Diet for High Cholesterol
The low fat diet for high cholesterol has been the standard approach recommended
for heart health for the last twenty years and as recent research has shown it is
not effective. Since your body produces 75% of the cholesterol in your system,
excluding it from your diet will make very little difference.
Heart disease has steadily increased for as long as the low fat diet for high cholesterol
has been the standard procedure. While it is possible to reduce cholesterol levels by diet,
eliminating saturated fat and cholesterol will not do it and can cause other
health complications.
The low fat diet for high cholesterol favors foods like...
- grains, breads, bagels, etc.
- pasta
- vegetables
- fruit
- most anything low fat/protein
...and avoids high cholesterol/fat food like eggs, certain meats and
most anything that contained saturated fat (coconut oil for example).
The current popularity of low carb diets
(especially the Zone and Atkins Diets) is no accident. Low carb
diets like the Atkins Diet and the Zone Diet have been shown
to reduce LDL cholesterol while helping people to lose weight
and generally reach a higher state of health.
Dr. Barry Sears (Zone diet) points out that reducing your risk for
heart disease isn't as simple as reducing
cholesterol consumed. In fact he cautions against taking cholesterol levels too low
since it is such a vital nutrient.
Dr. Sears' Zone Diet (and many others) does not advocate the often recommended
low fat diet. Instead Sears suggests a diet with carefully balanced ratios of...
- 40% carbohydrates
- 30% protein
- 30% fat
Following the Zone diet, according to Sears, will balance your hormones
and insulin levels, which he maintains is vital to losing weight and
reducing your risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes. This is something
that most low cholesterol food diets cannot do.
Diet for High Cholesterol
The relationship between diet, cholesterol levels and health issues like
heart disease, stroke and Diabetes is critical but often misunderstood.
Rather than pass on the low fat diet information which has been proven to
be ineffective, we recommend the following resources:
Recommended Reading
Enter the Zone - The Zone Diet - A Dietary Road Map... By Dr. Barry Sears
The Cholesterol Myths - Exposing the Fallacy that Saturated
Fat and Cholesterol Cause Heart Disease by Dr. U. Ravsnkov
Know Your Fats - The Complete Primer for Understanding the
Nutrition of Fats, Oils and Cholesterol by Dr. Mary G. Enig
The Heart Revolution - The Extraordinary Discovery That
Finally Laid the Cholesterol Myth to Rest by Kilmer McCully
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