Lowering Cholesterol Without Drugs

One characteristic of having high cholesterol is a pain or soreness in the back of the head neck. Reduce levels of bad cholesterol in your body the most good by adjusting the diet rather than with drugs.
Foods that are recommended by the scientists is the food of nuts such as oatmeal, wheat, soybeans instead of carbohydrates. It also recommended the consumption of foods high in fiber from vegetables and fruits.
The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that a diet of soy products and nuts can contribute to lower bad cholesterol (LDL). Normal cholesterol levels if the size is 160-200 mg, while the incoming hazardous condition if it is above 240 mg.
Participants who have a healthy diet and eating lots of foods have cholesterol-lowering bad cholesterol levels are 13 percent lower, while those who eat a diet low in saturated fat decreased by 3 percent.
"The main thing here is that people can lower cholesterol through diet if he has it in his thinking. These changes can make people do not need to use drugs," said Dr. David Jenkins, professor of nutrition and metabolism at the University of Toronto, was quoted as saying from ABCNews, on Wednesday (08/23/2011).
Dr. Jenkins made a combined list of foods that might be able to provide the maximum benefit in lowering cholesterol and preventing cardiovascular disease. The list includes regularly eat nuts and high in fiber from oats, barley and vegetables. And is also rich in sterols replace butter with soy-based products.
"Replacing saturated fat from meat and dairy products with healthy fats from nuts and soybeans will have a greater benefit than replacing red meat and dairy products with carbohydrates," says Dr. Walter Willett of the Harvard School of Public Health.
Before suggesting the use of drugs, doctors will usually encourage patients with high cholesterol to alter lifestyle and eating style. If these steps do not change this lifestyle successfully, the new doctors will prescribe drugs such as statins, which serves to reduce the production of cholesterol in the liver.
Changing your diet is difficult, especially if someone should be kept away from her favorite food. But if the patient can see the results he gets, then this condition will be important things that keep him motivated to continue eating them.
If your cholesterol levels are high to bring it down can try the following tips:1. Breakfast with havermurt is one way of lowering cholesterol.2. If you want to eat enough eggs egg whites only.3. Drinking cow's milk without the fat4. If you choose to eat meat or chicken without skin duck, rabbit5. All the vegetables are very good but do not be cooked with coconut milk. Fresh vegetables sauteed or so could be an alternative.
Foods to avoid:1. Butter, fried. If possible you should use olive oil or canola oil.2. Beef fat, lard and lard cow goat3. Cheese, sausage and high-fat milk4. Shrimp, crab, mussels, snails and eels have high cholesterol levels
Foods that should dipantang because cholesterol is very high:1. Squid2. Yolk3. Bovine brain4. Quail eggs
In addition to maintaining proper diet, one must exercise regularly in accordance with the target to be achieved. Sports that do usually associated with cardio such as aerobics, running or treadmill and performed 3-5 times a week.   Do not smoke and avoid drinking alcohol also can help reduce cholesterol levels.