How to deal with cholesterol during pregnancy?
My cholesterol is still normal, but now that I’m pregnant, it is still higher. I am not in the 8th month of pregnancy, and it is superior to 5 5 mmol / l, it is now around the eighth I am very concerned about the high cholesterol means that I am inclined to cholesterol in my life even after my Schwangerschaft.Bedeutet really I now suffer, cholesterol, and have always worried? What I can do something now?
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Although you will have to double-check that these foods are all safe during pregnancy, here are a list of foods that help to lower bad cholesterol and raise good cholesterol:
blueberries
almonds
walnuts
pistachios
oats (and other soluable fibre sources)
kidney beans (and other beans)
salmon (and other omega-3-rich foods – not 6 or 9, just 3)
flax (oil and ground – both are important! – note that brown flax has more nutritional value than golden and is less expensive. Also, although you can take capsules, it’s much more effective to use flax oil and whole ground flax right in your food.)
avocados
olive oil (choose this over butter and margarine – my doctor recommended mixing butter and olive oil half-and-half instead of replacing butter with margarine)
garlic (fresh is best, and the more the better. Eat it with parsley to help prevent garlic-breath)
whole-grains (remove as much starch from your diet as you can and eat a LOT of whole-grains. Personally, I love whole-grain pasta, bread, and even pastries, not to mention cereals!)
yogurts with live cultures (probiotics) (plain, unsweetened is always the best)
(you can also take a live probiotic supplement in capsule form)
apples
brown rice
cinnamon
grapes (and pure, unsweetened grape juice)
There are more, but these are the key ones, and the easiest to use. Although soy products are known to lower cholesterol, they should be avoided during pregnancy as they have a hormonal effect. Also, the effect of soy on babies before and after birth is not really known, but many studies show that it’s probably not very good!
Also, eat foods that are as basic as possible – so, when you can make something yourself instead of buying it pre-prepared, that’s best. When you have to use pacaged food, look for simple ingredients. Usually, the shorter the list the better that it is.