List of Foods to Help Lower Your Cholesterol

Bad and good cholesterol circulate through your veins on a daily basis, the bad is dangerous to your health and the good is imperative to your health.This waxy substance is produced in the liver and central nervous system majority is produced internally and the remainder is contracted by the foods we eat. The question we need to be asking ourselves is what are we eating? this factor determines your cholesterol ratios and ultimately your level of risk to a heart attack or stroke.

Having a list of foods to help lower your ratio is important if you see it fit to maintain a healthy ratio, below you will find some interesting facts and ways to reduce your high levels.

Here's some Tips

1. Limit sugar and alcohol.

2. Quit smoking if you can.

3. Eat fish as often as possible as it contains omega

4.Eat dietary fiber every day. Foods such as legumes, oats, barley, brown rice, apples, strawberries and carrots are good to eat.

5. When selecting meats be sure to eat lean meats that have no more than 3 grams of fat per ounce.

6. Avoid fast foods are they are normally dripping in fatty oils.

7. Load up on vegetables especially green leafy vegetables.

8.Cut down on salt as this has high levels of sodium.

9.eat more pastas and foods that are low in fat and great for energy.

Fruit also plays a major role and the saying an apple a day keeps the doctor away can almost be said as gospel, fruits are a great source of natural sugar and excellent for the digestive system. By replacing snacks with natural snacks like sliced carrot sticks. as well as celery sticks and fruit slices.

Remember that exercise as mentioned before is also plays a vital role and having a healthy body will equate to a healthy mind and in return make you a more health conscious person. Please visit  where good-cholesterol.blogspot.com/2009/01/wher-is-cholesterol-produced.html cholesterol is produced in your body to get a greater understanding on the production process and how cholesterol effects your body, tissues and organs.

By just implementing a few healthy rules in you or  your families life will make the world of difference as to how you feel daily.  Lets elaborate on that a bit : eg: you may be suffering from hypertension and this is largely due to your diet like excessive caffeine and other stimulants that effect the body. Another example is depression, in this case case you're not eating properly or even enough. You may be suffering from sleepless nights, by simply eating pumpkin seeds, in a short while you'll be sleeping like a baby.

Enough said I think you get my point, the engine that you're feeding is only going to perform as well as the quality of fuel you're putting into it. On that note I come to a close so stay healthy.

Paul Wenniger

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