Health

Since starting to work in the Wellness Center and just in general getting into my major classes, I have started to think about health ALL the time. So I thought that I would post every once in awhile when I learn something cool in my classes. My thought today is on Cholesterol. I think EVERYONE should know what their cholesterol values are, no matter how young or healthy you may think you are. I was always surprised in my health classes how many people had high cholesterol, and these are young, health science majors. So, to get to the point of this, I have two easy things to help lower your cholesterol:

-When you make something with eggs, for every three eggs you use, take one yolk out. Sometimes I will do it even every two eggs. Eggs have tons of cholesterol, and most of it is in the yolk so this is an easy way to get rid of some of that without any effects on what you're making.

-Eat oatmeal for breakfast a few days of the week. Bile (made by your body almost entirely from cholesterol) binds to oatmeal and is carried all the way through your digestive tract. Therefore, your body has to make more bile, and use more cholesterol in the process.