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Lowering Your Cholesterol
Healthy Living Tips to Lower Cholesterol
Here are some more healthy living tips for you. If you really have trouble giving up your
favorite high fat cheese, try this. Turn it into a low fat version. Just zap it in the
microwave for a minute or two. Pull it out and drain off the oil. It will significantly
reduce the fat content of the cheese. This will work well for cheese sandwiches, toppings
and other recipes that call for your favorite cheese.
Scientists have discovered that water mixed with fructose suppresses the appetite better than
glucose with water or even diet drinks. Fructose is the kind of sugar found in fruits.
Drink a glass of fructose rich orange juice a half hour to an hour before a meal. You
will eat fewer calories during the next meal and still feel comfortably full.
Don't think that just because we are discussing "fat free" regimens that you must cut beef
completely out of your diet. Too much of this "good thing" won't do you any favors.
However, you can have your steak and eat it too, provided it's a cut that is relatively
low in fat and cholesterol and you do not add fat in the cooking and serving process.
When shopping for beef, select grade eye of the round is considered by some to be just
that. A 3 ½ ounce serving has approximately four grams of fat, less than half of the
amount in a 1 ounce serving of cheddar cheese. It also contains 69 milligrams of
cholesterol, among 5the lowest for meats, and it is a good soruce of zinc, iron and
other nutrients.
Tip round, bottom round and top sirloin are also relatively lean and high in these nutrients.
Turkey breast and chicken breast are prizes as soon as you remove the skin. Turkey has
less than 1 gram of fat and 83 milligrams of cholesterol. Chicken has 3.6 grams of fat
and 85 milligrams of cholesterol.
Pork tenderloin is the top choice for the "other white meat," while leg shank is the
leanest choice among lamb cuts.
Cinnamon has blood-thinning properties that can help lower cholesterol levels, says
Vasant Lad, B.A.M.S., M.A.Sc, director of the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque,
New Mexico. He suggests this tea: Mix 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and ¼ teaspoon of
trikatu (a lend of ginger and two kinds of peppers) directly into a cup of hot water,
then stir and steep for five minutes.
Add a teaspoon of honey once the tea has cooled. Dr. Lad says to drink this beverage
twice daily, once in the morning and once in the evening. Trikatu is available from
Ayurvedic practioners and in some health food stores.
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