Foods to Eat to Help Decrease Cholesterol

Why is high cholesterol bad for you?

According to the book, ChefMD’s Big Book of Culinary Medicine, high cholesterol can lead to can lead to inflammation and hardening of the arteries, premature wrinkling, memory loss, heart attack, and stroke.

John La Puma, MD recommends that to lower your cholesterol, you decrease consumption of these foods:

• saturated fat
• trans fats
• unfiltered coffee

and increase consumption of these foods

• black tea
• dark chocolate
• cinnamon
• ground flaxseed
• rice bran
• oat bran
• barley
• avocado
• macadamia nuts
• hazelnuts
• sunflower oil
• canola oil
• egg whites

Overall, the goal is to decrease LDL levels and increase HDL levels.

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