low fat low cholesterol

Hi, My name is Karen, and I am new to the group. Just wanted to introduce myself, I was doing the low carb diet until i
got my results back on my cholesterol, and now i have to do the low fat low cholesterol diet. I am looking for suggested
websites for recipes or ideas on how to keep the weight off . any help please.
thank you

Hi
The best thing you can do is eat lots of fruit and veg.

When you cook veg, get used to steaming them. Put 2-4 ounces of water in a
saucepan, get it boiling, put in the veg (cut up big things like carrots),
and cook at least five minutes and preferably 10. The veg will probably
change color twice and then it should be tender enough to eat. Don't cook
more than ten minutes or it will change color a third time and then it's
mushy. But cook more than five minutes or it will be hard to chew.

Eat the fruit raw and when you use yogurt, like with berries, use plain
yogurt. NOT La Creme which has significant fat.

Cut way back on chips and fried potatoes and don't put sour cream or butter
on baked potatoes. What you can do is spritz Pam on cut up red potatoes or
sweet potatoes, and then sprinkle on lemon pepper, one of Mrs. Dash's
fourteen varieties, or this mix which I got from Cooking Light magazine;
it's an Emeril LeGasse recipe
1 tablespoon each onion powder, garlic powder, oregano, thyme, black pepper
and paprika
1 to three teaspoons cayenne depending on how hot you like things.

This mix has to be refrigerated for some reason but don't worry, it's great
with fish and chicken and you'll go through it pretty fast.

Soup is a great way to cook veg. When you make it, chill it overnight and
then take off the white or yellow fat that has risen and hardened on the
surface.

You can roast poultry with the skin on, but take it off before eating.

If you like stir fry, use no more than 1 tablespoon of oil per serving for
cooking, and use a healthy oil like olive, canola, or sesame. And don't use
more than 3 tablespoons of cooking oil a day -- to help with this steam veg
instead of stir frying.

Don't concentrate on salads, you will get bored. When you do eat salads,
use a fat free dressing.

Limit how much cheese you eat, and then make sure it's a hard cheese like
cheddar or parmesan. Cheese has gobs of fat in it.

Of course, don't cut out everything with fat, especially not at the start.
But if you are eating pizza and chips and fried potatoes and hot dogs and
mac&cheese and chili with cheese and heavily marbled beef all the time
during the week, you're not going to cut your fat.

I'm not surprised by your results from Atkins, it was what I would have
expected and I know other people who had the same result.

"KKG" wrote in message
...
Hi, My name is Karen, and I am new to the group. Just wanted to introduce
myself, I was doing the low carb diet until i
got my results back on my cholesterol, and now i have to do the low fat
low cholesterol diet. I am looking for suggested
websites for recipes or ideas on how to keep the weight off . any help
please.
thank you

KKG wrote:
Hi, My name is Karen, and I am new to the group. Just wanted to introduce myself, I was doing the low carb diet until i
got my results back on my cholesterol, and now i have to do the low fat low cholesterol diet. I am looking for suggested
websites for recipes or ideas on how to keep the weight off . any help please.
thank you

I never had a weight problem until I was directed to go on a low-fat
diet for my hereditary high cholesterol.

I did it for five years. All that happened was that my HDL (good
cholesterol) dropped from a healthy 60 to 15, my LDL went from about
150 to almost 300, and I gained 45 pounds in 5 years.

On low carb, I was able to lose the weight, my HDL went back up,
and my LDL went back to where it was in the first place, which,
while not the numbers the doctors want to see, is a lot better than
what it did on low-fat.

From what I've read, high cholesterol levels alone, without other
risk factors for heart disease, are not a health risk for women until
after menopause.

Another disturbing fact is that all the ads for cholesterol-lowering
drugs that I've seen have the disclaimer "has not been shown to reduce
the risk of heart attack or coronary heart disease". If all they do
is artificially lower the numbers to make them more pleasing to the
doctor, but don't lower your health risks, just what is the point of
risking liver damage by taking them?

--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."

"jamie" wrote in message
...
KKG wrote:
Hi, My name is Karen, and I am new to the group. Just wanted to
introduce myself, I was doing the low carb diet until i
got my results back on my cholesterol, and now i have to do the low fat
low cholesterol diet. I am looking for suggested
websites for recipes or ideas on how to keep the weight off . any help
please.
thank you

I never had a weight problem until I was directed to go on a low-fat
diet for my hereditary high cholesterol.

I did it for five years. All that happened was that my HDL (good
cholesterol) dropped from a healthy 60 to 15, my LDL went from about
150 to almost 300, and I gained 45 pounds in 5 years.

On low carb, I was able to lose the weight, my HDL went back up,
and my LDL went back to where it was in the first place, which,
while not the numbers the doctors want to see, is a lot better than
what it did on low-fat.

From what I've read, high cholesterol levels alone, without other
risk factors for heart disease, are not a health risk for women until
after menopause.

Another disturbing fact is that all the ads for cholesterol-lowering
drugs that I've seen have the disclaimer "has not been shown to reduce
the risk of heart attack or coronary heart disease". If all they do
is artificially lower the numbers to make them more pleasing to the
doctor, but don't lower your health risks, just what is the point of
risking liver damage by taking them?

--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."


To increase the profits of those struggling pharmaceutical companies?

KKG wrote:

I was doing the low carb diet until i got my results back
on my cholesterol, and now i have to do the low fat low
cholesterol diet.

Were you low carbing the standard 6+ months before the
test? If not be sure you understand that about 80% of
people see cholesterol improvements on low carb, but it
takes 6 months. Test earlier and you aren't seeing
what your results will be you're seeing noise.