“Cholesterol Balancing Hacks: Packed Lunch Ideas for a Healthy Heart!”
May 16, 2023
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Preamble: Cholesterol and Fats are not villains - they are products crucial to our metabolism. It is the imbalance above and below normal levels that is the cause of disease.
High total blood cholesterol and its factions elevate in old age. However, due to the altered genes, faulty dietary and lifestyle habits as well as our polluted environment, elevated and imbalanced cholesterol is occurring in the young too.
The biggest danger of elevated cholesterol is that it clogs the arteries and leads to heart disease. We must note that this is specifically with regard to LDL Cholesterol if it increases above normal levels. In our at-risk population, we find the health-harming VLDL and LDL cholesterol elevated above normal levels and the health-preserving HDL cholesterol below normal levels. Moreover, high LDL levels coupled with it being oxidized by molecules and glycated by high sugars pose an even greater threat to heart disease.
So let's look at five packed lunch ideas that are sustainable ways to normalize our blood cholesterol levels and prevent heart disease. (Read the packed lunch suggestions and read the explanation of Why it should be used and apply the principle in your packed lunch meals)
Idea 1:
1 Katori Methi Sweet Potato vegetable ( A simple dish - just need to temper the boiled, peeled sweet potato chopped into roundels with mustard seeds, curry leaves, and red chillies. Add kasuri methi, salt, and pepper powder and cook covered for five minutes. Put if flame and add a dash of lime).
2 Rotis
1 Katori grated cucumber and chopped walnut raita (Use skimmed milk to prepare curds)
Principle:
- Choose the right amounts and quality of fats in the diet.
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