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Hi JMyrtle. When I was first told I cut out cakes, biscuits, puddings, crisps etc. Then my son told me not to 'double carb' No idea what he meant, think the younger generation speak a different language!! He explained that if I had a pasta dish I should drop the garlic bread, if I did my favourite potato and leek soup I shouldn't serve it with bread. Although the nurse suggested Weetabix for breakfast it doesn't suit my digestion so breakfast is a sachet of porridge with a handful of blueberries or if I am feeling extravagant toast with poached egg and spinach. When the GP mentioned I should have just 2 egg sized potatoes I did ask if they could be Ostrich egg size!! , reducing portions of potato has been difficult but tried celeriac mash for the first time last night and will definitely have it again. As you say it is will probably be trial and error. Must admit I have ditched the ready meals and am cooking more from scratch, experimenting a bit, and quite enjoying it.
 
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Hi again Kentish Maid, Have you tried sweet potatoes? I can't cope with ordinary potatoes at all, even new ones, but find I'm okay with sweet potato, even mashed (butter and cream added, of course!). Sounds counter-intuitive as they are high carb but I saw them suggested on here and they're worth giving a go once you are testing.
 
scottishlass said:
Hi again Kentish Maid, Have you tried sweet potatoes? I can't cope with ordinary potatoes at all, even new ones, but find I'm okay with sweet potato, even mashed (butter and cream added, of course!). Sounds counter-intuitive as they are high carb but I saw them suggested on here and they're worth giving a go once you are testing.
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Hi Scottishlass, yes I have tried them, as mash and as wedges, will be interesting to see how things compare when I start testing. The DN told me I should limit butter and cheese because she thought my cholesterol was high, but the GP hadn't flagged it so I shall wait until it is tested again next month and then make decisions.
 
This may sound controversial, but butter & cheese won't affect your cholesterol much. I cook everything with butter & have cream in my coffee & my cholesterol hasn't raised at all & my chol. breakdown has improved. It's not possible to go low fat & low carb as you will starve.
 
I second what @Mark Parrott has stated
I eat a boat load of fat and protein and my Cholestrol level dropped from 4 to 3 over that past 3 month period and I lost weight.
Cheese and cream most days to name but 2
 
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Mark Parrott said:
This may sound controversial, but butter & cheese won't affect your cholesterol much. I cook everything with butter & have cream in my coffee & my cholesterol hasn't raised at all & my chol. breakdown has improved. It's not possible to go low fat & low carb as you will starve.
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Well my first thoughts when the nurse went on and on about the cholesterol was that there would be very little left of the food that I used to enjoy if I reduced carbs and gave up fat. Especially as I had started adding grated cheese to my soups when I cut out the bread. Like you Mark I use butter to cook, especially if I am doing omelettes or scrambled eggs.
 
kentish maid said:
Just got results from blood test I had done last week. Seems my HbA1c is now 44, cholesterol 5.9. Have lost just over 10kg since diagnosis in September
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Good results, KM! Did you get a breakdown of the Cholesterol, into HDL and LDL? My last cholesterol was 5.9, but because I'd got an optimal ratio of good (HDL) to bad (LDL) my GP didn't have the 'statins conversation' with me.
 
Robin said:
Good results, KM! Did you get a breakdown of the Cholesterol, into HDL and LDL? My last cholesterol was 5.9, but because I'd got an optimal ratio of good (HDL) to bad (LDL) my GP didn't have the 'statins conversation' with me.
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I only spoke to the receptionist but she has booked me a telephone consultation with the GP for next Monday. She said the GP has put no action needed, but after the problems I had with the DN when she said I should be on statins despite the GP having said that no action was needed last time, I decided to talk to him about it.
 
kentish maid said:
I only spoke to the receptionist but she has booked me a telephone consultation with the GP for next Monday. She said the GP has put no action needed, but after the problems I had with the DN when she said I should be on statins despite the GP having said that no action was needed last time, I decided to talk to him about it.
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I have just had cholesterol done (last week). 5.7 and my GP wants to put me in statins too. Not if I can help it! 🙂
 
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