How to Lower High Cholesterol With Fruits & Vegetable
Instructions
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Cut out fatty desserts. Saturated fat cranks up your cholesterol level, and things like candy bars, ice cream and pastries are loaded with it.
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Substitute fruits. For dessert, eat raw fruits such as apples, strawberries, oranges, tangerines, grapes and melons.
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Avoid toppings. Strawberries are good for you, except when you cover them in chocolate. Other dessert dips do the same thing---add sugar and fat to perfectly healthy and delicious food.
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Change the way you cook vegetables. Vegetables by themselves are good for lowering cholesterol, but not when they're drenched in butter. Instead, boil or steam them, or sautee them in extra-virgin olive oil. Olive oil contains antioxidants, which lower bad cholesterol and keep your good cholesterol steady.
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Use vegetables to complement fish. Vegetables such as spinach and asparagus go well with fish. Doctors recommend eating fish to lower cholesterol because fish is a lean source of protein and contain Omega-3 fatty acids. These lower LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, another form of blood fat that causes heart disease.
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