High Cholesterol? Here are some ways to lower it at home.
Your cholesterol levels play a role in whether or not you’ll get heart disease or have a heart attack. If your cholesterol levels need some improvement then this is a perfect read for you. Here are some ideas.
Eat more soluble fiber like fruits, veggies, whole-grain cereals, and dried beans. Research shows that adding 5-10 grams a day of soluble fiber such as psyllium to your diet can reduce your LDL by 5%.
Get at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise 5-7 days a week. This can help lower your triglyceride level.
Eat as little trans fat as possible. Things like stick margarine, baked goods, and fried foods (especially those fried in hydrogenated shortening) all have trans fats.
Limit saturated fat, which is shown to raises your cholesterol more than anything else you can eat or drink. Found in fatty meats, poultry with skin, and whole milk dairy products like cheese and ice cream.
Limit the amount of cholesterol you eat and drink like cutting out things like organ meats, egg yolks and whole milk dairy products. Consume no more than 200 milligrams of cholesterol a day.
Watch your weight. Keeping an eye on your weight will help lower your low density lipoprotein (LDL or Bad) cholesterol triglyceride and total cholesterol levels. It is shown that losing just 10% of your body weight can lower your LDL.
Consider adding plant sterols or stanols into your diet. Just 2 grams a day can lower your LDL. It blocks cholesterol from being absorbed into your intestines. Taken around mealtime will help your body not absorb cholesterol from foods.
Here’s to your health!!
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My husband has terrible cholesterol. Thanks for the tips
Great tips.
My mom has high cholesterol, I will share this with her.
My husband has high cholesterol so these are all very helpful. I hate that he has to take medication so this is definitely being put to use!
great tips – and pretty easy to incorporate into your diet & lifestyle!
Love this – thank you I plan on sending it to my mother since she has terribly high cholesterol and acts like it is normal.
Thanks for the tips. I don’t have it and I’m trying to stay that way.
Those are good tips, and I’ve been watching mine quite a bit lately.
Thanks for sharing the tips. I try to implement most of those already.
These are really important tips, thanks for sharing.
Thankfully, high cholesterol doesn’t run in my family (yet) but these tips are great for prevention!
I haven’t had to watch mine, but these are good tips for any healthy lifestyle.
Nice tips, mine cholesterol is ok, but my husband has issues.
Thanks! I didn’t know all of those.
These are all great tips!
thanks for the tips!
great tips
Great tips!
I am always looking for ways to lower cholesterol