Drop Cholesterol and Fat?

bluehayan
bluehayan Posts: 26 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I've been doing well on staying at around or below my calorie goal as well as Protein and Carbs, but Fat has been slightly elevated and cholesterol has been way higher than MFP would like.

Tips for keep cholesterol and fat lower?
One of my problems is that I have an egg scramble every morning with 3 eggs, sausage, mushroom and spinach. That starts off with a load of fat and cholesterol.

My diary is public if you'd like to check it out and maybe give me some tips.

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  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    bluehayan wrote: »
    I've been doing well on staying at around or below my calorie goal as well as Protein and Carbs, but Fat has been slightly elevated and cholesterol has been way higher than MFP would like.

    Tips for keep cholesterol and fat lower?
    One of my problems is that I have an egg scramble every morning with 3 eggs, sausage, mushroom and spinach. That starts off with a load of fat and cholesterol.

    My diary is public if you'd like to check it out and maybe give me some tips.

    Have you had a physical exam with bloodwork lately? Fat and cholesterol are not a concern for the average person with good blood markers.

    The good news is, you already know what foods those nutrients are coming from, so if you have to reduce them, you already know how. ;)
  • srk369
    srk369 Posts: 256 Member
    I like egg whites. I do 1 full egg and 2 egg whites.
  • nvmomketo
    nvmomketo Posts: 12,019 Member
    Unless you have hypercholerolemia (rare) fat and cholesterol in your diet do not affect cholesterol levels in the body. I would not worry about that if you are healthy.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    MFP is flat wrong on cholesterol. There is no evidence that food cholesterol affects serum cholesterol. The 60-year old data that supported the government's decision to declare food cholesterol "bad", was nefariously cherry-picked. Enjoy your eggs.
  • bluehayan
    bluehayan Posts: 26 Member
    My blood markers are good. I was just concerned with the restrictions MFP was telling me I should stay under. I'll continue as planned unless indications change to show I need to reduce cholesterol, fat, etc
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Dietary cholesterol is a non issue for most people. It will actually be removed from nutrition labels soon.
  • bluehayan
    bluehayan Posts: 26 Member
    Thank you for the info
  • joseccastaneda
    joseccastaneda Posts: 267 Member
    The sausage is the issue. Replace the sausage with something else and i think it would drop the fat content. I use soyrizo or lean ham.
  • bluehayan
    bluehayan Posts: 26 Member
    Never used soyrizo before. Lean ham sounds like a good substitute. I may go back to using turkey sausage or something similar.
  • Fuzzipeg
    Fuzzipeg Posts: 2,301 Member
    The body is capable of making cholesterol if it actually needs it as a component of hormones and things.

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