High cholesterol

My doctor informed me I have high cholesterol and need to lower by bad cholesterol. Do I have to give up everything I love now? Wahhhhhhhhh I know I need to make some changes. What have you done to successfully lower your cholesterol?

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my dad did it all naturally with no drugs.
He started eating oatmeal, walking more, and also did a cocktail of supplements like red yeast rice, niacin and a few other things I can't recall but you can probably google it.

His doctor was amazed at the progress he made with no statins. (And he likes to eat crappy food, trust me)

Did your doctor give you any ideas on how to lower it? A diet?

High cholesterol

Fish oil
Extra virgin olive oil
Good nuts like almond, walnut

I have PCOS , my triglycerides are quite hihgh .for me I really need to get back on metformin, but I hate the regular ones , I probably need to buy the extended release that’s gentle on my stomach

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I found out I have high cholesterol yesterday too. I also have PCOS. I’m doing more fruit and Cheerios or oatmeal for breakfast and walking I’ll repeat in 6 months

High cholesterol

I have always had elevated cholesterol and triglycerides even though I eat relatively healthy and workout. I started eating oatmeal last year and my cholesterol is now SO low. I swear by oatmeal.

High cholesterol

Exercise, even just walking, and adding fiber to your diet are two of the best natural things you can do to lower bad cholesterol. Good luck! You can do it!

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Add oatmeal to your diet
Lower your sugar Intake
Try to eat less animal protein


Supplements :
Fish oil pills
Flaxseed oil pills
CoQ10
metimucil daily

Walking/exercise helps ring up your good cholesterol which will combat the bad.

I had high cholesterol and extremely high triglycerides and low good cholesterol.

I made all of these changes. Doing these things led me to eating better, which brought me to weight watchers and I lost 25 lbs over 1.5 years.

All of my numbers are good now. Sometimes triglycerides jump up but i have a candy addiction and will binge sometimes lol

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Does oatmeal lower cholesterol because its oatmeal or does it lower cholesterol because you're eating oatmeal for breakfast instead of something like bacon and donuts?


Thanks

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What I did

Move more/ 10K steps a day, 30 min cardio 5x a week etc, 145 min cardio/week

Eat more foods high in MONOunsaturated fats to increase HDL (good)

Avocado
Almonds, macadamia
Oatmeal
Olive oil

Reduce foods high in saturated fat to reduce LDL (bad)

Full fat dairy
Red meat

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Thanks so much everyone!