Conflicting info regarding sugar and high cholesterol

AlyRoseNYC

Most of the websites I've visited say to eat lots of veggies and fruit. They also say to reduce sugar intake. But, fruit has a significant amount of sugar. The sites are not making any distinction of different types of sugar, so its a bit confusing. Does anyone with experience with high cholesterol have any input on this?

Back story: A family member of mine has been diagnosed with high cholesterol. I'm not sure what her doctor has advised her to do. I am just doing some browsing on the subject so I can support her. Thanks!

FredDoyle

Most of the websites I've visited say to eat lots of veggies and fruit. They also say to reduce sugar intake. But, fruit has a significant amount of sugar. The sites are not making any distinction of different types of sugar, so its a bit confusing. Does anyone with experience with high cholesterol have any input on this?

Back story: A family member of mine has been diagnosed with high cholesterol. I'm not sure what her doctor has advised her to do. I am just doing some browsing on the subject so I can support her. Thanks!

Don't be overweight (lose weight if needed)
Exercise 30 mins. per day (to invcease HDL)
Cut carbs (to lower triglycerides)

That's what I did. If the condition is genetic, you may need meds regardless.

AlyRoseNYC

Most of the websites I've visited say to eat lots of veggies and fruit. They also say to reduce sugar intake. But, fruit has a significant amount of sugar. The sites are not making any distinction of different types of sugar, so its a bit confusing. Does anyone with experience with high cholesterol have any input on this?

Back story: A family member of mine has been diagnosed with high cholesterol. I'm not sure what her doctor has advised her to do. I am just doing some browsing on the subject so I can support her. Thanks!

Don't be overweight (lose weight if needed)
Exercise 30 mins. per day (to invcease HDL)
Cut carbs (to lower triglycerides)

That's what I did. If the condition is genetic, you may need meds regardless.

Thanks for the response. Can you be more specific about the carbs? All carbs? Including fruits and veggies?

Francl27

My doctor didn't even mention carbs... just fat.. which apparently isn't even true anyway.

But yeah, it's mostly genetic. I've cut down my sugar/fat intake by a ton when I lost all this weight, and my cholesterol is worse now than it was when I was obese. But either way, there's no reason ever to worry about sugar in fruit, unless you're diabetic.

FredDoyle

Most of the websites I've visited say to eat lots of veggies and fruit. They also say to reduce sugar intake. But, fruit has a significant amount of sugar. The sites are not making any distinction of different types of sugar, so its a bit confusing. Does anyone with experience with high cholesterol have any input on this?

Back story: A family member of mine has been diagnosed with high cholesterol. I'm not sure what her doctor has advised her to do. I am just doing some browsing on the subject so I can support her. Thanks!

Don't be overweight (lose weight if needed)
Exercise 30 mins. per day (to invcease HDL)
Cut carbs (to lower triglycerides)

That's what I did. If the condition is genetic, you may need meds regardless.

Thanks for the response. Can you be more specific about the carbs? All carbs? Including fruits and veggies?

I didn't say get rid of carbs. If your triglycerides are high like mine were, maybe you are eating too many, so eat fewer.
I have no idea how many the person is eating so I can''t answer.
I went from about 50% carb diet to 40% and it improved my numbers.
I ended up about 40% carb, 25% protein, 35% fat.

Oh, and I forgot an important componenet for me. Increase fibre.
I eat 30 grams per day. Before I was nowhere near that.

AlyRoseNYC

Most of the websites I've visited say to eat lots of veggies and fruit. They also say to reduce sugar intake. But, fruit has a significant amount of sugar. The sites are not making any distinction of different types of sugar, so its a bit confusing. Does anyone with experience with high cholesterol have any input on this?

Back story: A family member of mine has been diagnosed with high cholesterol. I'm not sure what her doctor has advised her to do. I am just doing some browsing on the subject so I can support her. Thanks!

Don't be overweight (lose weight if needed)
Exercise 30 mins. per day (to invcease HDL)
Cut carbs (to lower triglycerides)

That's what I did. If the condition is genetic, you may need meds regardless.

Thanks for the response. Can you be more specific about the carbs? All carbs? Including fruits and veggies?

I didn't say get rid of carbs. If your triglycerides are high like mine were, maybe you are eating too many, so eat fewer.
I have no idea how many the person is eating so I can''t answer.
I went from about 50% carb diet to 40% and it improved my numbers.
I ended up about 40% carb, 25% protein, 35% fat.

Oh, and I forgot an important componenet for me. Increase fibre.
I eat 30 grams per day. Before I was nowhere near that.

Thanks again for sharing. I know there are so many factors that can play into, but it's good to hear first hand accounts like this. I appreciate it!

yarwell

Can you be more specific about the carbs? All carbs? Including fruits and veggies?

The bloodstream and organs don't know where the carbs came from - the sucrose in the bowl looks the same as the sucrose in an orange by the time you've eaten and digested it. Ditto the starch in bread, a potato or glucose in a fruit.