Diet for Cholesterol Reduction

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– June 12, 2010Posted in: Health News

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Treatment

Follow the recommended lifestyle for avoiding cardio-vascular disease, paying particular attention to exercise, stress-management and dietary dos and don’ts. It is possible that supplements will then be unnecessary.

Diet

Follow the basic cardiac diet, and bear in mind that the following foods reduce cholesterol :

  • Walnuts and pumpkin seeds.
  • Pectin foods : sunflower seeds, lemon, apples and bananas.
  • Fibre from flaxseeds or psyllium seeds.
  • Oatbran or ricebran – 5 tablespoons daily, cooked or raw.
  • Alfalfa sprouts
  • Dried peas and beans, especially soya.
  • Onions, garlic and brewer’s yeast.
  • Oily fish.
  • Corn, broccoli, beets, okra, carrots, red peppers, avocado, spirulina and seaweeds.
  • Grains, soya, garlic and beets also reduce any excess cholesterol production in the body.
  • Chinese oolong and pu erh, and fenugreek teas.
  • Note that coffee, alcohol and diuretics prevent the lowering of cholesterol.

    • Supplements which lower cholesterol

  • Vitamin C

    – 1 g, three times daily, or more often.

  • Niacin

    – 100 mg, twice daily with food.

  • Vitamin B6

    – 50 mg, twice daily.

  • Calcium and magnesium

    – 500 mg daily, as citrate or aspartate.

  • Chromium polynicotinate

    – 100 mcg twice daily.

  • Selenium

    – 150 mcg daily.

  • L acidophilus

    daily, increases bile synthesis, thereby increasing cholesterol excretion.

  • EPA

    – 1 g daily is enough, if eating oily fish. This oil has a much more dramatic effect on triglycerides than cholesterol, although it markedly raises the healthy HDL.

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