Bind the bad cholesterol and free the good cholesterol. There are approximately 7 popular medication to help lower high LDL (Bad) cholesterol levels, but there are more than 20 foods that assist in the same. Would it be better to control your cholesterol levels through what foods you put in your body? Why choose food intake over medication? Food intake usually has no adverse effects on the body or mind. Medications often come with multiple negative side effects that overshadow the one condition the medicine is designed to remedy. How much would you lower your LDL cholesterol if you replaced the fast food burger with a healthier option. Prepare healthier meals one day out of the week and put the entire plate wrapped in your frig so it is ready to go when you are in a hurry and hungry. It becomes your fast food. Your refrigerator becomes the drive through.
Even your grocery store shelves are loaded with two things you want to control, salt and sugar. Processed foods are usually very high in both salt and sugar. Also, be careful of salad dressings both in restaurants and on grocery store shelves, they likely contain a few pounds of sugar and plenty of salt. We think we are making a wise healthy decision when we order a salad but many times we are not making a wise decision once we load on the dressings.
Resources:
Harvard Health Publishing, Harvard Medical School, 11 Foods That Lower Cholesterol, August 13, 2021
https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/11-foods-that-lower-cholesterol
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Harvard Health Publishing, Harvard Medical School 5 Foods That Fight High Cholesterol, April 14, 2023
https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/5-foods-that-fight-high-cholesterol
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Mayo Clinic, Cholesterol: Top Foods To Improve Your Numbers, June 14, 2023
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/high-blood-cholesterol/in-depth/cholesterol/art-20045192
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Mass General Brigham, 10 Foods to Lower Cholesterol, Romit Bhattacharya, MD, April 11, 2023
https://www.massgeneralbrigham.org/en/about/newsroom/articles/10-foods-to-lower-cholesterol
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