Changing your cholesterol numbers

[truthdetector]

I recently had my cholesterol numbers checked.  My HDL (good chol.) was in the normal range but at the lowest possible number to still be considered normal.

My LDL (bad chol.) was just slightly elevated beyond the normal range.

My question.  Have any of you positively impacted your cholesterol numbers throught diet and exercise ONLY, ... no medications?

Thanks.

 

[T-Bone]

I take cholesterol medicine...I am convince that most of our problems with this is genetic, not dietary.  That being said I don't see how a low cholesterol diet cannot help people with high chol. whatever the cause.  Have some friends who have cut out almost all dairy and they say it has help....sorry I can't be of more help.  Maybe Top can help with this.

 

[4everfsu]

I am reducing mine slowly, I have been working out the last 30 yrs, weights, etc. Now about 4 months ago I added kettlebells to my routine. It is one of the hardest workouts I have ever done. This works out the whole body, combing both aerobic and strength training.
Look on youtube for two of the more difficult exercises, at least for me, the windmill and the cossack squat. I am now doing both with 40 lbs, started out with 5 lbs. It took me about a month to get to the point when I could do the cossack squat. I do two variations, one squat to the side and up, the other squat and go from side to side.

Now I am trying to do the pistol squat , again look on youtube. It took me a month just to be able to get down to some resemblance of a squat. It is a work in progress, but I will eventually get it.

Around the same time I started eating nuts, especially walnuts daily to reduce my blood pressure and cholesterol. I eat brazil nuts, 3 to 4 a day for hypothroid, last check up two years ago, it was just over 3000, first time ever. Brazil nuts have the highest concentration of selenium in nature which is great for that condition. Also daily I have some cashew nuts suppose to be good for, let me think. Thinking .... Oh yes memory.

Anyway with the all that new stuff I been doing, my total chol was down to 218, two years ago it was 240 or 260.
BP is also good in the morning and night when I check it.

BTW another good vitamin to take is CoQ10, good for the heart and also it is great to put me to sleep at night. I am getting a heavy sleep at night after taking it around 8pm, 400 mg. You can but it as Sams club.

I have given up a lot of sweets, especially candy, M&M. Used to be a  candy junkie. But cannot give up the Dr. Pepper.

I refuse to get on medication if I can work on any health issue naturally. Hope this helps and good luck

 

[standingtall]

As soon as I quit eating these my cholesterol went way down:

 

[truthdetector]

I am reducing mine slowly, I have been working out the last 30 yrs, weights, etc. Now about 4 months ago I added kettlebells to my routine. It is one of the hardest workouts I have ever done. This works out the whole body, combing both aerobic and strength training.

Around the same time I started eating nuts, especially walnuts daily to reduce my blood pressure and cholesterol. I eat brazil nuts, 3 to 4 a day for hypothroid, last check up two years ago, it was just over 3000, first time ever. Brazil nuts have the highest concentration of selenium in nature which is great for that condition. Also daily I have some cashew nuts suppose to be good for, let me think. Thinking .... Oh yes memory.

Anyway with the all that new stuff I been doing, my total chol was down to 218, two years ago it was 240 or 260.
I refuse to get on medication if I can work on any health issue naturally. Hope this helps and good luck

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My total cholesterol is 164 which is fine.  My HDL is 40 and the LDL is 108.  I am a complete couch potato, but I started working out again on Apr 30 after pretty much being sedentary for three years.  I am doing a variety of exercises with weights and running about three times a week at one mile intervals.  This summer I will try to cut back on my routine of a 20 oz of Pepsi a day.

 

[4everfsu]

I am reducing mine slowly, I have been working out the last 30 yrs, weights, etc. Now about 4 months ago I added kettlebells to my routine. It is one of the hardest workouts I have ever done. This works out the whole body, combing both aerobic and strength training.

Around the same time I started eating nuts, especially walnuts daily to reduce my blood pressure and cholesterol. I eat brazil nuts, 3 to 4 a day for hypothroid, last check up two years ago, it was just over 3000, first time ever. Brazil nuts have the highest concentration of selenium in nature which is great for that condition. Also daily I have some cashew nuts suppose to be good for, let me think. Thinking .... Oh yes memory.

Anyway with the all that new stuff I been doing, my total chol was down to 218, two years ago it was 240 or 260.
I refuse to get on medication if I can work on any health issue naturally. Hope this helps and good luck

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My total cholesterol is 164 which is fine.  My HDL is 40 and the LDL is 108.  I am a complete couch potato, but I started working out again on Apr 30 after pretty much being sedentary for three years.  I am doing a variety of exercises with weights and running about three times a week at one mile intervals.  This summer I will try to cut back on my routine of a 20 oz of Pepsi a day.

I read where it has been stated doing kettlebells exercises you will never need to do weight stations or threadmills etc again. I forgot to mention another thing to do for cholesterol, is take 1200 mg of red yeast rice twice a day, once in the morning and the other after supper.

 

[redgreen5]

I am reducing mine slowly, I have been working out the last 30 yrs, weights, etc. Now about 4 months ago I added kettlebells to my routine. It is one of the hardest workouts I have ever done. This works out the whole body, combing both aerobic and strength training.

Around the same time I started eating nuts, especially walnuts daily to reduce my blood pressure and cholesterol. I eat brazil nuts, 3 to 4 a day for hypothroid, last check up two years ago, it was just over 3000, first time ever. Brazil nuts have the highest concentration of selenium in nature which is great for that condition. Also daily I have some cashew nuts suppose to be good for, let me think. Thinking .... Oh yes memory.

Anyway with the all that new stuff I been doing, my total chol was down to 218, two years ago it was 240 or 260.
I refuse to get on medication if I can work on any health issue naturally. Hope this helps and good luck

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My total cholesterol is 164 which is fine.  My HDL is 40 and the LDL is 108.  I am a complete couch potato, but I started working out again on Apr 30 after pretty much being sedentary for three years.  I am doing a variety of exercises with weights and running about three times a week at one mile intervals.  This summer I will try to cut back on my routine of a 20 oz of Pepsi a day.

The thing about cholesterol that is hard to spot is where it can hide out.  For example, the saturated fats used in making processed crackers, cookies, etc.

I got my cholesterol down by 80 points by doing a handful of things:

1. stop going to Starbucks. Ever.  Not only was it an expensive habit, but every pastry in the display case was 800 calories and full of saturated fats.
2. two meatless days a week - there are some vegetarian restaurants close to where I live, or else I just make homestyle beans and rice, etc.  (okay, some days I may have a small portion of meat like half a can of tuna, but I try for 2 meatless days)
3. walking to more places as opposed to driving - post office, grocery store, just around the block - gets me away from the computer and helps to exercise;
4. switch from red meat to fish and chicken;
5. add salmon 1 per week, and at least 1 glass of red wine a day - the red wine improves HDL, so does the salmon:
http://foodfithealth.com/blog/hdl-cholesterol-increase/
http://voices.yahoo.com/new-study-recommends-salmon-lower-cholesterol-1497303.html

If you do switch to salmon, don't get the farmed variety.  It doesn't taste the same, has food coloring, and the nutritional benefits aren't as good.  Fresh caught is the only way.

 

[Top]

I recently had my cholesterol numbers checked.  My HDL (good chol.) was in the normal range but at the lowest possible number to still be considered normal.

My LDL (bad chol.) was just slightly elevated beyond the normal range.

My question.  Have any of you positively impacted your cholesterol numbers throught diet and exercise ONLY, ... no medications?

Thanks.

Yes!  When I started staying away from processed foods, it helped a lot.  I was eating way too much sodium in my diet and brought my levels down.

 

[TVC]

Walking 30-60 minutes several days a week, two fish oil capsules a day, and incorporating unsalted mixed nuts in place of a couple of meat serving a week have brought my numbers back to the normal range without taking medication.   

 

[4everfsu]

Four weeks ago, my total cholesterol numbers were 218, last Saturday it was 177.