Do you have questions about nutrition? Send them to us at comer@lavanguardia.es, our nutritionist Aitor Sánchez will solve all your doubts.
Good morning, Aitor. Some time ago I decided to leave the toast with butter for special occasions and start having bread with olive oil for breakfast, which is healthier. But I have a question, how much olive oil should I add to the breakfast toast so that it is not very caloric? Does not matter? Thanks for the consultation. (María Ramos, reader)
Hello Maria. Indeed, the change you have made from butter to olive oil is very pertinent and it is a healthy decision. I would not worry too much about the amount of oil that your toast contains, since it is not usually the problem that we find in most diets.
I recommend that you take a tablespoon as a reference, but if it is a little more, nothing happens. The important thing is that it is not a toast dipped in oil that looks like a French toast, okay?
Also try to choose a 100% wholemeal bread to improve nutritional quality, and even accompany it with a small piece of fruit, or some vegetable (such as tomato) to make a more complete breakfast.
Good morning. I am a 57-year-old cholesterolist from Barcelona. I take Atorvastatin 40 and I was medicated for a long time with Diane 35 estrogens. There was an article in a Spanish newspaper that reported that the laboratory had complaints if Diane 35 affected the liver when taken for long periods. The German laboratory did not comment on the matter. I eat an integral diet, with little oil on the grill, I walk for an hour every day and I can do little else. The endocrinologist at the hospital, excellent, has prescribed the medication Atorvastatin for 40 for life. What foods do you advise me to eat more? Because certain days I go hungry. Before menopause I weighed 39 kilos. She was skinny, more like a noodle. Now I have increased 10 kg by lowering the food intake. Is it fluid retention? Or a hormonal change with no turning back? Thank you. (María Luisa Vidal Martín, reader).
Hello María Luisa, first of all, let me tell you that I cannot assess the situation of your medication and your doctor will have much more information than I do. Yes, I would invite you to ask him, after a few years, the situation of reducing or stopping the medication if he considers it. This may be relevant especially if there are no other associated risk factors.
If you have noticed a big change in your weight despite not having changed your food intake much, it may indeed be due to menopause, but many more things would have to be studied.
Focusing on the aspect of diet focused on cardiovascular risk and especially to combat the hunger you have, I would recommend that you base your diet on vegetable raw materials, such as fruits, vegetables, and legumes.
They are very satiating foods and will help you feel full after meals. This will be useful, on the one hand, with that unwanted weight gain that you have had, but it is also completely consistent with a protective diet for cardiovascular risk, as is the case with high cholesterol.
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