Welcome to our collection of insightful and thought-provoking cholesterol quotes. Cholesterol, a waxy substance found in your blood, plays a crucial role in building cells and producing hormones. However, when levels become too high, it can pose serious health risks, including heart disease and stroke. From medical experts to philosophers, individuals across various disciplines have shared their perspectives on the significance of managing cholesterol levels for overall well-being.
These quotes shed light on the importance of maintaining a balanced lifestyle, making healthy dietary choices, and staying proactive about heart health. Whether you’re seeking motivation to adopt healthier habits or simply looking for inspiration, these quotes offer wisdom and guidance. Explore the words of wisdom below, and discover insights that may resonate with you on your journey toward better health. Remember, a small change today can lead to significant improvements in the long run. So, without further ado, let’s delve into the wisdom surrounding cholesterol.
I stand for body confidence and against fat shaming, but I will not support people who live on bad cholesterol. Bhumi Pednekar
I’ve changed my own lifestyle since a doctor warned me my cholesterol levels meant I was in danger of a heart attack. Gregg Wallace
Since becoming an alleged adult, I’ve always felt like I should exercise – or should at least want to exercise – and make a feeble attempt at health, thus staving off terrible things like the coronary heart disease and high cholesterol described to me in 1980s margarine commercials. Ali Liebegott
In the beginning I used to say, ‘I’m healthy, my cholesterol’s fine, I don’t have high blood pressure, I don’t have diabetes.’ By telling people that you see a doctor, and telling people that you’re healthy, it’s perpetuating the abuse against bigger bodies and the mindset that we owe it to people to be healthy. Tess Holliday
I am really trying not to eat cheese at night. It’s become a real problem and I have now got high cholesterol. I have to do something about it. Vic Reeves
I had nerve damage. It was going to lead to amputation. I had high blood pressure, high cholesterol. Eric Adams
At the National Institute for Medical Research, I came into contact with biological scientists and formed collaborative projects with several of them. In particular, George Popjak and I shared an interest in cholesterol. John Cornforth
Cholesterol – which you get from eating too much of the wrong kind of fat – doesn’t just help clog arteries in the brain, it may also help to seed the amyloid plaques that riddle the brain tissue of Alzheimer’s victims. Michael Greger
More and more research shows that chocolate is good for you. It’s a mood elevator. It contains a lot of antioxidants and will keep us younger. It’s good for your heart and acts like aspirin. It keeps your cholesterol low. Jacques Torres
Somewhere, over the rainbow, Way up tall, There’s a land where they’ve never heard of cholesterol. Allan Sherman
I haven’t met a person who takes a statin drug to lower cholesterol that I can’t get off a statin once I teach them how to eat. Steven Gundry
When you’re feeling down, sad, lonely, negative, you don’t want to take care of yourself – and the weight problem and the diabetic problem and the heart attack and stroke problems and high cholesterol set in. Richard Simmons
When I make a change, like when I found out I had high cholesterol, I just changed my lifestyle. Amanda Peet
My goal? To test out every diet and exercise regimen on planet earth and figure out which work best. I sweated, I cooked, I learned to pole dance. In the end, I lost weight, lowered my cholesterol and doubled my energy level. I feel better than I ever have. A. J. Jacobs
The more fruit I removed from an individual’s diet, the healthier he or she became and the more his or her cholesterol numbers and markers for kidney function improved. Steven Gundry
For people who have heart disease, statins are great. But if all you’ve had is high cholesterol, what you’re doing is taking this 1/100 chance of getting a benefit and offsetting it with 1/200 chance of getting diabetes. Eric Topol
It’s a bit of a myth that too much cholesterol causes heart attacks. Steven Gundry
Your pantry is your first line of defense against food-borne illness and things like high blood pressure and cholesterol. Joe Bastianich
Recent studies have revealed that children 8-10 years old are being diagnosed with Type II diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure at an alarming rate. Lee Haney
Cholesterol does not exist in vegetables. Vegetables do not clog arteries. Jane Velez-Mitchell
Part of high cholesterol is that you can look at yourself in the mirror, and you can feel great and think there’s no issues. But silently, they can be affecting your heart. Kurt Warner
It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person’s plate. Dave Barry
And if you have high cholesterol, you would feel the same as if you had low cholesterol because there are no side effects, no symptoms of having high cholesterol. Mark Spitz
Not really, and actually my cholesterol was 190 when I had the heart attack. 190, which isn’t that high. I took it down to about 130 and it’s probably about 140 or 145 now. Mike Ditka
Simply switching to a healthy, plant-based diet can lessen stroke risk by reducing cholesterol and blood pressure, flooding your body with antioxidants and improving blood flow. Michael Greger
I wasn’t able to lower my cholesterol so they put me on a statin drug. It is called lipitor. I was able to lower my level in about 30 days from above 300 to below 200. Mark Spitz
My son Simon had one of Elvis’s favorite meals when we visited Graceland – a peanut butter and banana sandwich. Fried! Can you imagine the cholesterol? Christopher Timothy
My cholesterol went from 220 to 149. I was crying like a ‘Biggest Loser’ contestant when my doctor gave me the news. Marissa Jaret Winokur
It was the cholesterol. I had two fried eggs a day for breakfast. I had no checkups for five years. I kept meaning to go. The doctor would probably say it was years of bad living. I’ve always had a good time. Maybe I’ve had too good a time. Sonny Mehta
I don’t worry about protein. I don’t worry about all that. I’m from old school. I grew up in south Georgia. They didn’t worry about cholesterol or protein. They went out and worked and lived a long time, so I don’t put a lot of worries in my mind. Herschel Walker
Eating properly is great. I mean you cut the fat down, cut the cholesterol out, but still you got to get your rest and you got to have some form of exercise. Mike Ditka
I want a schedule-keeping, waking-up-early, wallet-carrying, picture-hanging man. I don’t care if he takes prescription drugs for cholesterol or hair loss. Mindy Kaling
If you’re at high risk or are trying to reverse heart disease or prevent the recurrence of cancer, you probably need to make bigger changes in diet and lifestyle than someone who just wants to lose a few pounds and is otherwise healthy. If you just want to lower your cholesterol, weight or blood pressure, begin by making moderate changes. Dean Ornish
Breast cancer is thought to use cholesterol to help the cancer migrate and invade more tissue. Michael Greger
I’m lucky in that I don’t like sweet things at all. My father loved cakes to such a degree that he kept forcing them down my throat when I was little, and it put me off for life. He had terrible cholesterol, poor thing. Felicity Kendal
I love eggs so much. I feel like my day hasn’t started until I’ve had eggs. I’m probably gonna die from high cholesterol! Norah Jones
The myriad of serious health risks resulting from poor diet include high cholesterol, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, and even sleep apnea. Jane Velez-Mitchell
As fiber and other nondigestible carbs pass through your intestine, they bring other nutrients – often fat – along for the ride. This prevents your intestine from breaking down and absorbing some of the fat and cholesterol from the food you eat. Denise Austin
At the end of every year, I always get a blood test to see what’s on the inside of my body. You’ve got to see what you put into your body, not just care about the outside of your body – make sure you get in all the supplements and all the protein and all the carbs and the low cholesterol. Antonio Brown
Everybody goes to clinics, to hospitals, to doctors, and so on. Some people go to Planned Parenthood. But you don’t have to go to Planned Parenthood to get your cholesterol or your blood pressure checked. If you want an abortion, you go to Planned Parenthood, and that’s well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does. Jon Kyl
Because I’m a chef, I eat out frequently, so it’s hard for me to control what I consume in terms of calories. But when I’m at home, I eat what my wife cooks for me. She works hard to avoid making foods that are high in calories and cholesterol, so most of the time, she makes vegetarian dishes. Masaharu Morimoto
If you’re in a diabetic or prediabetic state, it’s good to have medication to go on for a period of time. But simply by making the changes – get your sleep, 35 grams of fiber and a half-hour walk – your cholesterol will come down, your sugar will come down, and your blood pressure will come down. Only the minority of people can’t control it. Michael Moore
I like porterhouse steak, rib-eyes and New York strip. This works for me because I have very low cholesterol and low blood pressure. It’s not good for everyone; you have to talk to your doctor about that. I also eat fish and cheese. I like clean food prepared as simply as possible. Sharon Stone
I was raised on pork… steak, chicken, everything… And everyone in my family pretty much of the older generation has diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, cancer. Mya
Health is correlated with quality of life. If you get regular physical activity, have social connections, control your cholesterol, keep your blood pressure at a normal level, don’t smoke – these things can make an enormous difference not only in how long you live, but how much you enjoy your life in those years. Tom Frieden
Your levels of cholesterol are primarily dependent on your own body’s production rather than the result of eating animal fats. Moreover, some forms of cholesterol are heart healthy. Harley Pasternak
Cinnamon is a super-food that lowers cholesterol and is anti-cancerous. Hannah Bronfman
Our children are obese, either have or being threatened by diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and not socially adjusting properly to others because of a lack of fitness. Richard Simmons
While the olive is high in fat, it’s monounsaturated fat, which, in a balanced diet, can help control heart disease by lowering cholesterol levels. Carol Drinkwater
The most common objection that I hear to walking as exercise is that it’s too easy, that only sweaty, strenuous activity offers real benefits. But there is abundant evidence that regular, brisk walking is associated with better health, including lower blood pressure, better moods and improved cholesterol ratios. Andrew Weil
For some men, the inflammation of their arteries is a result of really low good cholesterol. Eric Topol
I see the church as a field hospital after battle. It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of his blood sugars. You have to heal his wounds. Then we can talk about everything else. Pope Francis
Fortified plant-based milks are delicious and contain all the calcium, protein, and vitamin D of dairy products but with none of the cholesterol, lactose, hormones, or cruelty found in cow’s milk. Ingrid Newkirk
If I do drink milk, it’s going to be skim. I always watch my cholesterol. I’m a hypochondriac. Marky Ramone
The more I removed vegetables that have lots of seeds, such as cucumbers and squash, the better my patients felt, the more weight they lost, and the more their cholesterol levels improved. Steven Gundry
Anything that has a relationship with pleasure, we reject it. Eating, they talk about cholesterol; making love, they talk about AIDS; you talk about smoking, they talk about cancer. It’s a very sick society that rejects pleasure. Marjane Satrapi
I mean, when you’ve had a problem in your past, whether it’s attributed directly to high cholesterol or not, you want to lower your cholesterol. You want to eat healthy. You want to feel healthy. You want to have a little more energy. Mike Ditka
The meat that I choose to feed my family, it’s healthy meats such as lamb, which is very low in cholesterol and saturated fat. And then turkey – we eat a lot of turkey. We don’t eat loads of beef. Tia Mowry
Did we not all grow up saying we had to have four glasses of whole milk a day for healthy bones? It’s ridiculous. It’s liquid cholesterol. Steve Wynn
Every chef I know, their cholesterol is through the roof. And mine’s not so great. Anthony Bourdain
I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol. Steven Wright
You can be in excellent physical shape, with low cholesterol, a healthy body weight and good overall physical fitness – but that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re healthy. Michael Greger
Genetic testing in the future is going to be seen as critical as testing your cholesterol. Anne Wojcicki
Two forms of fat that are vitally important for brain health are cholesterol and saturated fat. David Perlmutter
