You can get the Greens sachets in the supermarkets. If you live near a Muslim community, they stock in their shops too. Not greens but just as good and I think cheaper. In fact veggies are often cheaper there too.I know I have the same problem .....but I am now going to look on amazon x
Big thank you xGreens also do the quick setting crystals and they are veggie. I used them at cookery club with my six year olds. We made fresh fruit trifle. Parents asked for the recipe ha ha
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I followed a link last night from something on the dietdoctor site- some New Zealand low carb guru think it was.. anyway whoever it was, the article was about how for some people, usually those with a family history of heart disease and high cholesterol, that the high fat element of the LCHF bit might be better translated as LC moderate good fats- so he advocated cutting out the cream and reducing butter and cheese and instead focusing on olive oil, nuts, oily fish and leaner meats to get your fat fix.
Saw this. If my readings haven't gone down may look into this.
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Of course you can say the word statins lolYour Trig/HDL ratio is within limits (under 2 is ideal)
Your Total/HDL ratio is slightly raised. (should be under 4)
Trigs just on the upper limit
HDL just on the lower limit
LDL too high except you don't know the breakdown between good ones and bad ones.
Dare I say the word Statins? I was put on them on diagnosis. 3 weeks later I had another test and my cholesterol had dropped massively. They work very quickly. I have since taken myself off them until my next test to see what happens. Would you be averse to taking them for 3 or 4 weeks rather than cutting out your butter, eggs, cheese etc? Only a thought because your levels aren't disastrous. Probably a silly thought.
Thanks for that! No cholesterol issues in my family. However my sister is now on warfarin (spelling?) due to blood clotting problems ... Don't know if that's connected. I eat all the things you mention, nuts, olive oil etc and was addicted to cheese and cut it between November and February. I added it back in after reading about LCHF and added butter and eggs. I think you might have a point. I don't really need the butter as well as the olive oil and I've probably overdone the cheese for my own body's needs. I'll tweak.I followed a link last night from something on the dietdoctor site- some New Zealand low carb guru think it was.. anyway whoever it was, the article was about how for some people, usually those with a family history of heart disease and high cholesterol, that the high fat element of the LCHF bit might be better translated as LC moderate good fats- so he advocated cutting out the cream and reducing butter and cheese and instead focusing on olive oil, nuts, oily fish and leaner meats to get your fat fix. This is sort of what I have been doing as one GP says statins and the other says lose weight and control BS first. As my Dad has cholesterol issues I've always steered clear of full fat dairy and have tried to watch fat intake in general. I know that the oodles of fat is what attracts some folk to the diet, but I think that some of us just have to accept that we need to watch them a bit more closely.,
You could still have some cheese in moderation, Edam Cheese has around 25% less fat than Cheddar Cheese.
Edam cheese is the spawn of the devil... Or like eating your Grandad's work socks. ;-)
I used to eat it for school packed lunches so probably bad associations. Gouda is nicer and not much more calories or fat, I think. Blue Stilton I like stuffed in celery. Well something has to stop it being so chewy and healthy.
I must be odd. I don't like cheese.I wish I did.
I must be odd. I don't like cheese.I wish I did.
You're right. Thanks.I think sometimes when we are already denying ourselves so much, like the beautiful spud bake I could smell cooking at my Mum's house earlier, there's a temptation to treat ourselves with the nice things we can still have. I know I could so easily eat a pound of cheese and think that's ok, it''s fat and I can have fats, but because I have so much weight to lose, I've been buying the variety packets of Cathedral City and having one of their 12g portions as a bedtime fat fix. Otherwise, I've stuck to low fat cheese and yogurt - the extra 1g carb in the latter seems better to me than the extra calories in the full fat version. I think it is a case of tweaking things to suit what your body can handle and also giving it time to settle down. Best of luck with it.
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