• Use Google search on simple vs complex carbs and avoid all simple carbs. Avoid foods made with white flour [breads, crackers], starchy foods like potatoes and white rice. When foods are quickly digested, the sugar from these foods are absorbed into the blood stream rapidily thus elevating blood sugar levels.
• Lose the body fat. Number 1 reason for t2 diabetes is obesity. Many have reversed their diabetes by shedding the extra poundage.
Have you been educated on diabetes control and management? I'm not talking about medication but about the lifestyle changes one must undertake in order to prevent the roller coaster glucose levels. Without knowing your background or what you're doing to control and manage your diabetes a few questions comes to mind.
1. Have you taken a diabetes class? If not check with your local hospital whether they offer one. Most do. Your doctor may know of one too.
ve been doing some research on the effects of saturated fats vs monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. Science has been saying that saturated fats(SF) can increase the risk of heart disease, though, lately that looks like it may not be as true as we all thought. However, for simplicity's sake, let's say it's still absolute that SF is bad for your heart. On the other hand monounsaturated(MUF) and polyunsaturated(PUF) fats are good for you and lower your LDL while raising your HDL.
The information you need is in this article - and you will learn more about the numbers -
http://www.livestrong.
Yes, exercise and a healthy, balanced diet can increase your HDL cholesterol (good) and lower you LDL cholesterol (bad). If you eat things with a lot of saturated fat, cutting that out should lower your LDL levels. Things like butters, oils, and foods cooked in grease are generally higher in saturated fat.
What does your current typical food intake look like on a daily basis?
Um, I will avoid the whole "need carbs" vs "need no carbs" argument for this post... but... with diabetes, it really is important to have a clear idea of what one is eating in terms of nutritional content and carbs especially, and regular self-testing to see how those carbs change your blood sugar.
Total CARBS minus fiber CARBS equals NET CARBS. Since fiber CARBS do not affect your glucose readings NET CARBS is more accurate for keeping track of intake.
How do I know how many NET CARBS are in a food? Personally, I like caloriekingdotcom for looking up foods but you can also use a paperback book of foods w/nutritional analysis or read those government analysis labels on packaged goods.
Decide on your personal goal for total daily intake of NET CARBS.
I am a 37 year old female.. I have posted here several times about my recent cholesterol readings... I feel my doctor just took things lightly and feel that perhaps he did not give met he correct information.. My total was 148.. my ldl were 100 and my triglcerides were 52.. my hdl was only 37!!!! 6 years ago my total was i think 176, ldl 98 tri's were around 111 and hdl was 59... what would cause it to go down so much in 6 years...
Sugars do not increase LDL cholesterol, nor do empty carbs like bread, pastas and alcohol. These have very little impact on TC unless in the presence of small particle LDL, even then it's not much of an impact. To lower LDL cholesterol by diet means eliminating fats, not sugars. Diet only plays a roll in 10% of one's cholesterol levels, beyond that it is necessary to reduce how much is created in the liver or how much is eliminated via HDL.
cholesterol increased, but a more common reason can be from a lack of exercise, not taking a statin, diabetes issues, an increase in carbs or fat in the diet, and much more. Cholesterol control is a holistic matter of diet, drugs and exercise in my opinion.
I am aged 65 yrs Male.
low carb! as in simple carbs but consume complex carbs and protein. don't forget to add cardio and strength training.
HDL being high does help lower total cholesterol as total cholesterol is the ratio of HDL and LDL. So, they counterbalance each other in terms of TOTAL cholesterol. Does that make sense? https://www.medicalnewstoday.
80% of your cholesterol levels are due to heredity. 20% is from diet. A diet high in simple carbs or carbs in general can make your cholesterol and triglyceride numbers to go high. This is where people get confused. They think if they follow a low fat diet they will be fine. Not always the case. 6.2 is high. I can't understand why your doctor think's you are too young for statins. Get another opinion.
Responders had significantly lower serum cholesterol levels (152±43 Vs 181±33 mg%, P=0.01), lower LDL levels (83±31 Vs 104±29, mg%, P=0.008), lower HDL levels (42±14 Vs 50±10, mg%, P=0.009), and higher vitamin D levels (42.1±6.0 Vs 27.3±5.2 ng/ml, P0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that gender (Women, OR 2.3, P< 0.001), low cholesterol levels (180mg/dL; OR 2.5, P< 0.03), low HDL (40 mg/dL, OR 3.5, P< 0.001), and high vitamin D levels ( 20 ng/ml, OR 3.8, P< 0.
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