Natural remedies to lower your Cholesterol

September 18, 2015 painremedies Herbal Medicines

Most of our knowledge regarding cholesterol is mainly, high cholesterol causes heart attack. That’s it.

In our body, there are millions of cholesterol found in every cell. It is oil based and does not mix with blood.  We all have this wax-like substance in our body. Our body needs cholesterol.

The bad side of cholesterol is that, high levels of it can increase the risk of heart disease.  Having high cholesterol depends mainly on your lifestyle.  If you know that one a family has high cholesterol, you might inherit this disease.

You can acquire high cholesterol with the kind of lifestyle you’re practicing like eating a lot of fatty foods and being overweight.  As we grow older, cholesterol in our body tend to increase.

There are natural alternatives that can lower your cholesterol.  But this doesn’t mean that by having this natural alternatives it guarantees that you will have the right amount of cholesterol in your body.  Eating right and exercise are still needed to keep your body healthy.

These natural alternatives can only help you control your cholesterol level, can lower your blood pressure and have a healthy heart.

Here are some of these natural treatment for high cholesterol:

• OATS – two servings of oat meal in the morning for six weeks can lower your cholesterol by 5%.

• NUTS – 1.5 ounces of walnut, almonds and cashews for one month can also lower your cholesterol by 5%. Intake of this nuts should be in proportion for too much nuts because they are high in calories.

• GREEN TEA – herbal teas are antioxidants.  If you drink green tea regularly, it can lower your LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol levels by 60%.

• CHOCOLATES – are powerful antioxidant.  Chocolates increases 24% of HDL (high-density lipoprotein) cholesterol levels. Dark chocolates are three times more antioxidant compared to other chocolates. It helps unclogged your arteries.

• ASTRALAGUS –  is an antioxidant that helps preventing heart disease. It lowers LDL cholesterol and prevent the clogging in the arteries.

• GARLIC – two to four cloves of garlic a day can lower cholesterol, prevent blood clots, reduce blood pressure, and  stops artery-clogging plaque.

• BEANS – half a cup of beans can lower LDL by 8%.

• SPINACH – is reach in lutein that can prevent cholesterol to stick in the wall of the arteries that can cause clogging and also prevents heart attack.

• FLAXSEED – contains high level of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), an acid that is rich in omega-3 fatty acid.  It maintains the bad cholesterol level and reduces the risk of heart diseases.

• AVOCADOS –  are a great source to help raise HDL cholesterol while lowering LDL. It reduces the amount of cholesterol from our food intake. But they are also high in calories and fat so you have to take it in moderation.

 

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