....there was a thread about three or four months about health issues and I chimed in about altering my diet to lower my cholesterol levels. I had switched to
eating oatmeal exclusively for breakfast, augmenting my diet with about 12 ounces of black beans daily (they're high in dietary fiber), and getting more
exercise which has amounted to walking fifteen to twenty miles a week. In December of 2007 my cholesterol level was 218 which is the highest it's been. I
have blood tests every 500 days maximum, usually 400, to renew my prescription for thyroid medication and have complete blood work done each time including
cholesterol checks. My efforts appear to have been successful because the results from my most recent showed my cholesterol level at 145 by far the lowest
ever! I do need to work on getting my HDL, the good cholesterol level, up from the 30 where it is now but I've made good general progress over all. I have
never had high blood pressure and I hope I can keep it that way. Maybe Mountain Doctor will chime in. 
I'm NOT implying anyone else should follow this regimen since I'm
using myself as a guinea pig. I still have to call my physician and tell him why it dropped so dramatically without medication. 
Carl
http://www.karenhurd.com/arteriosclerosis.html The nutritionist's website from which I took some direction. She's a local person who's helped a lot of people.
I'm NOT implying anyone else should follow this regimen since I'm
using myself as a guinea pig. I still have to call my physician and tell him why it dropped so dramatically without medication. Carl
http://www.karenhurd.com/arteriosclerosis.html The nutritionist's website from which I took some direction. She's a local person who's helped a lot of people.
Carbohydrates such as potatoes and bread do create that side effect and one must careful about open flames in my presence after I've consumed them.
