>mom diagnosed with moderately high cholesterol
>early 60s, normal weight, never been fat
>doesn't do vigorous exercises, but walks everywhere
>doesn't eat a lot, but I personally think she eats too much carbs
What are some diet and lifestyle changes she could make to manage her cholesterol level?
The research on what should be done seems conflicting (mainstream medicine has been telling people to eat low fat diet, but turns out cholesterol in doesn't result in high serum cholesterol, and low fat diet has its own negative health implications, etc.) and frequently changing.
>>42802968
try cutting down on high cholesterol foods such as meat, dairy and eggs
especially bad is butter and red meat
Even if her BMI is normal she likely has high BF%. Have her do normie tier bedroom strength training and jogging
https://www.lipid.org/recommendations
>The research on what should be done seems conflicting (mainstream medicine has been telling people to eat low fat diet, but turns out cholesterol in doesn't result in high serum cholesterol, and low fat diet has its own negative health implications, etc.) and frequently changing.
Keep lying to yourself ketonigger
>>42802968
>high cholesterol
>carbs
Is everyone here this retarded? Cholesterol is in animal products and coconut oil.
Go wfpb vegan diet. no salt, no sugar, no oil. Cholesterol will be normal/good in a couple of weeks. Stay on the diet 99% of the time, or cholesterol will get high.
Or, take statins, risk the long list of side effects and live a shorter, sickly life.
Those are her only two options.
>>42803525
Dietary cholesterold has nothing to do with blood cholesterol levels, which are actively reflective of blood lipid concentration.
>>42802968
Less saturated fat and cholesterol, more fiber
>The research on what should be done seems conflicting (mainstream medicine has been telling people to eat low fat diet, but turns out cholesterol in doesn't result in high serum cholesterol, and low fat diet has its own negative health implications, etc.) and frequently changing.
Blame journalists for misrepresenting the science and confusing people for the sake of an attractive headline.
>>42803765
>Dietary cholesterold has nothing to do with blood cholesterol levels
Not true.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27739004
>Carefully controlled metabolic studies have shown that high-cholesterol intakes cause moderate increases in serum cholesterol levels. It is been difficult to verify this in population studies because of confounding factors. Nonetheless, meta-analysis of controlled studies documents a cholesterol-raising action of dietary cholesterol
>>42803525
Lol kys veggienigger , mmmm eat no animuls and salt is the debbil!
Drop the animal products, retard. The science isn't a "meme"
>>42803807
When we feed lab animals their usual feed but with more cholesterol their LDL and HDL doesn't go up. A meta analysis of shitty survey studies with data correction up the ass to try to decouple cholesterol intake from obesity and lack of exercise doesn't convince me that it's radically different in humans.
>>42803899
>When we feed lab animals their usual feed but with more cholesterol their LDL and HDL doesn't go up
Link?
>A meta analysis of shitty survey studies with data correction up the ass to try to decouple cholesterol intake from obesity and lack of exercise doesn't convince me that it's radically different in humans.
That's not at all how those studies are conducted. People are put in a metabolic ward where their diets are entirely controlled by the scientists doing the experiment. It's the most rigorous way you could test it.
>>42803848
Nutritional scientists are hacks and the joke of the biotech industry. Populated by scientists too shitty to secure grants that can fund experiments more complicated than "what can we feed B6 mice to make them less fat"
>>42802968
Refined carbohydrates and very high (70%+E) total carbohydrate diets can increase remnant cholesterol, but I doubt that describes your situation or even if that was specifically measured.
Dietary cholesterol alone is unlikely to produce hypercholesterolemia unless you have a sterol absorption disorder, yes, but it is a contributing factor. Similarly, living in an area with a lot of air pollution isn't going to give you the kind of lung cancer sentence pack smoking will, but it still elevates risk.
Mainstream medicine recommends a moderate (20-35%E), predominantly polyunsaturated, fat diet. That said, you are a complete retard asking 4chan for medical advice.
>>42802968
There are a few major lifestyle changes you can make that significantly impact your lipid profile.
1. Weight loss. This is the biggest one.
2. Exercise. Even without weight loss, LISS several times a week improves lipid profile, mostly by increasing your HDL.
3. High fiber diet. Decreases your LDL.
4. Low sugar diet. Decreases your triglycerides.
But this is all shit you should be doing anyway, and almost nobody actually does.