Healthy Diet: Cut Your Cholesterol

Expert Opinion from Dr Ross Perry

Simple Changes to Reducing Cholesterol

Healthy Diet magazine investigate cholesterol – common and potentially serious health concern. 

Dr Ross Perry explains:

“High cholesterol is caused by multiple factors such as family history, age, genetic predisposition, diet and exercise.”

“Each contributes to a varying degree but diet, or a healthy lifestyle, is one of the more important factors. Anyone with a poor diet – one low in fruit and veg and high in fatty junk foods – will respond the best to improvements. If you believe you already have a healthy balanced diet – and, importantly, your doctor concurs – then possibly medications are advisable.”

He goes on to comment on lifestyle factors:

“Receiving a diagnosis of high cholesterol is a reality check.

“Although the lack of accompanying physical symptoms might make lifestyle changes hard to maintain, in the long run, the benefits are numerous.”

Balanced Diet is key:

“High cholesterol needs to be assessed properly as it’s the ratio of the ‘good fats’ (HDL) versus ‘bad fats’ (LDL and triglycerides) that determines how we need to alter our diet.

“If the HDL is low, then the dietary changes need to include more oily fish such as sardines and mackerel to boost these, and if our LDL is high, we need to lower our saturated food intake with less red meat, dairy products and confectionary.”

5 ways to cut cholesterol

Healthy Diet magazine outlines 5 areas to focus on in cutting cholesterol:

1. Choose whole grains for pasta, rice, flour and bread – not white
2. Add oat bran to your porridge
3. Avoid ready meals – choose freshly prepared food instead
4. Limit alcohol
5. Choose rapeseed oil

Dr Ross Perry

Dr Ross Perry regularly provides expert comment and advises the media on a range of skincare and health-related issues.

He has particular expertise in skin surgery mole removal, sun damage and melanoma; having removed thousands of moles in his career, both within the NHS and privately through Cosmedics Skin Clinics.

DR ROSS PERRY

Cosmedics Skin Clinics

Cosmedics Skin Clinics was established in 2003 and has built up an excellent reputation for cosmetic and medical treatments, carried out by GMC Registered Doctors.  The company offer a full range of cosmetic treatments, including popular lip enhancement and wrinkle relaxing injections, dermal fillers; plus medical treatments including mole removal, thread vein treatment and excessive sweating injections.

Cosmedics Skin Clinics has a team of skin treatment doctors and surgeons in their 5 skin clinics across London and Bristol led by Dr Ross Perry.

Call 020 7386 0464 or email info@cosmedics.co.uk to book an appointment.