Rumi Lane never imagined that a routine checkup would reveal high LDL cholesterol. “I’m young, I’m active,” she remembers thinking. “This shouldn’t be happening to me.”
Her doctor’s advice was clear: focus on fiber, healthy fats, and avoid saturated fats.
But that guidance felt distant from her everyday life. “What was I supposed to eat?” she asked herself.
So Rumi took matters into her own hands. She started by looking at her week—not just her meals. “I needed to make this a lifestyle,” she says.
She made small shifts with big impacts. She swapped her morning croissant for oats with flaxseeds and walnuts. She replaced butter with olive oil and started adding avocado to her salads.
For snacks, she leaned on fruits, almonds, and air-popped popcorn instead of chips. A Health Nutrition Book: The Complete Guide to Vitamins, Minerals, and Nutrients
Lunches became the anchor of her day—homemade lentil soup or veggie wraps with hummus and greens.
She reserved red meat for the occasional treat, and turned to fatty fish like mackerel or sardines for flavor and heart health.
By week three, she noticed something unexpected: she liked the new routine. She felt lighter, more energetic. At her three-month follow-up, her LDL had dropped significantly.
“Food became part of my healing,” Rumi says. “Not a punishment.”
