Beer and Coffee

woodfaery

Well I was reading up on studies on coffee and cholesterol awhile back and even brought that up on this board before. Coffee alone brewed in the coffee pot should not cause high cholesterol if you have it without creamer and suger and have a couple cups of coffee a day. From the sounds of it, you dont drink that much coffee. On the other hand perhaps the amount of beer is raising the cholesterol? You have to look at your whole diet and consider oils that you may cook with---and go straight for cooking with extra virgin olive oil. Consider the meats you eat, are they lean? Do you eat a lot of fat foods? Need to cut down. Eating oatmeal helps too. What has your doctor suggested for you? Do you take medications?
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darock_sayz

when i'm on 10 mg lipitor no problem, when I go off it seems for the most part LDL spikes....just trying to find things in my diet. My diet for the most part is good, my cholesteral is heridatary so I'm thinking diet will only take me so far.

cathyinto

Watch the beer, as it may raise the LDL

Uff-Da!

Beer raises LDL? That's a new one on me. Do you have a source? Beer and all alcohol (at a high enough quantity) raise blood pressure and raise HDL, but I've never heard of it raising LDL, too.

This from a government source: http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:STQ5PhJrrZ0J:www.nchpdp.m ed.va.gov/MonthlyPreventionTopics/2005_02

ARIZONA73

I really get a kick out of all these reports which support the beneficial effects of alcohol on heart health. But then they go on to say that if you don't currently drink, then don't start. Huh?? . They make it sound like some kind of command. I think that the majority of people are quite capable of making up their own minds.

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