Thirteen Ways to Lower Your Cholesterol
After my doctor’s appointment to get the results of my blood test, I have cholesterol on the brain.
I am fully willing to admit that I knew nothing about cholesterol. I knew it was something that could affect my life right now, but it was still one of those things that I thought mostly people double my age deal with.
I guess not. So here is what I’ve found so far…
Thirteen Ways to Lower Your Cholesterol
1. Exercise, exercise, exercise.
2. Stay hydrated.
3. Severely limit the dairy products you consume. If you must have them, go ‘lite’.
4. Eat a lot of fruits and veggies.
5. Grains are also beneficial, so oatmeal for breakfast is great.
6. Things like nuts, seeds and beans are also good.
7. Pack in the foods with omega three fatty acids - like fish!
8. If you don’t cut it all together, limit your drinking to one or two glasses per day.
9. That being said, the occasional glass of red wine is good for you.
10. Eat smaller meals regularly to avoid indulging.
11. Check with your doctor about any vitamin supplements that could be beneficial to you.
12. Learn how to manage your stress.
13. Look around for heart-healthy recipes.
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December 12th, 2008 at 8:03 am
Remember, animal products contain cholesterol and plants do not. So eat more whole plants and less animal products. It’s always a good idea to cut out dairy because of the hormones.
I did another Fertile Friday post today -about preparing for pregnancy.
December 13th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
It is good to cut out dairy for those reasons, but there is a bit of a back and forth - the bacteria in yoghurt is good for you. I can cut cheese and milk, but yoghurt is the hard one.
I don’t eat a lot of high fat animal products anyway, so that won’t be a big deal.
Thanks for the FF heads up.
June 29th, 2010 at 2:08 am
While we’re on the topic of Finally Getting Fit » Blog Archive » Thirteen Ways to Lower Your Cholesterol, It is much easier to stick with your new exercise routine if you set goals. In this case, you can have two sets of goals. The first set of goals is the cholesterol levels for which you are striving, while the second is your exercise goals. This works best if you have small goals, like adding 10 minutes to your daily walk, as well as large goals, like finishing a 5K walk.