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Q: Vegetarian With High Cholesterol

asked by: jskyhawk on November 19th, 2004

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Hi everyone this is my first post

i just had a physical and my doctor diagnosed me with very high cholesterol, this was very shocking to me considering my age and my diet. I'm just had my 22 birthday and i'm a vegetarian since the age of 16.
I know meat is a huge cause of high cholesterol, but my diet doesn't include any of this... I do however eat a good amount of dairy.
Also during the past year my weight has skyrocketed from 150pds to 200pds.

If anyone thinks they know of a good way to tweak my diet, or you think there may be an underlying issue that my doctor overlooked.... Any help is greatly apprecianted.

Tia
-johnathan

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lowerchol

replied on June 2nd, 2005

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You Can Lower It Naturally

Hi jonathan

diary foods are a prime source of giving high cholesterol. Being overweight also contributes to it

you need to cut out all "full strength" diary products and start using low fat diary products etc. Exercising also helps in a big way...But there are also other factors eg. Family history, stress etc that will contribute to your high cholesterol

there are also many natural alternatives/supplements that can help to lower cholesterol. Some of these are reportedly more effective in lowering cholesterol than prescription medications, without the dangerous side effects

these include: guggul, policosanol, red yeast rice, pantethine etc. In addition there are at least another 30 natural supplements that can help to lower cholesterol. Hope that helps.

All the best

ramzi

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