Post statins

[Shirley2912]

Hi, i'm new on here and was wondering if you had any tips on foods to eat to keep the cholesterol level down please ?

[jpjones1]

Porridge Oats every morning, and daily Plant sterol supplements and/or Red Yeast rice supplements keep my Cholesterol levels down

[aahegypt in reply to jpjones1]

I have ordered a supplement called cholest off. do you know it, think it is safe. please tell me about your experience if you have one. Thanks in advance and regards

[Paul12 in reply to aahegypt]

900 mg of plant sterols and stanols per serving. Have you read about sterols and CHD?

[Paul12 in reply to jpjones1]

Plant sterol supplements directly linked to CHD. Red Yeast rice has similar effects to statins. BOTH should be avoided.

[sandybrown in reply to Paul12]

Cholesterol is not a problem for humans heart problem. There are other things like stress we need to watch.

[Angie-123 in reply to jpjones1]

Sorry for butting in what is plant sterol and where can u get them please 😊

[Penel]

Cut down on sugar and processed foods. Eat as many different veg as possible, go for bright colours and high fibre, along with nuts, legumes.

[sos007 Ambassador]

Read this: pritikin.com/healthiest-die...

In general - lots of vegetables especially spinach and arugula. Nuts and nut butters, especially almonds. Cold water fish twice per week - eg. wild salmon, trout, arctic char; Legumes - lentils, chick peas, beans of all varieties - you can prepare them in a tomato sauce. Here's a Greek recipe - you can substitute any type of bean or chick peas in place of lima beans if you wish: allrecipes.com/recipe/15293...

Avoid sugars, white bread, white rice, white pasta, white potatoes.

Choose whole grain bread, brown rice, whole wheat pasta.

[sos007 Ambassador]

You should also exercise daily. Start by walking 30 minutes per day and building from there.

[Daveyboy77]

Good morning. Basically when you go shopping go with the traffic light system you can't go wrong. Stick with the greens stay away from the reds have some orange eat a lot of fruit and vegetables try stay away from red meat chicken,turkey are fine I tend to try a lot of non meat products like Linda McCartney range or korn. Believe me some of them you can't tell the difference.

Good luck.

[kasibarndoor]

I would google Cholesterol in women, and armed with the information discuss it with your doctor, as I believe the evidence says that lowering cholesterol in women does not make any difference to heart health. A lot of other information suggests that cholesterol is an innocent bystander to CHD (policeman are found on the scene of all fatal motoring accidents that does not make them the cause!)

[ohpilip]

You have had excellent advice on this trail so far as I can see. Although you do not ask about exercise, My experience is that this is tremendously important, obviously within your physical capabilities. Have to say I've encountered similar warnings about plant sterols.