The Run Down on Cholesterol Cholesterol is something your body naturally needs – and produces – to help stabilize and support cells in your body. In fact, your liver produces enough cholesterol (about 1000mg daily) for your body to sustain itself. When you consume too much in your diet, you start to run into problems. …
The hardest part of our new diet is staying under 5oz of meat per day. If you go out to a restaurant, you will probably end up with about 8oz of meat on your plate. Have you ever seen a steak house with a 5oz steak on the menu? We have become so accustomed to …
Today we start our new diet. My husband’s doctor suggested he try a very strict low-fat, low-cholesterol diet because his cholesterol has been high and we know he has a genetic pre-disposition to high cholesterol. I’m pretty proud of him for telling the doctor he would first change his life style to see if he …