Pepsi All the best for getting the cholesterol down. Sorry i don't have any recipes.. and you seem to be eating so healthy anyway.. Sometimes it is only a little tweak you need to change it. Hope you get it down to good level soon

My Dad has always suffered from high cholesterol, and generally speaking he eats what he wants to... just avoids excessive consumption of red meats and high-fats... otherwise, he eats as he would normally

Eat more wholemeal foods like Brown rice, bread, oatmeal... Matterfact eliminate all white foods from your diet....

Eat lean meat as well, Skimmed milk, less processed foods... Cook your meals because in takeaways and restaurant meals thee are alot of hidden fat...

Another thing is exercise... I know what your condition is, no matter how well you adjust your diet, the cholesterol still remains high... Its a genetic condition... If you try out this and it doesnt work then you would have to speak to your GP about cholesterol lowering drugs, they are called statins if I can remember...

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:
Eat more wholemeal foods like Brown rice, bread, oatmeal... Matterfact eliminate all white foods from your diet....

Good point! I'd forgotten about going wholemeal!

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:
Eat more wholemeal foods like Brown rice, bread, oatmeal... Matterfact eliminate all white foods from your diet....

Good point! I'd forgotten about going wholemeal!

Yes they are very good.. They contain a cocktail of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants that may help reduce cholesterol...

Make sure you eat plenty of fruit and veg, increase your intake of the good fat things, like extra virgin oil and fish oils.
Try the benecol drinks, one a day combined with something like Flora pro active on brown bread. Oats are good for lowering blood pressure and also cholesterol.
Eat cheerios if you don't like porridge or some other oat based breakfast cereal.
You could also try soya milk instead of cows milk, which reduces the bad cholesterol.
It sounds like you have a good diet anyway so you may need a statin to control your cholesterol.
I have also read somewhere that green tea is beneficial for reducing cholesterol, might be worth a try. Also walnuts have cholesterol reducing properties.
Good luck!

Low G.I.Diet Recipies

A low G.I.diet is good for your health, I dont know anything about how it affects your cholesterol but it should make you feel so much better. It makes your body use your fat stores instead of the carbohydrates you have just eaten, plus you'll feel full for longer.

Hi Pepsi,

there's some good tips on here....

British Heart Foundation

(hope that works, haven't done a link on here yet!!

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Low G.I.Diet Recipies

A low G.I.diet is good for your health, I dont know anything about how it affects your cholesterol but it should make you feel so much better. It makes your body use your fat stores instead of the carbohydrates you have just eaten, plus you'll feel full for longer.

I've just had a peak at those recipes and they look and sound delicious and so easy to prepare.
thank you for posting the link.

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Can anyone give me some ideas/recipes for low cholesterol meals? I've been googling and just getting all confused

From what I can see it's low fat, etc. but I already follow that kind of diet. I only have skimmed milk, eat loads of fresh veg and fruit, use my steamer constantly and NEVER fry food.

I'm totally gutted because a few months ago I developed a cholesterol patch on my eyelid .... Xanthelasma .... and last week noticed it has started on my other eyelid AND underneath my eye

I feel like elephant man and along with everything else I have to deal with it's the final straw for me

Any suggestions for meals would be good cos I can't think of anything else I should be doing with my diet to stop any more appearing

You have to eat oats (porridge) pulses and beans
I lowered my cholesterol in 9 weeks x 1.5 points
they are what they call cholesterol grabbers
you should also continue with the low fat and plenty of veg and fruit



My favourite way of eating these things is in curries so this book should help becuase it is fort low fat recipes
There is something in it which features in some recipes called half and half
An American dairy product I understand
I use very low fat yoghurt which seems to do the trick
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Indian...cm_lmf_tit_5_rsrrrr0

Aw thanks guys...that's really helpful

That GI diet looks fantastic thanks for that .. I've bookmarked it

The Indian recipie book looks great too Puddy ..thanks...actually as I'm typing this I just remembered I have a weightwatchers Indian cook book...I shall dig it out

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Originally posted by *BB*:
My GP suggested that I get my cholesterol level down by diet as Simvastatin has bad side effects for a number of patients including me. He told me to eat plenty of oily fish such as salmon, mackerel and tuna. The problem is my good cholesterol level is low and has shown no sign of improving after a few years of eating correct foods in my diet.

I tentatively suggest that what your GP really means is that he/she doesn't want to shell out for Simvastatin for you. The diet you were shown is good and healthy but will not, on its own, reduce your cholesterol.

Oh no, that isn't the case. He did prescribe Simvastatin but the side effects were just too much for me.

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Originally posted by squiggle:

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Originally posted by *BB*:
My GP suggested that I get my cholesterol level down by diet as Simvastatin has bad side effects for a number of patients including me. He told me to eat plenty of oily fish such as salmon, mackerel and tuna. The problem is my good cholesterol level is low and has shown no sign of improving after a few years of eating correct foods in my diet.

I tentatively suggest that what your GP really means is that he/she doesn't want to shell out for Simvastatin for you. The diet you were shown is good and healthy but will not, on its own, reduce your cholesterol.

Oh no, that isn't the case. He did prescribe Simvastatin but the side effects were just too much for me.

Well that's good to know. Not that you have side effects of course but that your GP is not one of those penny pinching GP's (and make no mistake they are about). Is your cholesterol very high? Because of course if left unchecked there are potentially terrible consequences (as my poor OH found out too late for him).

Simvastatin gives me right twatty headaches and makes my muscles knack, but I was told it was worth persevering.

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Simvastatin

worth considering becuase statins are also nasty drugs
I won't take them
I would rather take my chances

Simvastatin side effects
Statins are among the most commonly prescribed drugs and they play a role in the prevention of cardiovascular disease. However, they have been associated with mitochondrial abnormalities and may cause myopathy, which can progress to rhabdomyolysis -- a potentially fatal condition.

Simvastatin and mitochondrial dysfunction
High-dose simvastatin treatment is associated with mitochondrial depletion, which may be the cause of statin-induced myopathy. To determine whether statins alter muscle mitochondrial DNA levels, mitochondrial DNA was analyzed in skeletal muscle biopsy specimens that had been collected as part of a previously published clinical trial investigating the effects of high-dose simvastatin or atorvastatin versus placebo. In the trial, 48 hypercholesterolemic subjects were randomly assigned to receive placebo, atorvastatin 40mg/day, or simvastatin 80mg/day for 8 weeks. Muscle biopsy specimens were collected at baseline and at follow-up, and mitochondrial DNA levels were quantified by real-time polymerase chain reaction. No subject had received prior statin therapy and none reported muscle pain during the study or had elevated serum creatine kinase levels at follow-up. The researchers found that mitochondrial DNA levels were significantly decreased in the simvastatin group at follow-up. No changes were observed in the placebo or atorvastatin groups. Results show that high-dose statin therapy can be associated with significantly reduced levels of mitochondrial DNA in skeletal muscle, after only 8 weeks of treatment, and even in the absence of muscle pain or creatine kinase elevations. The research was financially supported by unrestricted grants from AstraZeneca Canada and from the St. Paul's Hospital Foundation Healthy Heart Research Endowment Fund

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Originally posted by *BB*:

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Originally posted by squiggle:

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Originally posted by *BB*:
My GP suggested that I get my cholesterol level down by diet as Simvastatin has bad side effects for a number of patients including me. He told me to eat plenty of oily fish such as salmon, mackerel and tuna. The problem is my good cholesterol level is low and has shown no sign of improving after a few years of eating correct foods in my diet.

I tentatively suggest that what your GP really means is that he/she doesn't want to shell out for Simvastatin for you. The diet you were shown is good and healthy but will not, on its own, reduce your cholesterol.

Oh no, that isn't the case. He did prescribe Simvastatin but the side effects were just too much for me.

Well that's good to know. Not that you have side effects of course but that your GP is not one of those penny pinching GP's (and make no mistake they are about). Is your cholesterol very high? Because of course if left unchecked there are potentially terrible consequences (as my poor OH found out too late for him).

It's 7.5 just now, but I had over 10 TIA's in the past, that's when I was prescribed the Simvastatin. But at that time my cholesterol level was low, but I was prescribed Simvastatin to keep it low but I couldn't tolerate it. Recently though, I have been diagnosed with a serious blood condition and it causes blood clots amongsst other nasties so my cholesteral levels were checked again and it's raised again.

I tend not to worry about possible side effects.

I'm not having a go or anything, but any medication can cause problems. If I worried too much I'd never take anything. Well, maybe some nettle tea or something. But, as this is a quality of life type of thing maybe nettle tea isn't really the road to be going down....

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Originally posted by squiggle:

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Originally posted by *BB*:

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Originally posted by squiggle:

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Originally posted by *BB*:
My GP suggested that I get my cholesterol level down by diet as Simvastatin has bad side effects for a number of patients including me. He told me to eat plenty of oily fish such as salmon, mackerel and tuna. The problem is my good cholesterol level is low and has shown no sign of improving after a few years of eating correct foods in my diet.

I tentatively suggest that what your GP really means is that he/she doesn't want to shell out for Simvastatin for you. The diet you were shown is good and healthy but will not, on its own, reduce your cholesterol.

Oh no, that isn't the case. He did prescribe Simvastatin but the side effects were just too much for me.

Well that's good to know. Not that you have side effects of course but that your GP is not one of those penny pinching GP's (and make no mistake they are about). Is your cholesterol very high? Because of course if left unchecked there are potentially terrible consequences (as my poor OH found out too late for him).

It's 7.5 just now, but I had over 10 TIA's in the past, that's when I was prescribed the Simvastatin. But at that time my cholesterol level was low, but I was prescribed Simvastatin to keep it low but I couldn't tolerate it. Recently though, I have been diagnosed with a serious blood condition and it causes blood clots amongsst other nasties so my cholesteral levels were checked again and it's raised again.

I have had one TIA but I was on warfaring so the clot dissolved
are you not on warfain

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I tend not to worry about possible side effects.

I'm not having a go or anything, but any medication can cause problems. If I worried too much I'd never take anything. Well, maybe some nettle tea or something. But, as this is a quality of life type of thing maybe nettle tea isn't really the road to be going down....

I have side effects to most drugs so I take as few as possible
one Ace inhibitor and 7mg warfarin
makes drinking and eating too many green things a problem but I cope with that

my Mother is in awful muscular pain with statins

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I have had one TIA but I was on warfaring so the clot dissolved
are you not on warfain

No, I'm on daily aspirin.

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I have had one TIA but I was on warfaring so the clot dissolved
are you not on warfain

No, I'm on daily aspirin.

I took that for a month but landed in hospital with a stomach ulcer

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I have had one TIA but I was on warfaring so the clot dissolved
are you not on warfain

No, I'm on daily aspirin.

I took that for a month but landed in hospital with a stomach ulcer

I have a history of stomach ulcers, so my GP prescribes Omeprazole to take with the aspirin and I have been fine thus far.

I know about that but it is yet another tablet
I seem to be ok with warfarin and on it for life now

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I know about that but it is yet another tablet
I seem to be ok with warfarin and on it for life now

The main problem with warfarin is that if you ever need surgery you will have to stop taking it just before and immediately after the surgery.

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Aw thanks guys...that's really helpful

That GI diet looks fantastic thanks for that .. I've bookmarked it

I have too! Good link! Thanks.

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Originally posted by *BB*:

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Originally posted by Puddychops:
I know about that but it is yet another tablet
I seem to be ok with warfarin and on it for life now

The main problem with warfarin is that if you ever need surgery you will have to stop taking it just before and immediately after the surgery.

A surprisingly large number of people don't have to.

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Originally posted by *BB*:

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Originally posted by Puddychops:
I know about that but it is yet another tablet
I seem to be ok with warfarin and on it for life now

The main problem with warfarin is that if you ever need surgery you will have to stop taking it just before and immediately after the surgery.

A surprisingly large number of people don't have to.

I always have to come off it
I have to have GAs and heart procedures quite often which involves the fenoral artery
I have seen a patient in the next bed decorate the walls with blood that was too thin
Two big blokey nurses had to literally lie on top of her with all their weight to stop the flow
Was messy

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Originally posted by Penny Gabrielwise:

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Originally posted by *BB*:

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Originally posted by Puddychops:
I know about that but it is yet another tablet
I seem to be ok with warfarin and on it for life now

The main problem with warfarin is that if you ever need surgery you will have to stop taking it just before and immediately after the surgery.

A surprisingly large number of people don't have to.

I always have to come off it
I have to have GAs and heart procedures quite often which involves the fenoral artery
I have seen a patient in the next bed decorate the walls with blood that was too thin
Two big blokey nurses had to literally lie on top of her with all their weight to stop the flow
Was messy

Yes it is very messy. Thye last time I was in hospital having an angiogram the elderly lady in the bed opposite was soaked in arterial blood during the night. She was extremely traumatised and the doctors and nurses look scared too. My GP wanted me to try aspirin even though I had a past history of gastric ulcers as he was reluctant to prescribe warfarin, but it was my consultant who persuaded me in the end to give it a go. I'm glad I took his advice as thankfully I seem to be tolerating aspirin now.

Well, all I can say is that my mother underwent several surgical procedures without stopping warfarin treatment without any particularly excessive 'mess'.

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Well, all I can say is that my mother underwent several surgical procedures without stopping warfarin treatment without any particularly excessive 'mess'.

Well knowing what it can do I am astonished

Maybe. Thereagain plenty people have seen what it does to rats but still taken it