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zechariah
zechariah Member Posts: 222
edited 8. Apr 2011, 06:48 in Living with Arthritis archive
Wow this weather is amazing and it feels so good to finally come out of hibernation after a very long winter!

Its just as well because I saw the doc this morning for some blood test results, my cholesterol is at 7.8 :drool:
So I guess its a good job its not stew and dumplings weather because this dumpling is on the green stuff now! :grump:
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  • caterina57
    caterina57 Member Posts: 1,424
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Yes the weather is great and I feel so much better. I don't know what my cholesterol is but I am trying to eat more of the green stuff to try and loose some weight!
    Cath
  • elnafinn
    elnafinn Member Posts: 7,412
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Zec

    Isn't the weather glorious. I do hope it lasts for the weekend, for those that are working all week. :smile:

    Oh dear :sad: your cholesterol result is rather high. Sounds like lots of boring salads for a time. :roll:

    Luv
    Elna x
    The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.

    If you can lay down at night knowing in your heart that you made someone's day just a little bit better, you know you had a good day.
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Oh no Zec, what a pain. Salads aren't all bad and there are other cholesterol-busting things to eat as well. Dunno what they are tho. If you can get it down it is a good thing to do for the sake of your overall health so good luck with it, I hope you succeed. DD

    Perhaps sucking seeds would help! :grin: Aren't pumpkin seeds good for reducing cholesterol? Mixed into a low fat yoghurt makes for a pleasant snack.
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • julie47
    julie47 Member Posts: 6,041
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    oh dear zac ...sounds quite high, but i am not sure what a normal level is. I have never been tested. I hope with eating salads it works for you. Did you not get any advice? I know they do margarine spreads and youghuts but the price is sky high.....gloria hunniford used to advertise them but didnt tell you they were expensive.

    hope you are enjoying the sun.

    take care
    juliepf x
  • tanith
    tanith Member Posts: 175
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I think they like it to be below 5 , mines now 5.1 so I'm getting there... I found eating porage did make a difference to mine , but I need to do more I think...
    Our worst times are always our best lessons.
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,026
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    HI Zech!!!

    it IS fantastic out there and makes me very happy :grin: Good to see YOU too

    I have been guzzling ben*col drinking yoghurst daily they arfe yummy and it means l can still eat my BUTTER and CREAM :wink:

    Love

    Toni xx( who has low cholestral :shock: amazingly!)
  • elnafinn
    elnafinn Member Posts: 7,412
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Zec

    Eat garlic. :grin: Cooked or raw garlic help lower your liver's production of cholesterol.

    Also eat raw onion, salmon, olive oil, almonds, walnuts and avocados (they are all high in fat, but most of it is monounsaturated fat which helps to improve cholesterol).

    Makes salads more interesting :grin: So do red and green peppers cantaloupe, sunflower seeds, walnuts,strawberries, papaya, almonds, peanuts, (not ready salted!) oranges, grapefruit juice, wheatgerm soybeans,broccoli, brussel sprouts :roll: wheatgerm oil and soybean oil all food in lowering cholesterol.

    Luv
    Elna x
    The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.

    If you can lay down at night knowing in your heart that you made someone's day just a little bit better, you know you had a good day.
  • coco67
    coco67 Member Posts: 2,374
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Or you could by benac*L spreads etc they help bring it down and do work, as well as a bit nore fruit and veg
  • Airwave!
    Airwave! Member Posts: 2,471
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I have had high cholesterol for the last 25 years, usually 7.4. I went away to France a few years back, came back had a test and it was 5.2, so, eat lots of moule n frits, cakes every morning, lots of coffee and keep smiling!

    Incidentally, before you think I have a bad diet, it is very very good, no pastry etc etc, I just have high cholesterol, the bad one not the good one!

    8) Its a grin, honest!
  • skezier
    skezier Member Posts: 11,333
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Zech,

    Sorry about your cholesterol but you can soon bring it down and hopefully you will like some of the foods you can eat.

    The sun.... makes a huge difference and long overdue. there is heat in it today as well.....

    Hope your ok apart from the collateral thing? Cris x

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