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9 Foods that Lower Cholesterol

http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/9-foods-that-lower-cholesterol.html

By: Sue Gilbert

Here are some good general suggestions for lowering cholesterol:

1.Eat a fiber rich breakfast such as oatmeal, whole grain muffins, fruit. Read cereal box nutrition labels to choose one with 5 grams or more of fiber per serving. Oat bran and rice bran are the most effective.

2.Switch to whole grains. Choose whole grain breads, crackers, bagels, muffins, waffles, pancakes.

3.Eat legumes (beans) at least three times a week. Try bean soup, cold bean salad, hummus sandwiches, black bean dip, toasted soy beans as snacks. Soy protein is especially effective, so be sure to include plenty. Even soymilk, tofu and textured soy protein are good.

4.Eat five servings of fruits and vegetables every day. One at breakfast, one veggie (e.g. carrot sticks, tomato slices) and one fruit (e.g. orange sections, apple) at lunch, and one salad and one cooked vegetable at dinner ... that makes an easy five!

5.Choose whole fruit, skin included, instead of juice. Juice is the fruit with all the fiber removed.

6.Eat garlic. Cooked or raw garlic both contain compounds that help lower your liver's production of cholesterol.

7.Other good foods include raw onion, salmon, olive oil, almonds, walnuts, avocados (the latter five are all high in fat but most of it is monounsaturated fat which helps to improve cholesterol).

8.Eat plenty of foods that contain the natural antioxidants, vitamins C and E:

sweet red and green peppers cantaloupe sunflower seeds walnuts
strawberries papaya almonds peanuts
oranges grapefruit juice wheat germ soybeans
broccoli brussel sprouts wheat germ oil soybean oil

9.Studies show that a little bit of wine or beer helps cholesterol levels. Binge drinking is not effective, but light to moderate drinking through the week is.

... and I'm going to Sri Lanka

Monday, when they first told me they're going to Sri Lanka, I wanted to run away from the conversation, because I knew the next thing mom will say is, you're coming with us, right? My first thought was, NO! Firstly, it's another few thousand bucks again. I already didn't save any money this year mainly due to the freaking house thing. 2ndly, Sri Lanka? No offense but I have no interest at all, none, nada. This money, I can save for other trip that I really want to go. So on the spot, I told them, no I wanna save money so I don't wanna go. She said dad can pay for me. I was like what? NO WAY!
Tuesday, evening, kitchen, mom said that she's checked with xxx, the weather in Sri Lanka is going to be breezy, not hot, just nice, and it's really relaxing to go there, pause, "We don't get to travel a lot, so I really hope you will go with us." Jeez! I almsot said yes, but I stood my ground, I must know how to say no, so no mom, I am really not interested. Then she said I can use the money I gave her from the insurance refund. I said, that money is for you... then guess what she said, "so now I decide to use it for your trip." JEEZ~~ I didn't say anything, just continue to cook the dinner.
Wednesday evening, driving home, on the radio, news mentioned the last surviving ex-MU player from the 1960 plane crash has passed away. He was 78 years old. I thought, my parents are 60++ years old, how do they feel about their mortality? Are they scared? Will they look back in they 60 years of lives and feel satisfy? Then it hit me, if I were to move away in the future and live my own life, or when they're too old to walk around, there will be no more chance to go travel with them. And another thought hit me again, I once told myself I will not be a slave to money like them, but that's exactly I've become. I know then what I needed to do. If going travel with them is what makes them happy, that's the least I can do for them, since they've sacrifice all their time for $ and for this family. The insurance refund money I gave mom, gave me the satisfaction that I did a little bit for them, but that's not making her happy. Now, for her, it's not about the money anymore. I can save money slowly again this year. So, I shove my dream back to the vault, and I'm going to Sri Lanka for cny.

Must... keep myself cheerful

This backpain thing is actually really, quite depressing. Although it's finally got a lil bit better this morning, after applying new cream from doc... it still feel sore a bit and 'sour'. I don't know how to describe it. Emotionally I've not yet gone to the very dark place yet but it's nevertheless, quite bitter. I've tried my best not to think too much about it so it could get better, right, law of attraction, think bout backpain then it'll always be there. But I think I also don't wanna keep these thoughts inside me either, so mayb if I'd just write it all out now, I can feel bit better. Here I go.
I have another year to reach 30 and yet I'm already facing back problem. How am I going to survive until 35, 40 or 50 years old? I feel so old and crappy. Can't even tell my parents, coz they'd worry, and say stuff that I already know what they wanna say and don't wanna hear like, 'haiya, because you didn't drink milk last time.' (you think I want meh, I wanna puke when I smell it, how to drink?) or 'haiya, how come like that, always get hurt" Yea, those maybe words of caring and worries but when I hear them, it doesn't motivate me, so no thank you, I don't wanna hear them.

Been trying to look at the bright side. At least I can make up for it, right? eat the right food, drink the right stuff, do the right exercise... ie i really need to consider not playing badminton. Not only because of the back, but also my ankles. If I simply play, I don't get the satisfaction. If I play it 'hardworkingly', my ankles always end up having problems. Maybe all this is a sign for me to quit it. I don't know. I have good time lol in badminton session, do I really wanna quit? *sigh* There are times that I'd think, why not just do some big surgery on my back or my ankles and get it over with, so I can heal. Can you guys just stop coming back and then get better and then come back again? *sigh*
It's ok, all this writing is just to let out some steam, 发泄发泄. I have a very high bar in this house--my mom fell off the bicycle because some stupid driver didn't stop, and it made her leg all bruise and couldn't bend or lift her leg for a few days. But she didn't stop, she still ride bicycle those days, still went to work, still do her normal chores. So, if she could do it, I have to be able to pull through my pain too.
This sucks now, but I know tomorrow I'll recover more. I will pull it through.

Bad things just keep happening

Bad things had been happening these few weeks:
1. Change boss.
2. Proton tell me they may not have the 5K exchange
3. Car fix air cond cost me a fortune, totally exceeded my car maintenance for this year.
4. Car fix = not fix, had to go back twice and hoping no need to go back for the third time.
5. Sprained the other ankle + back pain come back like a b****. So, most probably no more badminton for the rest of the year.
*sigh*sigh*sigh*!

20090529 - YM Chua's farewell

*phew* It was one of the most... 不舍得 moments of the year. He's the 2nd fsl engineer I'd got to meet in person (1st one was Ben, who was kind enough to come to ktm to show us how to use the system and all). He's one of the smartest guys I've met, also super down to earth, kind, and always carry a smile on his face. I always enjoy chatting / joking with him. At the farewell dinner, I was more upset that I thought I would be. He's one of the first guys I've met in this industry and it felt like yesterday. I'll always remember you, not that you're dead now (dun you dare -.- me!), but just, you know, dunno-when-we'll-hang-out-again kind of remember-you.

One of those =_=''' moments 17

cc: (to mom) There's a big pile of dog crap at the front gate. Watch out when you go out.
mom: Good. Go tell your dad. He'll love it.
cc: huh? (to dad) Mom said you'll be happy to know this: there's a big pile of dog crap at the front gate.
dad: Ah! Good! I'll go scoop it up later. The flowers love it. Grow very pretty.
cc: oh, good. (at the same time thinking, "EW~~")
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cc: (thinking) "How is he going to move the crap?" (look out and see him use a spatula... the same type that he uses to cook...)

OMG! She added me on FB!

Still super amazed. KWS's mom just added me in FB. WAHLAO! First of all, very impressive. She's the first mother I've seen having fb (my generation's mothers lar). 2ndly.... GOSH! pressure pressure pressure

20090801 - gathering with sc & soo ting

That morning we had breakfast at old town near Cheras. I remember I had a super difficult time to get there because of the damn jam. After I got there, sc's dad reminded us that it's due to the riot downtown... forgot what the riot was all about. Anyway, we had a fun breakfast and surprisingly SC got me a present! Super surprise. ^^ Then we went sing k... I think this was the 2nd time I sing k with her. I had a great time. Just wish we could do this more often...

20091030 - lunch at gatzat street

Ok, honestly I forgot what the actual street name is, but seriously, I've never seen so many gatzat lay dead in the public. It's not along the alley, but also in front of almost every shop, or beside the cars, or even on the street. I guarantee you, every 5 steps you take, you'd see a dead gatzat. Seriously, why no one bother to clean the place up!? Oh, you know what, my sis used to work in one of the office in the shop lots...

Vampire Diaries 107 - The Weight of Us (Sanders Bohlke)

Best song in the series, it's made it the most touching scenes of the series so far... made me almost (T-T)... love the song. It was also featured in Grey's Anatomy season 5. I can see why they love to use this song, coz it's so awesome!