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Sunday, December 20, 2009

Tips To Having A Lower Cholesterol Diet From Dr. Sam Robbins

By Dr. Sam Robbins

You could eat a bowl of oatmeal, a handful of walnuts or a baked potato topped with a heart healthy margarine to lower your cholesterol and you could also stay off medications.

To reduce your low density lipoprotein (LDL), the bad cholesterol, you should eat oatmeal since it contains soluble fiber. Some of the foods that have soluble fiber are kidney beans, apples, pears. psyllium, barley and prunes.

Absorption of cholesterol in your intestines can be reduced by eating soluble fiber. Your total and LDL cholesterol can be decreased by eating ten grams or more soluble fiber a day. You would get 6 grams of fiber from eating 1 cups of cooked oatmeal. Adding fruit like bananas will add another 4 grams of fiber. Cold cereal made with oatmeal or oat bran gives you fiber as well.

To reduce your blood cholesterol you should eat walnuts according to research. You can keep your blood vessels healthy and elastic with you eat foods such as walnuts that are rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids. Almonds and other nuts produce the same effect, however, only eat a handful because nuts are high in calories.

Because of its high levels of omega 3 fatty acids eating fatty fish has lowered cholesterol according to researchers. Reducing blood pressure and the risk of blood clots is another way Omega 3 fatty acids helps the heart. Fish oil or omega 3 fatty acids reduces the risk of sudden death in people who already have heart problems.

The Food and Drug Administration recommends using about 2 tablespoons (23 grams) of olive oil a day to get its heart-healthy benefits. To add olive oil to your diet, you can saute vegetables in it, add it to a marinade, or mix it with vinegar as a salad dressing. You can also use olive oil as a substitute for butter when basting meat. Olive oil contains a potent mix of antioxidants that can lower your "bad" (LDL) cholesterol but leave your "good" (HDL) cholesterol untouched.

Food items such as margarines, orange juice and yogurt drinks can reduce LDL cholesterol by more than 10 percent because they are fortified with plant sterols. By drinking two 8 ounce glasses of sterol fortified orange juice a day gives you the needed 2 grams of plant sterols.

Before you make other changes to your diet, think about cutting back on the types and amounts of fats you eat, which can raise your cholesterol. That way, you'll improve your cholesterol levels and health overall. - 17269

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