Foods That Naturally Lower Cholesterol | ArticlesBase.com
Posted on July 31, 2009
Todays lifestyle makes it difficult to take the time to care for the health of your body, with schedules and deadlines putting stress levels over the top, the last thing we want to think about is whether or not we are putting the right things into our bodies.
Cholesterol is one of the leading causes of heart attack, and high cholesterol often gets overlooked or ignored merely causing the problem to worsen. There are many different medications available on the market to help lower and control the levels of cholesterol, but unfortunately these “easy fix” medications bring with them a host of side effects that are often times much worse than the effects of the cholesterol.
To avoid the potential problems that cholesterol medications can cause many people have discovered that by simply including an assortment of cholesterol friendly foods one may be able to lower cholesterol levels safely and naturally. Some of the foods for cholesterol include oatmeal, olive oil, and fish, these heart healthy foods can safely and effectively help to lower what is known as “bad” cholesterol, or LDL.
Of course there is no substitute for regular exercise, and a healthy lifestyle that excludes heavy drinking and smoking. Recently it was discovered that there are some natural products on the market that are able to actually lower the absorption of cholesterol.
Flora Pro-active, an all natural product that contains healthy plant sterols and an abundance of unsaturated fats, effectively controls the absorption of cholesterol in the body, the effects are twice that of eating 3 bowls of oatmeal a day, and produce 10 times that of the effect of olive oil.
In just 3 weeks time, with the introduction of cholesterol lowering foods, such as plant sterol produced margarine to your system, your body can lower its cholesterol absorption by at least 10%, and an additional 5% with a healthier diet. You should avoid saturated fats and trans fats when at all possible. One way of achieving this is to use margarine spreads instead of butter or margarine when cooking or to add flavour to dishes.
It only takes 25g of Flora Pro-active Margarine spread daily to achieve your goal of lowering your cholesterol and with the choices available that amount is easy to achieve. These products are enriched with plant sterols that not only help to prevent the absorption of cholesterols in the body, but also help to prevent re-absorption, this process is vital to keep your cholesterol levels within a safe range once you have lowered them.
The benefits of lowering of your cholesterol levels include a greater chance for a longer, more productive life, as well as reducing the risk of heart attack. An average healthy persons' total cholesterol level is below 5.5mmol / L. People at a higher risk, including those who are overweight, have a history of heart related problems, or who fail to keep active regularly, should keep their level around 4.0mmol/L or less.
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