How To Lower Cholesterol

More people are looking for viable, healthy methods of lowering their cholesterol. The purpose of lowering cholesterol is to decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease and increase life expectancy. However, many of the cholesterol lowering drugs cause serious health problems, and can even be fatal.

The medical industry knows that removing animal fat from your diet, and increase plant fat, will lower cholesterol significantly. Some plant fats, like almonds, can protect against cholesterol and cancer.

It is easy to add plant fats to the average diet. One way is to add almond milk to the diet. You can guy it, or make it at home. Almond milk is not only better for you than cow's milk, it has anti-cancer properties, brain-boosting nutrients and cardiovascular protectors.

Blueberries contain cholesterol-lowering remedies. The blueberry plant synthesizes natural phytochemicals and stores them in the skin as the blue pigment that gives the berry its color. These fit into the medicinal chemicals called anthocyanins, which have carefully documented medicinal properties.

One pint of blueberries each day (fresh is best, but frozen or freeze-dried also works) lowers total cholesterol by at least 25 points in 30 days. Plus, you receive the antioxidant benefits, nervous system protection, skin protection from UV light, and other benefits. All this, at a fraction of the cost of cholesterol lowering drugs.

Garlic is a miracle cholesterol-balancing food that also contains anti-cancer medicine. It is one of the best-documented natural medicines in history.

You need to eat a lot of garlic before experiencing the cholesterol-lowering effect of garlic, Baked garlic is delicious, with a nutty flavor and no harsh odor.

However, most people in today's 'drug for symptoms' culture stop at taking something which is suppose to make cure them. This is only half the battle against cholesterol.

The most important thing is to stop poisoning your body. These include Hydrogenated oils / trans fatty acids, Fried foods, Homogenized dairy products.

Fried foods are extremely dangerous. This includes french fries, egg rolls, fried onions and foods cooked in oil at high temperatures.

The frying process creates acrylamides deadly, cancer-causing chemicals. Fast food restaurants that fry foods use the same oil over and over, concentrating the acrylamide content so that each successive batch are more toxic than the previous.

Eating fried foods is simply incompatible with being healthy and a long life.

You cannot eat your way to good health. The body is not meant to be static and stationary. The good news is that it isn't meant to be athletic and buff too.

A 30 minute walk, five days a week, with a 3-minute sprint in the middle of the walks, you can nearly double the cardiovascular benefit of your health program.

The best exercise combines low-impact cardiovascular repetition with a short burst of high-intensity exertion. Adding a low weight to the mix and the health benefits increase again.

Heart disease is one of the top killers in the world, but it is the most preventable. Everyone has the power and ability to lower their cholesterol and extend their lives.