How to Naturally Lower Your Cholesterol WIthout Statin Drugs

By MIHealthCoach

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Cholesterol levels are a concern for many people in the United States and can correlate to heart disease. Cholesterol lowering medications can have toxic side effects and to be avoided if possible.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

  • High fiber foods
  • A grocery list
  • Healthy recipes
  • Cinnamon
  • Oatmeal
  • Vitamin C

Step1
To lower your bad cholesterol and increase your good cholesterol levels, all you have to do is add more good foods into your diet, and that will help you to automatically decrease the foods and factors that aren't supporting your health.
Step2
First, make sure your doctor has checked your thyroid levels. A low thyroid function is often related to your cholesterol being high.
Step3
Talk to your doctor about incorporating niacin in the form of inositol hexaniacinate.
Step4
Incorporate more garlic into you diet, minimum of 4,000 mcg of allicin. Talk to your doctor if you're on blood thinning medication or other medications.
Step5
eat less meat Eat less saturated fat and cholesterol by reducing the amount of animal products in your diet.
Step6
eat more strawberries Eat more foods that are rich in fiber such as fruits, vegetables, grains, and legumes.
Step7
more exercise Lose weight if necesary and increase your exercise.
Step8
eat more fish Incorporate more cholesterol-lowering foods such as almonds, apples, bananas, carrots, cold water fish, dried beans, garlic, grapefruit, and olive oil.
Step9
drink more water Drink more water and green tea, and eliminate coffee as much as possible.
Step10
Drink freshly squeezed juice such as carrot, celery and beet juice. Carrot helps to flush fat from the bile in the liver which helps to lower cholesterol.
Step11
Eat raw nuts such as unsalted pecans, walnuts and almonds. Almonds were found in one study to cut cholesterol levels by 16 points in a four week period.
Step12
avoid cake Do not eat cakes, candies, sodas, processed or refined foods.
Step13
Avoid alcohol.
Step14
relax Reduce stress and tension
Step15
more cinnamon Cayenne, spirulina, vitamin C and cinnamon have been shown to help lower choleterol levels.
Step16
There are natural supplements you can try such as Sytrinol and Cholesstrinol.
Step17
There are many strategies you can employ to naturally lower your LDL cholesterol, raise your HDL and lower your total serum cholesterol levels. It's best to try natural methods and avoid cholesterol lowering medications if at all possible.

Tips & Warnings

  • Check with your doctor before changing your diet or exercise program

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Limowreck

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on 7/10/2008 Very informative and clear article! Thank you!

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