Healthy foods that cut cholesterol

Okay. Let’s change another health topic. The next health tips that I’m going to share with you is to reduce cholesterol level.

A good way to start is by maintaining a healthy weight and eating less saturated fat. Below are some of the food that you can consider.

Health tips 1: Take orange juice
A glass of orange juice at each meal can increase your good HDL. A recent study found that people who drank three glasses of orange juice a day raised there HDL levels by 21% and lowered the ratio of bad LDL to good HDL by 16 percent. Orange juice increased folate levels, too. Folate, also called folic acid, is known to fight homocysteine, a heart disease risk factor.

Health tips 2: Take Garlic
Studies found that garlic prevents the build up of fat and cholesterol in your arteries, reduces triglycerides, and increases HDL cholesterol. In one of those studies, eating a fresh clove of garlic every day for 16 weeks reduced cholesterol by an amazing 20 percent.

Health tips 3: Take Fiber
Finer helps lower LDL and may even raise HDL. Fiber also fills you up, leaving less room for meat and dairy product. Bran, oats, barley, wild rice, hominy, and flaxseed are good sources of fiber. Legumes, like split peas, black-eyed peas, lentils, kidney beans, and soybeans are another inexpensive way to ad fiber to your meal. Fruits and vegetables are loaded with fiber too.

Health tips 4: Take Yogurt
Some bacteria can be good to you. Yogurt fermented by certain kinds of bacterial may reduce your cholesterol levels. Experts have debated yogurt’s ability to lower cholesterol for years. Researchers analyzed the results of several studies and came to the conclusion that several fermented dairy products were effective in lowering cholesterol, including yogurt and milk products that contain bifidus or acidophilus. Other cholesterol-lowering foods include fermented vegetables and kefir, a fermented dairy product.