Hi, I did my Health Checkup. My CRP is 8.3 mg/L, HOMOCYSTEINE is 48.36�mol/L, TRIGLYCERIDES is 320 mg/dl, VLDL CHOLESTEROL is 64.06 mg/dl, NON-HDL CHOLESTEROL is 167.72 mg/dl. Hence my cholesterol levels are high. My 25-OH VITAMIN D is 6.51 ng/ml, hence vitamin D level are low. Can you suggest me a good vegetarian diet which will help me reduce cholesterol and increase vitamin-d in my body.

Dr. Sajeev KumarGeneral Physician32yrs exp

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Vitamin D is oil soluble, which means you need to eat fat to absorb it. Foods high in vitamin D include mushrooms exposed to sunlight, fish, ham, pork chops, chicken, fortified milk, cheese, fortified soy milk, fortified orange juice, and fortified breakfast cereals. Vitamin D is also naturally made by your body when you expose your skin to the sun and is called the sunshine vitamin. In addition, vitamin D is widely added to many foods such as milk and orange juice, and can also simply be consumed as a supplement.Even though a vegetarian diet eliminates animal foods as a source of saturated fat, if you have high cholesterol, you'll still need to watch out for sources of fat and cooking methods that can affect your cholesterol levels. Avoid trans fats. Many vegetable oils have hydrogen added to them. Called hydrogenated oils, these are high in trans fats, which can raise your cholesterol levels. Read the labels of any butter substitute or cooking oil you're choosing in order to avoid trans fats when you cook. 

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