Changing a High Cholesterol Diet
Changing a high cholesterol diet is simpler than it sounds. You may have to throw out some things in your pantry and buy substitutes but really that's all you have to do. It won't cost you much and will definitely change your life.
Changing the simple things you do like what you use in salad dressings, and marinades can go a long way to reducing the amount of cholesterol in your diet. The way you cook food can also alter the amount of cholesterol in your diet. You might find that food tastes better when you change the ways you cook.
Cooking Methods
Cooking methods can really affect a high cholesterol diet. By changing the way you prepare and cook food you can drastically change your diet for the better. Instead of frying meat, try broiling or grilling. You will find that a burger, lamb chop, steak will taste just as good when grilled or broiled instead of pan-fried.
A lot of the natural fat in meat can be drained off. Buy a rack that you can use to drain off fat after cooking. Whether you baked, roasted, or broiled the meat using a rack to drain off the fat before serving will help to reduce the fat content in your meals. When you baste meat during cooking use wine, olive oil, or fruit juice instead of the meat juices. You will still keep the meat moist and tasty.
Planning what you are going to cook a day ahead can also help. When you cook a stew or soup for example, you will notice that after a day in the refrigerator fat floats to the top off the dish. When you are trying to avoid a high cholesterol diet you can skim off the fat at the top and serve. Cooking a day ahead will allow you to do this and save you time.
More Vegetables
Increasing the amount of vegetables that you eat in a day will help you avoid a high cholesterol diet. Vegetables have no cholesterol and cooking vegetables with a little bit of olive, canola, or sunflower oil is a tasty and easy way to have vegetables as part of your meals.
Instead of calorie high desserts try making fruit salads with fresh fruit and low fat yogurt. Try and avoid using canned vegetables and fruits when you are avoiding a high cholesterol diet, as these foods are high in salt. Eat raw vegetables like carrot sticks, and celery with low fat dips or own their own.
