How To Lower Your Cholesterol

Foods High in Cholesterol are primarily high in saturated fats. Foods to avoid include full fat diary products, processed meats like sausages and salami, take-away foods especially those deep fried like chips, and pastries biscuits and cakes.

You can reduce the LDL cholesterol in your blood by limiting the amount of cholesterol rich foods that you eat and incresing the amounts and varieties of fresh vegetables, fruit and wholegrain food you have every day.

Choose reduced or low fat milk, yogurt and other dairy products or use soy drinks with added calcium. Swap your butter for high polyunsaturated margarines or those containing olive oil.

Select lean cuts of meat especially pork loin and turkey or chicken breast meat with the skin removed.

Fish – especially oily fish like sardines are a great addition to your diet a couple of times a week.

Try to include foods in your diet that are rich in soluble fiber and healthy fats as in nuts, seeds and vegetables.

Avoid Foods High in Cholesterol and live a healthy lifestyle with as much exercise as you can do – even 20 minutes a day walking at a pace that raises your heart beat will be beneficial.

Studies have suggested that eating oats and legumes may lower LDL cholesterol. Saponins found in chickpeas and alfalfa sprouts, and allicin found in garlic and onions may also have a positive effect. Also plant sterols found in sunflowers and canola seeds, vegetable oils and to a lesser degree in cereals, nuts, fruit and vegetables. Some margarines have concentrated plant sterols added to them. Plant sterol enriched margarines have been shown to help lower LDL Cholesterol.

So, eat the right foods and lead a healthy lifestyle and AVOID those Foods High in Cholesterol .