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Beatrice wrote:Hi
I'm Beatrice from Australia. I've posted a couple of time but have been lurking for a while. Brief into follows ...
My inspiration to modify my diet was a choleserol reading of 7.3mmol/l (282 mg/dl). I managed to drop this to 6.8(263) by cutting out saturated fats. I was surprised at this small drop because most advice says that lowering cholesterol can be achieved by lowering saturated fat intake. Someone is lying to us (LOL!). My doctor subsequently decided I was "genetically prone" to high cholesterol and prescribed medication. This was about 12 months ago and I acquiesced to the medication for the sake of my health (always thinking about my poor liver every time I swallowed a pill). I was 13kg (31lbs) overweight.
I did a stress test which proved fine and the cardiologist assured me that taking medications for cholesterol was quite normal. He said most cardiologists take it! By this stage I was getting pretty annoyed with the medical profession.
My goal is to get my cholesterol reading down to 4.0/155 without meds and prove the doctor and the cardiologist wrong ... oh yeah and guarantee myself a healthy middle and old age.
Since then i have tried and failed various WOEs (Fuhrman, Esselstyn, Regular McDougall etc etc). I managed to lose 7kg (15.4 lbs) but put 4kg (8.8 lbs) back on. I've battled through green smoothies and low carbs and high protein but I think with MWL I've found my home. The other programs were good but weren't me. I'm a starch girl and I love my spuds. Flour and baked goods are my downfall! One slice of sour dough toast or turkish bread is NOT enough. These are now special feast foods!
The transtion from SAD (Standard Australian Diet) to low fat vegan was not hard. After reading the China Study, leaving dairy out of my diet was not an issue. I've just started reading the Pleasure Trap as well and it's wonderful to read words that resonate with ideas I've held for a long time. Having little support from friends and family and then back sliding were the hard bits!!!
So ... I've been trying different whole grains. Barley and short grain brown rice are my favourites but I recently tried quinoa (actually had it for lunch today with dhal and curried veg) and it was very unsatisfying.
Has anyone else found this? I guess I should stick to the starches that satisfy. Less chance to stray.
cheers
B
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