Do You Have High Cholosterol?

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I remember the day my cardiologist called me and said, "Your total cholosterol is too high, your bad cholosterol is too high and your good cholosterol is really good but we need to start you on medications right away." well that just scared me to death! I had never had high cholosterol before. I was a walker, I loved to walk. Up until a few years ago, i was walking seven miles a day in about an hour and a half. I loved it but my health got so bad that I had to quit. Well I was started on medication and as it turned out, I was allergic to the meds. So I just quit taking them. I opted instead to make sure my diet was up to par. Here is some of the info that my cardiologist told me to do. Avoid shortening, butter, lard and other cooking fats high in saturated fat and trans fat; use olive, canola or peanut oil, or chicken, beef or vegetable broth, instead. Bake, steam, broil, boil or oven-fry instead of deep-frying. Trim visible fat from meat. Remove skins from poultry and switch from dark meat to white meat, which is leaner. In place of high-fat spreads, use cholesterol-lowering margarine or margarine that is labeled “trans fat–free.” Avoid fried foods, baked goods , crackers and high fat dairy. Eat more fruit, veggies, and other high fiber foods like, whole grains, OK this was not hard at all. Now he also said that shellfish especially shrimp (I love shrimp) is good to eat because they are high in "good fat". they contain omega 3 fatty acids, which is beneficial for heart heath. Now this next thing, the cardiologist did not tell me but I found out at the medical site online. Dark chocolate, flavonoids in cocoa can help lower LDL cholesterol. And one new study shows that daily consumtion of dark chocolate infused with plant sterols can help lower cholesterol by 4.7 percent. Wow that is good news. Do you have high cholosteol? Any advice the Dr told you that you could share with me?