Apr 05 2009
Lower Your Cholesterol Levels
High cholesterol can cause serious health problems such as CAD (coronary artery disease), which can lead to heart attack, chest pain, heart failure. Stroke, weight gain and peripheral arterial disease could also be a result of having a high cholesterol level. A factor that contributes to high cholesterol is genetics (means that a very high cholesterol levels run in the family), unhealthy lifestyles like irregular exercise, excessive alcohol drinking, smoking cigarettes and high fat diet. Examples of low cholesterol foods are fruits, vegetables, legumes, fat free and 1 percent milk, low fat on nonfat yogurt, egg white, bran cereals, brown rice, whole wheat bread, soy milk and tofu and more. Here are some ways to lower your cholesterol level through diet: 1. You have to seek for your doctor’s advice first before getting into any low cholesterol diet. Your physician needs to assess your health status first. 2. With some poultry products, take polyunsaturated fat instead of saturated fat. 3. Avoid eating refined carbohydrates like pasta, bread, and food with too much sugar 4. Refrain from butter, high fat milk, eggs, margarine and use canola oil or olive oil instead of the regular oil 5. When cooking, we could put extra garlic. It has substance that could lower HDL cholesterol. 6. Broiled, steamed, poached, baked and grilled your lean meat or fish instead of frying. 7. Take healthy snacks like soy burger, sunflower seeds, walnuts and almonds rather than fast-food. 8. Take vitamin E and vitamin C, these vitamins and minerals can help lower your high cholesterol level.
