What natural herbs and remedies are good for lowering cholesterol?
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I Googled the statin drugs and was so scared by the side effects that I chose an alternative method of lowering my cholesterol by diet alone. I'm giving it 90 days, so in another month I'll get a follow-up lipids profile and will know whether it's working, but I have no doubt that it will help.
In the meantime, while I am NOT prescribing, here are some of the things I am doing to lower serum cholesterol.
- oatmeal, with added wheat & oat bran (1 T.) Whole grains and bran combine with cholesterol and remove it from the body.
- lecithin, available at natural foods stores. I add a T. to my oatmeal. Lecithin breaks up fats (that's why it's in ice cream etc.)
- cinnamon, 1/4 tsp. in my oatmeal and anywhere else I can add it. Research suggests that it is instrumental in lowering serum cholesterol.
- blueberries, 1/2 C/day.
- almonds, 1 handful/day.
- garlic
- I also take Vitamin C and fish oil capsules routinely. Don't know whether they have any specific effects on cholesterol.
Finally, avoid all fatty foods. This includes fast foods, fried convenience/frozen foods, foods fried at home (broil instead, or sauté in olive oil). Remove chicken skin. Trim all visible fat from steaks and chops. Eliminate margarine (it's a trans fat, more deadly than animal fats) and use butter sparingly.
This is not rocket science. The info is available on the Web. Don't take my word - do some research yourself.
Possibly garlic.
red wine is the best answer to this question bar none!
Red Yeast Rice capsules, Garlic (capsules or the real thing), Guggul extract capsules
Garlic vitimin c and e and cyan pepper
fish oil omega 3 no joke this is what the doctors are recommending now i am doing it and going good guns
Oatmeal and shredded wheat. Omega-3 fish oils either via food or pills.
Lecithin does a great job for lowering cholesterol. Fortunately my choleseral level is about 160, so I don't have to worry about it.
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When it comes to natural herbs and remedies I think that it is trial and err but my husband was taking garlic tablets for a knee injury and in the process his cholesterol went down
Cho-Less. Works great.
i work in a doctors office, and the doctors i work for recommend omega 3 fish oil and walking. oat meal is also good.
ive seen patients who have had great results with both of these ideas.
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The best herb is green tea. But if you want to slam it, eat 1 ounce of walnuts before lunch and half an avocado after lunch and a coup of Quaquer oats in the morning for 4 weeks along with an afternoon green tea and come back to this board and tell everyone about it. Of Course, watch your food intake and stay away from pork.
Warning: some people are allergic to nuts. It does not apply to those people.
Konjac or Konjac flour- Scientific Name: Glucomannan
When my cholesterol was too high, my doctor got all excited about it and said, "I want you to eat oats every day. I don't care if it's cookies or in whatever form, just eat oats in some form every day."
You know what? I did what he said and my cholesterol went down to 165 the next time I was tested. It was up over 200 which was cause for concern. I didn't change anything else in my diet. Mainly, I just started having a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast in the morning, and I would occasionally make cookies too - they're delicious.
Good luck to you :)
My hubby takes garlic. His level went from 204 to 189 in a month.
Pantetheine works good in diabetics, but not so well in normal folks. Cut as much sugar and refined food and saturated (Animal sources, escept fish) out of your diet as possible. Red Yeast Rice and Sytrinol may be helpful. Guggulipid has been studied.
vitasearch.com has lots of info. Also see swansonvitamins.com for products and more info (low prices!).
Guggul is the best herb to lower cholesterol.
I have scientific evidence and there has been lot of research done
Further i have good results in my clinic.
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