Thursday, December 23, 2010

Cholesterol Lowering Tips

The first thing we would suggest is to eat breakfast every morning. Studies have shown that those who start off their mornings with a bellyful tend to have lower cholesterol levels rather than those who skip breakfast. One of the reasons that breakfast skippers have higher cholesterol is that they make up for the missing morning feast by eating a lot of unhealthy snacks later. Rather than those who eat morning entrees, researches have shown that those who eat those ready-to-eat cereals for breakfast have lower cholesterol levels as well.


Remember to nibble throughout the day. Simply changing how often you eat in a single day is another way to lower your cholesterol levels. Recent researches have shown that larger amounts of insulin are released into the body when a patient has large meals, instead than when he has more small ones. Insulin release in turn stimulates the production of an enzyme that increases cholesterol production by the liver. Limit the insulin release by having smaller but more frequent meals (remember not to increase the total number of calories) and this can have an important role in controlling your cholesterol levels and preventing heart disease.


Vitamin C is very important to your diet. Other vitamins and minerals have the tendency to show a benefic effect on cholesterol levels as well. Studies have shown that a higher HDL level may be achieved in people with diets high in vitamin C. Vitamin C is especially beneficial when you get it from lots of fruits and vegetables. Vitamin C is a great cholesterol lowering tip since it has a cholesterol-lowering fiver called pectin. Pectin helps lower cholesterol levels in your bloodstream since it helps transport it out of your digestive system by surrounding the cholesterol and keeping it out of your blood. Some vitamin C rich foods include: strawberries, tomatoes, citrus fruits, apples and spinach.


Remember to go heavy on garlic. Garlic does not only keep away vampires. This food can significantly reduce cholesterol in large doses such as at least, seven cloves per each day. Of course, most people eat that quantity in a month, and not even that. If you are searching for a similar effect you could try odorless garlic pills. According to a research study, when people that had moderately high cholesterol took four capsules a day of an odorless liquid garlic extract - Kyolic - initially they observed a rise in their cholesterol levels, but afterwards their cholesterol levels dropped about 44 points in about six months. You can find garlic pills in almost any health food store.


Jean Helmet is a content editor who focuses on a wide array of niche health topics. Her latest website - Natural Cholesterol Supplement focuses on cholesterol as a whole, and in particular, a natural product our editors personally use with excellent health

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