Being told you need to lower your cholesterol can seem like a
daunting task and often brings images of bland or boring food that
you can’t get excited about, let alone want to eat. But those days
are gone, and no longer does lowering cholesterol mean a diet of
steamed veg (thank goodness).
In Healthy Eating for Lower Cholesterol, a chef and a dietician
have worked together to create 100 low cholesterol recipes. By
optimising the healthy properties of a Mediterranean diet they have
produced a wide range of varied recipes that taste great, are great
for you and are certainly not boring.
What can you expect from low cholesterol
recipes?
Lots of Mediterranean and Asian style dishes, along with a few
old favourites with a twist. Which means less meat and bad fats such
as butter, cheese, pastry and processed foods, and more fruit,
vegetables, wholegrains, nuts, fish and good fats such as olive oil.
Here are just a few of the 100 low cholesterol recipes to get you
salivating:
Scrambled Eggs with Smoked Salmon
Bruschetta with Tomato and Basil
Tandoori Spiced Lamb
Spaghetti with Caramelised Vegetables
Cod Baked in Couscous and Sun-dried Tomato Paste
Chinese Wok-fried Pork
Light Crème Brulee
Frozen Yoghurt
In addition to being low in cholesterol, all the recipes in the
book are calorie counted per portion, as well as giving you the fat,
saturated fat and sodium content per portion, making sticking to
daily intake guidelines easier.
Healthy Eating for Lower Cholesterol is also supported by
HEART UK, a
charity dedicated to raising awareness of heart disease, and
supporting those dealing with high cholesterol and/or cardiovascular
disease. The information at the beginning of this book about
cholesterol is excellent, without sounding like a medical journal it
explains everything you need to know to understand cholesterol and
how to lower it.
