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Originally Posted by Pleasurepays
i was criticising the doctors for making people take that kind of shit rather than just sit down and talk to them about diet and exercise.
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First, as in my case, diet has very little impact. In fact my liver might simply produce more cholesterol in reaction.
That is not true for everyone, but one thing I learned when my problems were diagnozed and I made a serious effort to find out about good diet, is how relative that term is. Most of the everyday discussions are really about improving diet, which is fine. But the suggested improvements wouldn't come close to a good diet.
Nor may a good diet be adequate if you already have elevated cholesterol levels and your arteries have begun to suffer. The next time you are out and you are able to do so, check the saturated fat content of anything you can. You will be horrified how many single servings of some foods are enough by themselves to put you over the 25Mg daily limit recommended for a healthy person. Now consider that if you have a high cholesterol level, even if it is treatable by diet, you should be aiming for closer to 5Mg. And that is only one aspect of diet.