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Although more and more individuals are becoming aware that they should follow a low (er) cholesterol diet as they become older, they might not be aware of how to do this. People eat out a lot more now than ever before or they have food delivered.

Unfortunately most of the food consumed at or from these places has a poor record when it comes to regulating cholesterol. You will find it difficult to impossible to follow a low cholesterol diet and eat junk food at the same time.

There are plenty of examples of low cholesterol diets on the Internet and it would be a good idea for you to look at some of these until you find a chef’s recommendations that match your tastes.

For instance, one cook may prefer vegetarian cooking and so would produce a collection of low cholesterol recipes containing vegetarian food, while another cook might favour fish and so would produce lots of low cholesterol recipes with fish.

Obviously, if you have more varied tastes then the world is your oyster and you can mix and match recipes from all over the world. There are several cultures that do not eat meat at all, for instance, the Hindus. There are thousands of Hindu recipes which are obviously low in cholesterol or which could be easily adapted by substituting olive oil for ghee as the oil in which to cook.

Or you may like the Japanese style of cooking, which involves a higher proportion of fish than we eat in the West. Fish is a very good source for example of HDL, or good, cholesterol. Japanese meals can be of several different styles. an unusual one of which is sushi, which has become favourite with the trend-setters.

Chinese and Thai food also contains far less meat that traditional Western recipes. They also tend to cook using soya oil, which is a product known to reduce the level of LDL or ‘bad’ cholesterol. If, when you look at traditional recipes from these countries, you notice something you could improve on then go ahead and adapt it.

For example, when you go to a Chinese restaurant, you always are served white rice. Why not substitute brown rice? The same goes for Thai food. Brown rice is fed to prisoners in Thai gaols, so it is coupled with low class, hence people eat white rice. But you do not have to.

If you like barbecues, you may have to lay off the steaks, chops, sausages and burgers, but you can still barbecue all types of fish, crabs, prawns and lobster. Eels are good for a barbecue too and so is unleaven bread and some vegetables such as sweet corn.

There are so many examples of low cholesterol diets that eating in this manner does not have to be boring. In fact, it may just open your eyes to some of the other methods of cooking going on in the world. You might just end up coming to the conclusion that most of the meals in your life up to now have been pretty much alike.

When you are searching for examples of low cholesterol diets, bear in mind that adaptation and substitution are the best tactics – be adaptable and enjoy your new, healthier diet.

Owen Jones, the author of this piece, writes on numerous subjects, but is now concerned with lowering cholesterol without medication. If you want to know more, please visit our site at What Foods Lower Cholesterol?

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