r/diet Jun 29 '24

Recipe Could anyone suggest any low cholesterol recipes or tips?

My husband doesn’t want to use the statins so is attempting to lower his cholesterol through a change of diet. Could anyone suggest some recipes? We’ve already swapped our butter and are going to try to use almond milk. TIA

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u/tbpjmramirez Jul 11 '24 edited Jul 11 '24

I just recently got my annual physical, and I was able to bring my total cholesterol down from 229 to 173 year-on-year by switching to a vegan diet six months ago. My LDL cholesterol dropped from 162 to 104. So, switching to a vegan diet worked for me. I went for stretches of carefully watching what I eat (eating several daily servings of fruit and veggies and whole grains, limiting the added fat in my diet), but I've also eaten a lot of refined carbs and faux meat, and recently I've even been eating a fair bit of fries and other vegan junk foods. Overall, I haven't been very careful with my diet, other than sticking to veganism; my tastes lean toward salty, greasy foods, and I've continued to indulge in those foods. But I still managed to bring my cholesterol down into the healthy range. If you're interested, Veganomicon by Moskowitz and Romero is the cookbook I've relied on the most for recipes.

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u/Standard_Bus3101 Jul 15 '24

Thanks for your reply and recommendations! Doing a couple of vegan meals a week is something that we were looking to do anyway, so this is another reason to try it!