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TWO TIPS FOR HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA
On this site, on the page regarding overweight people, I gave some suggestions for those who wish to lose weight. These suggestions hold also for those who see their cholesterol levels rise, even if their weight is normal or even if they are underweight. As a matter of fact, these tips aim at improving one’s general metabolic condition by acting firstly on one’s diet. To follow is the context of that page, adapted precisely to those suffering from hypercholesterolemia.
HAVE A LIGHT DINNER!
My first advice is: remember that it is not breakfast that makes your cholesterol level rise, but dinner! What you eat at breakfast is taken up totally by your metabolism during the day, while a part of what you eat at dinner accumulates in the body at night and is not correctly metabolized. So the first secret to lowering your cholesterol level is easily said: make the habit of having a hearty breakfast and eating less at dinner. In addition, the two things are closely related, since those who skip breakfast completely will not last with just lunch and a light dinner, and will be forced to have a bountiful dinner.
EAT LESS CARBOHYDRATES!
The second advice is: remember that it is not so much the foods containing cholesterol that make its level rise in the blood, but the fats and especially the carbohydrates! This is because the rate of cholesterol produced endogenously (i.e. inside the cells), starting from the carbohydrates and fats, as an average clearly exceed the rate introduced with food. And without annoying you with percentages of carbohydrates and fats – here is a menu sample, in line with the two precious tips I have just given.
MENU SAMPLE FOR HIGH CHOLESTEROL
At breakfast eat whatever you want, as much as you wish, with just one exception, no foods containing added sugar, i.e. sucrose (read the ingredients on the package!), that would overly increase the carbohydrates. Keep in mind that melba toast, biscuits, croissants and the fruit yogurts always contain it, as well as many other packed foodstuffs we usually eat. Once again: if among the “ingredients” you see the words “sugar” or “sucrose,” do not eat it! Honey instead is always allowed, since it is well metabolized in moderate amounts.
At lunch do not eat pasta or rice, and at the end of the meal not even a dessert containing sugar, always in view of limiting carbohydrates, but get your fill of a good portion of meat or fish with a side plate of potatoes or vegetable or salad, seasoned with 15 g of extra virgin olive oil, and more than 30 g of bread or crackers. If you wish, end the meal with a juicy fruit or some oily fruit.
At dinner, have a menu similar to that at lunch, but with a remarkable difference in amounts: eat exactly half of what you ate for lunch. Of course, no snacks in between during the day: three meals a day are more than enough for anyone. If you have any doubts, send me an e-mail and I will do my best to answer you. So, good luck for your cholesterol!
AND REMEMBER: IF YOU CAN HANDLE YOUR DIET, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO MONITOR YOUR HEALTH!
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