Help!

July 18, 2007

Gee, Penny, this is exactly how I eat!! Seriously!

I usually have a green smoothie for breakfast. I have a salad or

smoothie for lunch. I have a salad or soup or something along those

lines for dinner. It took me awhile to adjust to the lack of salt, but

it happened.

Email me offline if you want to talk about it. Good luck!

Sharon

Penny wrote:

>

> I'm open to some suggestions folks. I got my cholesterol and triglycerides

> test results last Monday and well, I'm pretty much a walking heart attack.

> I can't take any statin drugs for the cholesterol because I had that

> rhabdomyalisis or however it's spelled (the muscle weakness) last time.

>

July 19, 2007

Penny, not things to eat. The rest of the list will offer those. What I am

going to tell you is what I did. I changed the way I was cooking. No fried

or pan fried foods at all. Either boil, broil on a rack (or George Foreman

type grill), bake on a rack, steam with a rack, grill. Anything where the

grease is completely away from the food. No gravy. This type of year, I

steam a large steamer full of vegetables every day and just pig out. It is

nothing for me to have them for breakfast. Summer squash, zucchini, new

potatoes, green beans, sweet onions. They are delicious with a dab of

butter and salt and pepper. My steamer, with its rack, it the main utensil

I use in the summer. Maybe this will help. And skip the desserts and have

fresh fruit until your cholesterol is back in sync. You can do it.

Marilyn Daub

mcdaub

Vanceburg, KY

My Cats Knead Me!!

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Penny

Wednesday, July 18, 2007 8:40 PM

Help!

I'm open to some suggestions folks. I got my cholesterol and

triglycerides

test results last Monday and well, I'm pretty much a walking heart attack.

I can't take any statin drugs for the cholesterol because I had that

rhabdomyalisis or however it's spelled (the muscle weakness) last time.

So

I'm now on a low fat, low cholesterol, low sodium, low sugar diet.

Watching

the sugar and sodium, I'm having a hard time reaching 1000 calories a

day -

I may actually reach that today. Most days I'm averaging about 700 max.

because everything just tastes so awful without the salt or sugar. Also,

I

have no thyroid so I have to wait an hour after I get up in the mornings

before I can eat anything at all. I'm open to suggestions of tasty things

to eat!

July 19, 2007

What a balancing act! Sounds like you may as well eat the wrappers.

One piece of advice is to get the ripest produce you can find,

visiting the store often. Farmer's markets and greengrocers are good

sources. Grow some of your own if you can. There are more and more

fruits and veggies that can be grown in containers.

Herbs are a big deal when you have to limit so much that adds flavor.

Experiment with as many as you can to see what you like best.

Soups are good foods you can make with a little of this and a little

of that and you combine as much flavor as you can with little fat.

Roast or stir fry in a dry skillet to add flavor. You can even use

water and high heat, which steams as much as fries.

Good luck!

July 19, 2007

Hi Penny,

Try the " YOU: On a Diet " anti-diet. It's full of flavour and low sodium, low

cholesterol, low sugar, and free,

with vegetarian/vegan options *yeah!*. My dh (omni) lost 30lbs on the diet and

I've lost 15lbs (lacto-ovo veggie -

I had less to lose). The diet is written by a couple of cardiologists. Once you

get started, and get informed,

this just seems like the only thing to do.

This is a " whole food " diet plan - No white stuff (processed foods). If you can

afford to pick up the book, it's a

really easy read. Here's the website addy

http://www.realage.com/reg/regvar/regYOAD.aspx?mod=YOAD_MP where you can

login, develop a menu plan for the week and print off a shopping list.

I hope that helps. Good luck on your journey to good health

Cheers!

Denise G.

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From : Penny[pennyfrench]

Sent : 7/18/2007 8:40:16 PM

To :

Cc :

Subject : RE: Help!

I'm open to some suggestions folks. I got my cholesterol and triglycerides

test results last Monday and well, I'm pretty much a walking heart attack.

I can't take any statin drugs for the cholesterol because I had that

rhabdomyalisis or however it's spelled (the muscle weakness) last time. So

I'm now on a low fat, low cholesterol, low sodium, low sugar diet. Watching

the sugar and sodium, I'm having a hard time reaching 1000 calories a day -

I may actually reach that today. Most days I'm averaging about 700 max.

because everything just tastes so awful without the salt or sugar. Also, I

have no thyroid so I have to wait an hour after I get up in the mornings

before I can eat anything at all. I'm open to suggestions of tasty things

to eat!

July 19, 2007

Hey Penny,

I just got a call from my doctor's office. I've been following Eat to

Live since January and I'm working on reversing type 2 diabetes and

lowering my cholesterol. In January, my A1c was 12.2 and my cholesterol

was 280. As of this week, my A1c is 5.4 and my cholesterol is 195.

This is purely by diet and walking, I am not taking any meds other than

synthroid. I'm thrilled that the A1c is considered normal (not diabetic

at all). But I want that cholesterol to come down further. (They tell

me it takes time.)

You can do this!

Sharon

July 19, 2007

Hi Sharon, I just got back from seeing my cardiologist. We discussed my

cholesterol. He says that if I ate nothing but rice cakes, it would only lower

my cholesterol about 15 points. He says that the body makes cholesterol not

only from the fats we eat, but the fats that our body has stored. That is why

loosing weight lowers our cholesterol. But in the long run, even eating nothing

but rice cakes, it would come back up, anyway. It is something in our bodies

that determines how much it wants and will make it out of our own body tissues

is there isn't enough incoming or stored fats.

Katie

Sharon Zakhour <sharon.zakhour wrote:

Hey Penny,

I just got a call from my doctor's office. I've been following Eat to

Live since January and I'm working on reversing type 2 diabetes and

lowering my cholesterol. In January, my A1c was 12.2 and my cholesterol

was 280. As of this week, my A1c is 5.4 and my cholesterol is 195.

This is purely by diet and walking, I am not taking any meds other than

synthroid. I'm thrilled that the A1c is considered normal (not diabetic

at all). But I want that cholesterol to come down further. (They tell

me it takes time.)

You can do this!

Sharon

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July 19, 2007

Penny, and others with that problem take a look at this link

http://portfolioeatingplan.com/

my brother tried their more drastic approach as soon as the research

first came out. He experimented on himself so to speak, and was

very careful about folloing a 100% vegan and their recommendations

very strictly. To summarize, it is not only vegan but they ask you

to include the following every day:

servings of okra and eggplant

almonds

soy products

psylliym husks (I do not care for this one myself)

So continuing on what my brother did, in between thanksgiving and

christmas one year he did this and measured his cholesterol before

and after the 4 weeks of being on this strict diet (he works in a

lab that can measure blood cholesterol very accurately) and it

dropped from 230 to 190 in just 4 weeks. His intentions were not to

drop any weight and his diet was in the 2,000 calories range, so

take a look at some of the examples they give.

All my siblings and I have a problem with cholesterol, it is

genetic. My cholesterol is high even though I eat very low in fat

and cholesterol. Can you imagine what it would be on a regular

american diet? I would probably be 6 feet under by now. In any

case, I am not a walking heart attack because my HDL to LDL ratio is

very high, but it is still too high over all.

You will learn to enjoy the subtler fresher tastes of foods lower in

fat and unprocessed. Fruit tastes delicious and so do fresh

vegetables and salads. You also learn to like foods with much

reduced fat. Soups made with vegan ingredients can be made very

yummy. Look at the recipe files here, you will find many tasty low

fat no cholesterol recipes.

I do not understand why you cannot have salt and sugar though. You

mentioned cholesterol and tryglycerides, salt and sugar are to be

avoided in cases of high blood pressure and diabetes as far as I

know.

, " Penny " <pennyfrench

wrote:

>

> I'm open to some suggestions folks. I got my cholesterol and

triglycerides

> test results last Monday and well, I'm pretty much a walking heart

attack.

> I can't take any statin drugs for the cholesterol because I had

that

> rhabdomyalisis or however it's spelled (the muscle weakness) last

time. So

> I'm now on a low fat, low cholesterol, low sodium, low sugar

diet. Watching

> the sugar and sodium, I'm having a hard time reaching 1000

calories a day -

> I may actually reach that today. Most days I'm averaging about

700 max.

> because everything just tastes so awful without the salt or

sugar. Also, I

> have no thyroid so I have to wait an hour after I get up in the

mornings

> before I can eat anything at all. I'm open to suggestions of

tasty things

> to eat!

>

July 19, 2007

My doctor wants me to watch my sodium intake because although it is in the

normal range, mine has always been around 100/60. So for me, the upper

range of normal is borderline high. As far as the sugar goes, if your

triglycerides are very high, excess sugar intake can lead to pancreatitis

and kidney problems. I had a strep infection in my kidneys several years

ago so that's one problem I don't need! The infection left me with a 50%

chance of needing a kidney transplant as it is.

I'll check out this plan though - not sure I could eat eggplant and okra

daily though!

On Behalf Of cabrita_trl

Thursday, July 19, 2007 2:40 PM

Re: Help!

Penny, and others with that problem take a look at this link

http://portfolioeatingplan.com/

...........

July 19, 2007

The eggplant and okra apparently do something to lower cholesterol

but I have not been able to get a good explanation anywhere on the

mechanism. What this diet does is to combine all the known ways to

lower cholesterol into one eating plan. If you omit the eggplant

and okra, it will go down, but not as fast as my sibling got it

down. It just so happens that I LOVE both okra and eggplants. On

the other hand I would not do the metamucil (psyllium husks) stuff,

cannot stomach it....so just follow it as much as you are able and

good luck!

On the salt you will find that if you get away from processed foods,

your sodium intake will go WAY down. Easy examples are: cook your

own beans instead of using canned beans, make your own tomato sauces

for pasta and pizza, things like this. My situation is different on

the salt, I do a lot of endurance sports in a hot climate, eat very

little processed food, so I do get muscle cramps in the summer due

to not eating enough salt sometimes. Sodium is one of these

nutrients that we need some of, but there is usually way too much of

it in processed food and most restaurant food.

, " Penny " <pennyfrench

wrote:

>

> My doctor wants me to watch my sodium intake because although it

is in the

> normal range, mine has always been around 100/60. So for me, the

upper

> range of normal is borderline high. As far as the sugar goes, if

your

> triglycerides are very high, excess sugar intake can lead to

pancreatitis

> and kidney problems. I had a strep infection in my kidneys

several years

> ago so that's one problem I don't need! The infection left me

with a 50%

> chance of needing a kidney transplant as it is.

>

> I'll check out this plan though - not sure I could eat eggplant

and okra

> daily though!

>

> On Behalf Of cabrita_trl

> Thursday, July 19, 2007 2:40 PM

>

> Re: Help!

>

> Penny, and others with that problem take a look at this link

>

> http://portfolioeatingplan.com/

>

> ..........

>

July 20, 2007

Hi Everyone,

I am on the elimination diet right now to avoid all potentially

allergenic foods and allow my gut to heal. That means no wheat or

gluten, corn, dairy, soy, yeast, alcohol, or vinegar. Also no refined

sugars or flours, food additives, or high fructose corn syrup. B/c

there is reason to believe that my gut ecology is less than ideal, I

must also avoid lots of sugars from fruits. I'm losing interest in

eating now, and I need some good meal ideas. I work as a nurse and

time is sparce, but I am willing to find time to cook b/c it is very

important to my health. I've suffered from a lot of GI distress and

IBS! It's time to take charge and heal!

Does anyone know of any products that I can buy that will comply

with my diet? Lundberg and Tinkyada have gluten free pastas that are

good. Mary's Gone Crackers and Sesmark crackers are also options. I

would like to learn of more, however. I'd sincerely appreciate some

ideas.

July 21, 2007

Good luck to you! I hope you find the right information! How about, for

quick and easy, cook up lots of brown rice. Buy bags of good frozen

vegetables (do you have a trader joe's?). Put rice and frozen veggies in a

microwaveable container to heat up at work. Add any sauce that's safe for

you, or just herbs. Or use Quinoa instead of the rice. You're limited in

salad dressing, of course-I love this right now: flax seed oil and lime

juice.

Maybe shop at a fabulous produce store for now to inspire you? I have a crop

share in a csa this summer-the quality and variety is very inspiring right

now. I'm indulging in lots of berries and peaches right now.

Laurie

<lbilyeu lbilyeu

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On Behalf Of adboehnen6

Friday, July 20, 2007 2:53 PM