High level of LDL

anarasimhamk
anarasimhamk Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hi,
I have high LDl Levels please suggest me some diet plan and I am a veggie.

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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,442 MFP Moderator
    Outside of it being genetic (LDLs are only good indicates for about 80-90% of the general populous), weight loss and exercise are the two best things to reduce LDLs.
  • dsboohead
    dsboohead Posts: 1,899 Member
    How much wt. Do you need to lose? Hi sugar consumption is a contributor as well.
    Yes...genetics too. Have you had the total panel done for for cholesterols? The story can only be told if the entire panel is done.
  • ladyreva78
    ladyreva78 Posts: 4,080 Member
    edited December 2018
    There's good evidence in helping with LDL numbers for:
    1. Reducing/eliminating trans fats (depends on the legislation in the country you live if that's even relevant anymore)
    2. Reducing saturated fats in favor of unsaturated ones (think vegetable fats)
    3. Increasing dietary fiber
    4. Reducing excessive weight
    5. More activity


    Sugar is really only a problem if your triglycerides are high. If it's only LDL cholesterol then the evidence for reducing mono- and disaccharides (simple sugars) is not very high.
    Same with alcohol.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 36,094 Member
    ladyreva78 wrote: »
    There's good evidence in helping with LDL numbers for:
    1. Reducing/eliminating trans fats (depends on the legislation in the country you live if that's even relevant anymore)
    2. Reducing saturated fats in favor of unsaturated ones (think vegetable fats)
    3. Increasing dietary fiber
    4. Reducing excessive weight
    5. More activity


    Sugar is really only a problem if your triglycerides are high. If it's only LDL cholesterol then the evidence for reducing mono- and disaccharides (simple sugars) is not very high.
    Same with alcohol.

    ^^^ That's my understanding, too.

    I'm a veggie, and had high LDL/low HDL/high triglycerides when obese, despite getting vigorous exercise regularly. Exercise had improved things a little, but only a little; and the various changes I'd tried in what I ate had only a minor effect, too, and more effect on HDL than LDL.

    Losing weight was practically magical: In about a year, LDL went from 146 to 95; HDL from 45 (not their lowest ever, had been 39) to 65; triglycerides from 193 to 82.

    To lose, and now to maintain weight, I ate pretty much the same foods I always had (I had a pretty healthy diet). I just needed to eat less, and sometimes different proportions of the same foods to keep nutrition high while reducing calories. I used this plan for eating:

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10636388/free-customized-personal-weight-loss-eating-plan-not-spam-or-mlm
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