High protein, low calorie, low fat, low carb, low cholestero

Sorry for taking so (very!) long to respond. This whole RL thing can sometimes kind of take over your whole life...

And many thanks to all you you for all your suggestions. Here is my Protein-Fix Food List so far:

Egg whites
Chicken (esp. breast)
Turkey
Cottage Cheese (low fat)
Milk (low fat)
Yogurt (low or non-fat)
Greek Yogurt (non- fat)
Hard cheese
Tuna (water-packed)

Light Tuna (165g can = 191 cal, 50mg cholesterol, 0g carb, 42g protein)

I hadn't realized that tuna was so (comparatively) low in cholesterol. I got a nasty 334-mg surprise from 6 oz. of shrimp the other day, and have been leery of fish & seafood ever since.

tuna with eggs mmmmmmmmmmmmm

I wouldn't have thought of it, but that pairing does sound good. A tuna frittata (maybe with diced sun-dried tomatoes? ) is in my very near future.

I forgot one ( I dont eat because I'm a vego). Special only to Australians: kangaroo - one of the best meats to eat!

You know, I've heard that most kangaroo meat is indeed excellent for all meat-eating humans, Except that apparently the kangaroo tail is indigestible by and extremely harmful to anyone other than fifty-ish women approximately 5'8" to 5'10" in height who reside in the greater Seattle area, can curl their tongues, and have second toes longer than their great toes.

Just to be on the safe side, you'd better immediately pack all your kangaroo tails in dry ice and send them to me.

whey protein

Wow - whey protein is right up there with eggs whites for pure protein. Thanks for the head's-up.

OTOH, I tried some yesterday, and found it really did not agree with me. I'm not sure whether it's just that one brand & flavor (Designer Whey Protein Powder, French Vanilla), or if the whey protein itself just isn't compatible with my particular innards.

Kale !

Lessee... at 2 g protein/cup of raw chopped kale, and (0.8 g/kg minimum daily protein intake for adult women) x (my goal weight of 183 lbs) x (0.454 lb/kg) = 67 g; that come to 33-1/2 cups of kale per day.

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me. :happy: :laugh: :happy:

cottage cheese
yogurt
venison
fish

Um, I dunno, Anne. Locally & lately around here:
Cottage cheese = roughly $1.15 - $1.50/pint (approx. 1 lb.)
Yogurt = roughly $1.25 - $2.00/pint (approx. 1 lb.)
Fish = roughly $4.00 - $25.00/lb
Venison = roughly $15.00 -$50.00/lb, available only by mail order AFAIK

Either venison is much cheaper and easier to get hold of in Northeastern Scotland than in the Northwestern US, or there's something wrong with this picture.

shrimp

Shrimp, Crab and most fish (not breaded or fried)

i thought shrimp had a boatload of cholesterol

There are good cholesterols and bad cholesterols. The body needs good cholesterol and shellfish is a good source of it. The body does not need bad cholesterol - but you don't get bad cholesterol from eating it, your body makes the bad cholesterol from saturated fat. So if you want to reduce your cholesterol cut down on too much saturated fat, like in meat and dairy but you can eat the shellfish

Okay, so - you got your LDLs, your HDLs, your tri-glycerides, your Omega-3's, your good cholesterols, your bad cholesterols, your "not-really-bad-just-drawn-that-way" cholesterols...

I like to think that I'm smarter than the average bear, but I'm confused as all-get-out here. If I eat the shellfish, my "bad" cholesterol goes down? If so, does that mean that I can treat shellfish as if it had zero (or negative) cholesterol? Can or should I eat all the "good" cholesterol I want? Should I ignore "bad" cholesterol completely and worry about saturated fat? What about trans-fat? Poly- & mono-unsaturated fats? Does all of this change if my total cholesterol is already high (i.e. 237 mg/dl)?

I don't really expect anyone to try to answer all that, but if you happen to know of some sort of (on- or offline) reference that someone with a mere master's degree in an utterly-un-biological science might be able to understand, I would be very grateful to be pointed in its direction.

(I hope that doesn't sound ill-tempered. While I am frustrated with this gawdawful confounded cholesterol confusion, I'm not frustrated with you or anyone else who's been kind enough to reply to my questions. :flowerforyou: )

Thanks again to everyone.