How Cholesterol affects your Diabetes

Learning how cholesterol affects your Diabetes is a vital step towards reversing your diabetes. By knowing the correct foods to avoid and by skipping animal products and added oils will allow you to control your cholesterol. Remember that there are foods that you may need to add to your diet that can actually lower your cholesterol and protect you against the damage that cholesterol can cause.

The ideal cholesterol lowering diet should include the following:

*  Make sure you avoid animal products – by taking out all meat from your diet (these include red meat, fish and chicken) as well as eggs and dairy products will allow you to eliminate all animal fat and cholesterol from your diet. This will not only help your diabetes, but also your heart health

*  Make sure you keep vegetable oils to a bare minimum – this is not as hard as it sounds, just by avoiding fried foods, oily dressings and any foods that are prepared with oil. Make sure you read the labels on all products that your purchase, if the fat contained is more than 2 to 3 grams you should avoid this product all together.

*  Make sure to add special effect foods to your diet – the ideal foods include beans, oats and soya products. These are not only filling, but do not contain loads of calories and they actually lower your cholesterol.

*  Make sure you exercise – by adding exercise to your daily routine will lower your cholesterol as well as give you better health. Just a simple 30 minute walk will ensure the lowering of your cholesterol, this should also lower your blood pressure which is vital for good health

Following is a list of special effect foods that are beneficial:

*  Beans, barley and oats – these foods contain a soluble fibre that actually reduces cholesterol levels

*  Garlic – half to one clove of garlic per day helps to lower cholesterol

*  Fruits and vegetables – these foods are not only cholesterol free but are very low in fat. The beta-carotene, Vitamin E and C can actually reduce the damaging effects cholesterol has in your blood

*  Soya products – soya has a special lowering effect on cholesterol, it does not have any animal fat or cholesterol and soya protein actually brings down your cholesterol even further than other foods

Although this diet consists of plant based foods, you need to remember that these diets are rich in potassium which will reduce your blood pressure and by eliminating animals products and fat; reduces the thickness of your blood and will allow it to flow through your blood vessels a lot easier.

As you can see, cholesterol affects your diabetes enormously. If you want to reverse your diabetes and avoid the complications that are associated with diabetes, this diet is highly recommended.