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Recipe: Lemon-Feta Chicken Pasta

June 11, 2011 by Jeff Davidson Leave a Comment

Lemon-Feta Chicken PastaFound a great recipe today that sounded so good I had to try it! It called for crab meat and a couple things I didnt really want so of course made some modifications. Crab meat is very high in cholesterol and sodium (and cost alot)

8 ounces spaghetti or other pasta ( I used a rice based spaghetti for the gluten free peeps)
1/4 cup olive oil
2 cloves of garlic, thinly sliced
1/2 teaspoon Greek seasoning or dried oregano
4 strips of chicken chopped and diced
1 1/2 cups roughly chopped spinach leaves
1 cup grape tomatoes, halved
1 green pepper diced
2 cups sliced mushrooms
Juice of one lemon
Zest of one lemon
3 ounces feta cheese, crumbled

Cook the pasta according to the package directions so that it is al dente. Keep warm.

Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the shallot and the garlic and cook for about 2 minutes. Add the Greek seasoning.

Stir in the chicken meat and veggies. Cook for another 2-3 minutes or until chicken is heated through and spinach begins to wilt. Add the lemon juice and zest and toss to combine.

Add the chicken mixture to the warm pasta and toss. Season with salt and pepper to taste, and sprinkle with feta. Yield ~ 4 servings.  According to my calorie tracker this is about 610 calories, 23g fat, 81 carbohydrates, 19g protein per serving.

The original recipe can be found at Vintage Victuals

 

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: chicken, Cholesterol, Diet, high cholesterol, low fat, pasta, recipe

Wonderful Cholesterol

June 8, 2011 by Jeff Davidson 1 Comment

Yep one of the other items found at last doctors appointment was High Cholesterol. I had this many years ago as well and back then was put on Lipitor for a while but then taken off I think because of some liver tests. This time around my total was 239, HDL 45, LDL 173. Didnt get the Triglycerides results (make sure I get those next time).

According to WebMD your levels should fall in these ranges

Total CholesterolCategory
Less than 200Desirable
200 – 239Borderline High
240 and aboveHigh
LDL CholesterolLDL-Cholesterol Category
Less than 100Optimal
100 – 129Near optimal/above optimal
130 – 159Borderline high
160 – 189High
190 and aboveVery high
HDL CholesterolHDL-Cholesterol Category
60 and aboveHigh; Optimal; helps to lower risk of heart disease
Less than 40 in men and less than 50 in womenLow; considered a risk factor for heart disease

Of course the doctor put me on Statins, Simvastatin. Otherwise known as Zocor. I went ahead and went along with it. As mentioned in previous posts earlier on I was getting the shortness of breath in the morning and muscle weakness and I was thinking it was residual anxiety (this was the second week on lexapro) and then last week in the evening’s I was have a big spike in this where it was hard to breath as well as bad headaches. Again I have been doing lots of reading on these conditions and the meds I was taking and saw that with this statin muscle weakness (and pain) as well as headaches was a side effect, with the shortness of breath sometimes. Also found out long term effects were not desirable either. Those headaches and breathless spikes were about an hour after takeing the statin as well (also toke the ppi at same time but its a process of elimination) So sunday night was my last one and Im going to try and lower the numbers naturally through diet, exercise and if needed some supplements. Only been a couple days but since have not had the evening spikes or headaches. Still have the morning shortness a little but have read that it can take 3-4 days for the statin to completely get out of your system, and it could be something else but still want to be off this.

I will go more into how Im doing it in other posts but the big change is going to be diet, going mainly plant based and quickening the pace to all whole foods. My biggest cure ball will be giving up (or at least severely decreasing) cheese. I love cheese 🙂

Doing alot of reading I’ve decided my goals are to get my total number below 150 and my LDL below 80, would also like to see my HDL above 60. I go into the doctors today but since I had the last test with them 4 weeks ago I may not get another, but I will find a place where I can go in myself and get tested once a month and will let you know my progress. With today’s diets I would get tested at least once a year, you are never to young for high cholesterol. When I had my first high results (higher then now) I was 35. There are now symptoms of high cholesterol and with out testing you’ll never know until your first heart attack, and that could be to late.

Filed Under: life Tagged With: Cholesterol, Diet, Health, high cholesterol, statins, zocor

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