Re: Nice job Sally
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Mon, 5 Aug 2002 10:54:11 -0500 (CDT)
Thanks Victoria,
just hope I can help others as they have helped me!
Sally
At Sun, 4 Aug 2002, Victoria wrote:
>
>Good reference post.
>
>--
>Victoria
>
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net
>
>do you have results from before you started the metformin. If you
>don't, you don't know, they may have been even higher before.
>
>To reduce cholesterol:
>1. regular vigorous aeraobic exercise (easily said, n ot so easily done!)
>2. cut out all the saturated and processed fats. Eat your fats as olive oil,
>fish oil, avocado, etc. Don't cut out all fats from your
>diet. I have read that, especioally for women, a very low fat diet can
>exacerbate cholesterol problems.
>3. Cut out refined carbohydrates (white bread, sugar, candy, white rice, whit4e
>pasta, fruit juice etc) and stick to the high fibre carbs.
>4. Moderate (and I do mean MODERATE) alcohol consumption )(skip this if you
>cna't stay moderate)
>5. Don't smoke
>6. Avoid or limit high cholesterol foods.
>7. There are drugs that can help reduce cholesterol levels.
>
>Best wishes
>
>Sally
>
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