Healing Foods For High Cholesterol

Posted: February 16th, 2010 | Author: Dr. Bill | No Comments »

Here’s an interesting little factoid: For every 1% drop in your cholesterol levels, you get a 2% reduction in your risk of heart attack.

And while taking my Powrhouse Omega Formula will help promote your cardiovascular health, by supporting optimal triglyceride and cholesterol levels and reducing platelet aggregation.

There is more you can do to optimize your heart. What you put in your mouth goes a long way toward reducing your cholesterol levels, too.

Here are a number of foods that will help reduce high cholesterol.

ALMONDS  -  Nuts are high in fat, but they are a great source of monosatuated fat (“good” fat.) People who eat a handful of nuts a day are less likely to be fat, than those who don’t.

BARLEY  -  A lot of folks tell me that they eat oatmeal, but if you like oatmeal, you should love barley. Barley is rich in beta-glucans, the plant components that give oatmeal its cholesterol reducing power. But here’s the big kicker: barley offers three times more beta-glucans than oatmeal. In other words, one cup of barley is worth three cups of oatmeal.

BEANS  -  Beans, almost all of them, attack cholesterol with a two pronged approach. They contain both fiber and lecithin, a plant based fat. (Lecithin is what holds milk chocolate together, by keeping the milk and the chocolate from separating.) Studies have shown that 1-1/2 cups of lentils a day can cut cholesterol by 19%. That’s something to toot about!

OLIVE OIL  -  One of the richest sources of monosaturated fatty acids. Use it in place of butter.

AVOCADOS  -  Yes, that guacamole is actually healthy. Researchers had a group of people with high cholesterol add an avocado a day to their diet…and their cholesterol levels dropped by 16%.

CARROTS  -  CHOCOLATE  -  CINNAMON  -  CRANBERRIES  -  ORANGE JUICE  -  PEANUTS  -  GARLIC  -  GREEN, OR BLACK TEA

All of these foods will help, too.

One of my favorite ways to help myself is by making hummus.

Just take a couple of 15 ounce cans of cannellini beans and put them in a blender or food processor. Add some garlic cloves (you decide how many), some fresh lemon juice, salt, pepper and maybe a dash or two of hot sauce (optional).

Blend it up, and you’re ready to go. (Cholesterol medication in a dip!)

The fiber in the beans binds to cholesterol in the gut and helps escort it on out of the body. That doesn’t count the work of the garlic, which whoops ass on cholesterol, too.

Combining all these great cholesterol fighters with my ultra pure deep water Powerhouse Omega Formula should have an extremely  beneficial effect on your heart. And brain. Because what’s good for the heart is also good for the brain.

So get smart and eat these foods…or is it…

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