SO proud of my friend @RealDoctorMike who dropped his cholesterol over 50 mg/dL in just *5 weeks* by following my favorite 3 high yield tips for eating a more plant predominant diet!
You can check out our discussion, and see his amazing results here! ⬇️
You can check out our discussion, and see his amazing results here! ⬇️
My favorite 3 high yield tips for lowering cholesterol via diet:
1. Drop your saturated fat intake. This can be through decreasing red meat, butter, high fat dairy, high saturated fat/sugary processed foods.
Swap with foods higher in polyunsaturated fat instead
1. Drop your saturated fat intake. This can be through decreasing red meat, butter, high fat dairy, high saturated fat/sugary processed foods.
Swap with foods higher in polyunsaturated fat instead
2. Bump up your fiber intake! Fiber comes from plants - so focusing on fiber rich foods can help lower your cholesterol. And don’t forget some of our highest fiber foods are protein packed too (legumes!)
On average, I recommend increasing fiber intake by 5g per day- as I find most of my patients tolerate this really well without getting any GI upset. Start with adding more plants to your diet that you already love, and tolerate well. Then expand! 😊
3. Drop your dietary cholesterol intake. Although not as impactful on LDL lowering as dropping your SFA intake - it certainly still matters. And if you don’t believe me, read this paper 😊
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31161217/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31161217/
Also have to thank @RealDoctorMike for supporting evidence based nutrition, and sharing my plant forward eating tips with his 9 million YouTube subscribers 🙏 what a public health impact he’s making!
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