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A diet for lowering cholesterol
should include fatty fish, walnuts, oatmeal, and oat bran, and foods
that are fortified with plant sterols. If you cannot get enough of this
in your regular diet, you may need to take a diet supplement to get
the sterols that you need.
Lowering your LDL cholesterol
levels is the important part. LDL is the 'bad cholesterol' that doctors
talk about. HDL is the good stuff. Eating the foods listed above can
help in lowering your LDL cholesterol.
One thing to keep in mind
is that you can actually be saving yourself some money by eating healthy
and lowering your cholesterol. Many people think that healthy foods
are more expensive. What they fail to take into consideration is the
comparison between what it costs to go to the grocery or health food
store and how much it costs to go to the doctor and the pharmacist.
You can save some money by preventing illness in the first place.
It is important to remember
that taking cholesterol lowering supplements and eating a diet that
contains some cholesterol lowering food choices does not give you a
free ticket to splurge. In order to benefit from cholesterol lowering
diets and supplements you still need to watch your overall health. You
should try to keep your weight under control by limiting your total
caloric intake and you should take care of your heart by getting the
proper amount of exercise.