High protein but low cholesterol/saturated fat help!

Peanut butter, nuts, low- or no-fat cottage cheese, plain Greek yogurt are all sources of protein with healthy (not satutated) or low/no fats. You can replace sour cream with Greek yogurt.

Boneless, skinless chicken breasts and fish are good. Salmon is a fatty fish, but it is healthy fat.

There are margarines that have very low saturated fats and no trans fats. Use them instead of butter. Olive oil and canola oil don't have saturated fats,.

Also, cutting back on carbs can actually help to lower cholesterol and triglycerides

mbinaz2019 wrote: »

Peanut butter, nuts, low- or no-fat cottage cheese, plain Greek yogurt are all sources of protein with healthy (not satutated) or low/no fats. You can replace sour cream with Greek yogurt.

Boneless, skinless chicken breasts and fish are good. Salmon is a fatty fish, but it is healthy fat.

There are margarines that have very low saturated fats and no trans fats. Use them instead of butter. Olive oil and canola oil don't have saturated fats,.

Also, cutting back on carbs can actually help to lower cholesterol and triglycerides

There's so much conflicting and wrong information here, not sure where you gathered it from. Olive oil and canola both have saturated fat. 13 and 7 % respectively and 25% of the fat is Atlantic salmon is saturated.

mbinaz2019 wrote: »

neanderthin wrote: »

mbinaz2019 wrote: »

Peanut butter, nuts, low- or no-fat cottage cheese, plain Greek yogurt are all sources of protein with healthy (not satutated) or low/no fats. You can replace sour cream with Greek yogurt.

Boneless, skinless chicken breasts and fish are good. Salmon is a fatty fish, but it is healthy fat.

There are margarines that have very low saturated fats and no trans fats. Use them instead of butter. Olive oil and canola oil don't have saturated fats,.

Also, cutting back on carbs can actually help to lower cholesterol and triglycerides

There's so much conflicting and wrong information here, not sure where you gathered it from. Olive oil and canola both have saturated fat. 13 and 7 % respectively and 25% of the fat is Atlantic salmon is saturated. 75% of the saturated fats in the American diet come from plant based sources.

1 TBSP olive oil has 14 grams of fat, but only 2 grams of saturated fat. 1 TBSP Canola oil also has 14 grams of fat, but only 1 gram of saturated fat - essentially negligible amounts.

100 grams (about 3.5 ounces) of Atlantic salmon has 6 grams total fat, 1 gram saturated fat. Again, a negligible amount.

I got the info from MFP.

I agree low, and the percentages are correct but to say there is no saturated fat in these products was the reason for my post.

kshama2001 wrote: »

Onedaywriter wrote: »

I’m a 62 year old man with a high Calcium score (865 should be 0). I passed nuclear stress test with no indications of blockages etc.
My cardiologist recommend I get my LDL below 55 (currently at approx 100 with total at 117). He prescribed a statin to do it (I’m reluctantly taking it) but he said I should also watch my saturated fat and cholesterol intake. He says diet can only control about 20% of the overall but I need it super low so watch carefully.
I’m trying to get at least 175g of protein per day based on my weight (230) and approx body fat (guessing 25%).
I’m having a problem getting the protein without the cholesterol and saturated fat. Any ideas besides beans and non fat dairy for high protein low cholesterol foods?

https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/11-foods-that-lower-cholesterol

Changing what foods you eat can lower your cholesterol and improve the armada of fats floating through your bloodstream. Adding foods that lower LDL, the harmful cholesterol-carrying particle that contributes to artery-clogging atherosclerosis, is the best way to achieve a low cholesterol diet.

Who talks this way in nutritional science unless there's an agenda, and right in this link they say a vegetarian diet is the best way to achieve cholesterol nirvana, which they say is "a low cholesterol diet". They actually believe cholesterol causes heart disease. There's no such thing as a food that "lowers" cholesterol and if that was the case then people that didn't eat any foods with cholesterol would never and I mean never get heart disease, why, because according to them all you have to do is eat foods that don't have cholesterol. What a crock of steaming excrement.

What they're implying is replacing certain inflammatory foods that cause heart disease like sugar and ultra processed foods with whole foods, and specifically the ones they've highlighted in this link which I agree with but to say a certain food lowers cholesterol is not even close to reality, all a whole food can do is displace a food more likely to create a situation where the body needs to protect itself against any deleterious effects, like obesity, diabetes and hypertension, which all contribute downstream to atherosclerosis. their argument boils down to replacing some specific plant foods, like sugar and most UPF with other plant foods like beans and soy. Basically it's a battle of the good, the bad and the ugly plant based foods. So much for taking a side and referring to vegetarianism as a way to achieve better health when in fact nutrition is not a belief system where magic can happen, science doesn't work like that and it doesn't care how a particular institution or person feels, emotions aren't in the scientific method.

sollyn23l2 wrote: »

neanderthin wrote: »

kshama2001 wrote: »

Onedaywriter wrote: »

I’m a 62 year old man with a high Calcium score (865 should be 0). I passed nuclear stress test with no indications of blockages etc.
My cardiologist recommend I get my LDL below 55 (currently at approx 100 with total at 117). He prescribed a statin to do it (I’m reluctantly taking it) but he said I should also watch my saturated fat and cholesterol intake. He says diet can only control about 20% of the overall but I need it super low so watch carefully.
I’m trying to get at least 175g of protein per day based on my weight (230) and approx body fat (guessing 25%).
I’m having a problem getting the protein without the cholesterol and saturated fat. Any ideas besides beans and non fat dairy for high protein low cholesterol foods?

https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/11-foods-that-lower-cholesterol

Changing what foods you eat can lower your cholesterol and improve the armada of fats floating through your bloodstream. Adding foods that lower LDL, the harmful cholesterol-carrying particle that contributes to artery-clogging atherosclerosis, is the best way to achieve a low cholesterol diet.

Who talks this way in nutritional science unless there's an agenda, and right in this link they say a vegetarian diet is the best way to achieve cholesterol nirvana, which they say is "a low cholesterol diet". They actually believe cholesterol causes heart disease. There's no such thing as a food that "lowers" cholesterol and if that was the case then people that didn't eat any foods with cholesterol would never and I mean never get heart disease, why, because according to them all you have to do is eat foods that don't have cholesterol. What a crock of steaming excrement.

What they're implying is replacing certain inflammatory foods that cause heart disease like sugar and ultra processed foods with whole foods, and specifically the ones they've highlighted in this link which I agree with but to say a certain food lowers cholesterol is not even close to reality, all a whole food can do is displace a food more likely to create a situation where the body needs to protect itself against any deleterious effects, like obesity, diabetes and hypertension, which all contribute downstream to atherosclerosis. their argument boils down to replacing some specific plant foods, like sugar and most UPF with other plant foods like beans and soy. Basically it's a battle of the good, the bad and the ugly plant based foods. So much for taking a side and referring to vegetarianism as a way to achieve better health when in fact nutrition is not a belief system where magic can happen, science doesn't work like that and it doesn't care how a particular institution or person feels, emotions aren't in the scientific method.

Talking about science doesn't convince anyone on here, because human tendency is to look at study results they don't like and say "nope, they're wrong" and look at the study results they agree with and say "look!!! See!!! Science says it's true!!!!" This includes you, me, and everyone else.

Yes absolutely, we're all on a spectrum of discovery, some more than others. Unfortunately the science that your referring to is observational (epidemiological) mostly using Nhanes which is then used to establish a set of results and guidelines. The basic problem with this, for example, is you can conduct 100 studies by different institutions or interest groups like pharma, food companies or any lab that needs further data to support their work mostly for funding reasons by simply implementing a set of confounders that will show that work favorably, and because this is easily manipulated the results are a forgone conclusion and get 100 different results, easy peasy. It's why one day we'll see eggs are good and the next we're going to die if we eat more than one a week. It basically comes down to money. People rely on those pharma, food and gov't to direct them properly, which hasn't worked out too well so far and it's in the best interest for everyone to do their own n:1 experimentation to see what works for them, I mean even PCP haven't got a clue about nutrition and are basically there to prescribe medication. The sooner people begin their own journey of discovery the better off they'll be. Unfortunately the takeaway is to question everything and in there lies the problem, we need to know certain things (basic truths) and nutrition is daunting, no doubt about it. imo.

kshama2001 wrote: »

neanderthin wrote: »

kshama2001 wrote: »

Onedaywriter wrote: »

I’m a 62 year old man with a high Calcium score (865 should be 0). I passed nuclear stress test with no indications of blockages etc.
My cardiologist recommend I get my LDL below 55 (currently at approx 100 with total at 117). He prescribed a statin to do it (I’m reluctantly taking it) but he said I should also watch my saturated fat and cholesterol intake. He says diet can only control about 20% of the overall but I need it super low so watch carefully.
I’m trying to get at least 175g of protein per day based on my weight (230) and approx body fat (guessing 25%).
I’m having a problem getting the protein without the cholesterol and saturated fat. Any ideas besides beans and non fat dairy for high protein low cholesterol foods?

https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/11-foods-that-lower-cholesterol

Changing what foods you eat can lower your cholesterol and improve the armada of fats floating through your bloodstream. Adding foods that lower LDL, the harmful cholesterol-carrying particle that contributes to artery-clogging atherosclerosis, is the best way to achieve a low cholesterol diet.

Who talks this way in nutritional science unless there's an agenda, and right in this link they say a vegetarian diet is the best way to achieve cholesterol nirvana, which they say is "a low cholesterol diet". They actually believe cholesterol causes heart disease. There's no such thing as a food that "lowers" cholesterol and if that was the case then people that didn't eat any foods with cholesterol would never and I mean never get heart disease, why, because according to them all you have to do is eat foods that don't have cholesterol. What a crock of steaming excrement.

What they're implying is replacing certain inflammatory foods that cause heart disease like sugar and ultra processed foods with whole foods, and specifically the ones they've highlighted in this link which I agree with but to say a certain food lowers cholesterol is not even close to reality, all a whole food can do is displace a food more likely to create a situation where the body needs to protect itself against any deleterious effects, like obesity, diabetes and hypertension, which all contribute downstream to atherosclerosis. their argument boils down to replacing some specific plant foods, like sugar and most UPF with other plant foods like beans and soy. Basically it's a battle of the good, the bad and the ugly plant based foods. So much for taking a side and referring to vegetarianism as a way to achieve better health when in fact nutrition is not a belief system where magic can happen, science doesn't work like that and it doesn't care how a particular institution or person feels, emotions aren't in the scientific method.

Well, for an n=1, one friend recently reduced his LDL cholesterol from 200 to 90 just with dietary changes. He still eats chicken, but stopped eating red meat. He added a bunch of the foods from the Harvard Health link. He did not lose weight (was not trying to) or exercise more.

I've reached out to another friend, but she just made dietary changes this year and I don't think she's been retested yet.

Probably the beans, I hear they're good for the heart.

neanderthin wrote: »

sollyn23l2 wrote: »

neanderthin wrote: »

kshama2001 wrote: »

Onedaywriter wrote: »

I’m a 62 year old man with a high Calcium score (865 should be 0). I passed nuclear stress test with no indications of blockages etc.
My cardiologist recommend I get my LDL below 55 (currently at approx 100 with total at 117). He prescribed a statin to do it (I’m reluctantly taking it) but he said I should also watch my saturated fat and cholesterol intake. He says diet can only control about 20% of the overall but I need it super low so watch carefully.
I’m trying to get at least 175g of protein per day based on my weight (230) and approx body fat (guessing 25%).
I’m having a problem getting the protein without the cholesterol and saturated fat. Any ideas besides beans and non fat dairy for high protein low cholesterol foods?

https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/11-foods-that-lower-cholesterol

Changing what foods you eat can lower your cholesterol and improve the armada of fats floating through your bloodstream. Adding foods that lower LDL, the harmful cholesterol-carrying particle that contributes to artery-clogging atherosclerosis, is the best way to achieve a low cholesterol diet.

Who talks this way in nutritional science unless there's an agenda, and right in this link they say a vegetarian diet is the best way to achieve cholesterol nirvana, which they say is "a low cholesterol diet". They actually believe cholesterol causes heart disease. There's no such thing as a food that "lowers" cholesterol and if that was the case then people that didn't eat any foods with cholesterol would never and I mean never get heart disease, why, because according to them all you have to do is eat foods that don't have cholesterol. What a crock of steaming excrement.

What they're implying is replacing certain inflammatory foods that cause heart disease like sugar and ultra processed foods with whole foods, and specifically the ones they've highlighted in this link which I agree with but to say a certain food lowers cholesterol is not even close to reality, all a whole food can do is displace a food more likely to create a situation where the body needs to protect itself against any deleterious effects, like obesity, diabetes and hypertension, which all contribute downstream to atherosclerosis. their argument boils down to replacing some specific plant foods, like sugar and most UPF with other plant foods like beans and soy. Basically it's a battle of the good, the bad and the ugly plant based foods. So much for taking a side and referring to vegetarianism as a way to achieve better health when in fact nutrition is not a belief system where magic can happen, science doesn't work like that and it doesn't care how a particular institution or person feels, emotions aren't in the scientific method.

Talking about science doesn't convince anyone on here, because human tendency is to look at study results they don't like and say "nope, they're wrong" and look at the study results they agree with and say "look!!! See!!! Science says it's true!!!!" This includes you, me, and everyone else.

Yes absolutely, we're all on a spectrum of discovery, some more than others. Unfortunately the science that your referring to is observational (epidemiological) mostly using Nhanes which is then used to establish a set of results and guidelines. The basic problem with this, for example, is you can conduct 100 studies by different institutions or interest groups like pharma, food companies or any lab that needs further data to support their work mostly for funding reasons by simply implementing a set of confounders that will show that work favorably, and because this is easily manipulated the results are a forgone conclusion and get 100 different results, easy peasy. It's why one day we'll see eggs are good and the next we're going to die if we eat more than one a week. It basically comes down to money. People rely on those pharma, food and gov't to direct them properly, which hasn't worked out too well so far and it's in the best interest for everyone to do their own n:1 experimentation to see what works for them, I mean even PCP haven't got a clue about nutrition and are basically there to prescribe medication. The sooner people begin their own journey of discovery the better off they'll be. Unfortunately the takeaway is to question everything and in there lies the problem, we need to know certain things (basic truths) and nutrition is daunting, no doubt about it. imo.

I was referring to science as a whole.

Any vegan source of protein has zero cholesterol, beans, greens, soy, meat alternatives, etc! 😁