Cholesterol
Bad Cholesterol is a major factor of heart diseases; it is
quite difficult to lower the bad cholesterol from the blood. I had high total
cholesterol due to bad eating habit and it took almost ten yours to bring under
normal level. There are several medications available, in my case medications
did not help that much so I stopped taking it. There are two steps to lower the
Cholesterol level, first diet and another one is exercises. You need to
concentrate in both otherwise it won’t help.
Diet:
Breakfast-
you need to mix
healthy cereals like Cheerios, Grahams and Kashi Go Lean in a jar. Eat cereal
with fat free milk three to four times in a week. If cereal is not good enough
to keep you until lunch time, eat one healthy snack bar-contains nuts and
almonds. Also you can have scrambled egg/toasted bread once in a week. You can
have different breakfast for the remaining two days.
Lunch-
You need to make a sandwich contains Turkey, fat free ham,
fat free cheese, chicken, Lettuce and some vegetable leaves. Also eat some
fruits except banana with the sandwitch, low fat yogurt mixed with blackberry
or strawberry also needed. You need to eat sandwich as lunch for four days in a
week. You can have different food remaining three days of the week; make sure
it is non greasy or no fat food.
Dinner-
You can have heavy or mild dinner every day; make sure it
is more balanced food. It is better to lower the amount of food, add more
fruits or salads in the menu.
Drinking 2 glasses of spring water every day is
recommended.
Exercise:
You need to spend at least one hour of exercises using
elliptical, thread mills, rowing machine and bike riding. If you are carrying a
pedometer, you should make 6000-8000 steps in a day. You need to spend at least
5 days per week for exercises.
If you follow the diet and exercise for a year, your
Cholesterol level will be decreased to a comfortable range.
