating red meat but eating more fish (salmon / sardines / cod, etc)
6) avoid eating squids / octopus / roe / carviar / livers all these kind of high cholesterol food.
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