Food and Tooth Pain/High Cholesterol

hneel001

Hey!
This is my first forum post, so please be nice!

I'm working on planning out more healthy meals. I'm currently 28 years old and 300 pounds on the nose, and I have been having A LOT of dental issues lately (went to the dentist for the first time in a decade, and the damage is gingivitis, 12 cavities, 1 tooth that needs a crown, and 2 teeth with holes in them).

Needless to say, my mouth is really sore and I'm sticking to softer foods. I love lemon, but want to give my teeth a break while I go through the next 6+ months of dental visits to get my mouth back in working order.

At the same time, my husband's cholesterol is a little high. He doesn't struggle with weight at all and is fairly active.

I'm hoping for general suggestions and feedback on either or both issues.

I know yogurt is good and soup, but if anyone else has any input, I'd appreciate it greatly.

Thanks!

Hollis100

Congrats for working on your dental health.

Oatmeal is soft, filling, and on the list of foods that might help to lower cholesterol. I like hot oatmeal, but many people make overnight oats. You can make it sweet or savory. I eat the plain kind with either blueberries or sliced up apples instead of added sugar. If you want it extra soft, you could cook the fruit with the oats.

kshama2001

My brother has off and on issues with a tumor in his jaw and after surgery has to eat soft foods for weeks. My mom makes him meat and vegetable soups and purees them.

Peanut butter, banana, and chocolate protein powder smoothies are delish IMO, but do weigh the PB on a digital food scale as it is easy for the calories to add up!

This link has lots of smoothie recipes: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10728122/looking-for-smoothie-friends

Lobsterboxtops

Eggs are my go to soft food...open debate on how that affects cholesterol, so you’ll need to figure out which camp you and your husband land on that issue. Quich, frittata, or just plain ol’ Scrambled. A lot of fish is on the soft side...especially canned tuna. If you’re worried about carb overload, maybe try some of the vegetable spiral noodles, which can be cooked pretty soft.

kshama2001

Oh, and since it sounds like you don't need completely pureed foods like my brother did, do try crock pot meals. Boneless chicken thighs are wonderful. Cuts of beef like chuck get super tender in the crock pot.

Duck_Puddle

I had my wisdom teeth out this summer and was on soft foods for a while.

In addition to the oatmeal, yogurt, eggs, soups, smoothies suggestions, things like applesauce and ground or shredded meats & fish (and casseroles containing them) were fine for me. Also things like mashed potatoes, other mashed/pureed veggies (or baby food) and small pasta (with or without sauce) worked fine. Pudding and jello are also workable (although their nutritional value isn’t great).

You can also make some frankenfoods if you want. I pureed cottage cheese with protein powder, PB2 and sweetener to make a high protein “pudding”. I also made a protein cheesecake by adding cream cheese, eggs and some other stuff to the “pudding” and baking it. Both helped me get my protein intake up, gave me a little something sweet and were very easy to eat with a sore mouth.

I don’t have much to offer on the cholesterol side.

DancingMoosie

I had to eat.purees food when I had a sore tongue, and then easy to chew food when I had my foot canal. I would cook green vegetables with onion and then puree them with canned chick peas(no chewing needed). Easy to chew foods were banana, mango, yogurt, soft cheese quesadilla, eggs, any soft cooked vegetables, smoothies, cottage cheese.