cholesterol diabetes don't want to lose weight

[toothill]

I am new I am looking for food to lower cholesterol (now 5.1) Also have diabetes but I am 5ft 7 and only weigh 8st 6 Magie

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Hi toothill and welcome to our friendly forum, we have Diabetic and Cholesterol Topics and we have many diabetic members. So I hope that you find the answers/ diet that you are looking for.

You might find that a plant based diet works wonders for lowering cholesterol.

I hope that you enjoy being a member of our forum and thank you for introducing yourself.

Jerry. 😊

[Zest]

Hi toothill

Welcome to the Healthy eating forum, and I hope you enjoy participating here.

Zest

[alchemilla12]

not sure why you want to lower your cholesterol if it is 5.2 ? NHS guidlelines suggest 5 or below so yours is hardly high ( I dont agree with the whole cholesterol myth but if you need to conform to doctors then 5.2 is hardly a big issue )

low cholesterol is associated with an increased risk of dementia amongst other things...

[Fran182716 Prediabetic]

Losing weight certainly helped me, but not for this lady, her BMI is 18.5 so right at the bottom of the healthy range 🙂

[Fran182716 Prediabetic]

Has your doctor recommended you lower your total cholesterol? It doesn’t sound too bad to me. Mine was 7.8 a couple of years ago but my other risk factors at the time were low. I’ve recently lost weight and reduced sugar intake to get my prediabetic blood sugars back in the healthy range. That’s been successful and my total cholesterol has dropped to 5.8 and my doctor is happy with that.