Eat more apples. An apple a day keeps the cardiologist away! Apples contain a cholesterol-lowering fiber called pectin. Another ingredient in apples, called polyphenols, functions as a strong antioxidant and also prompts the liver to clear LDL cholesterol from the body. Make sure to eat the skin as it contains the highest level of antioxidants
Eat Garlic. Vampires hate it, but the heart loves it! Garlic is a regular chemical factory with lots of active ingredients that not only lower LDL but also function as a powerful antioxidant and blood thinner. Garlic lowers LDL by dampening the activity of the main cholesterol-producing enzyme in the liver. Eating as little as a clove a day has been shown to rev up the bodies ability to dissolve blood clots. A blood clot sealing off a plaque-filled artery is often the final lethal step in a heart attack.
Eat oatmeal which contains a cholesterol-lowering soluble fiber called beta-glucan. Beta-glucan soaks up cholesterol and pushes it through the digestive system so that it is not absorbed. The fiber in oats also binds up bile acids in the intestine so they are excreted. This forces the liver to make more bile which helps lower LDL cholesterol. Oats also contain a powerful type of antioxidant unique only to oats which counteracts the destructive and atherosclerosis-inducing damage of dangerous free-radicals.
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