Cholesterol Talk!

This is a mini checklist that you can create for your own personal use to improve your heart health and your cholesterol levels with the 8 food tips to lower cholesterol.
You can try the followings:

Stock your pantry and your refrigerator with the right foods for a low-cholesterol diet. Buy your favorite canned or dry beans, [...]

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Cholesterol levels are measured in milligrams (mg) of cholesterol per deciliter (dL) of blood in the United States and some other countries. Canada and most European countries measure cholesterol in millimoles (mmol) per liter (L) of blood. Consider these general guidelines when you get your lipid panel (cholesterol test) results back to see if your [...]

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Too much LDL cholesterol will lead to an increase in cholesterols to be deposited on the walls of the arteries and forms plaque. This is harmful to one’s health and if were to continue depositing more cholesterols, it will soon block the blood from flowing smoothly through the arteries. This could cause atherosclerosis, simply said [...]

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Research have shown that even though soy protein has been promoted as a way to lower cholesterol, but in actual fact it has no significant effect on cholesterol levels.
The findings “do not support the current health claims for soy protein in a general population,” said study author Peter R.C. Howe, director of the Nutritional Physiology [...]

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The food pyramid is a great place to start for structuring a low cholesterol diet to improve ones health.
The United States Department of Agriculture has restructured the food pyramid of the past into the MyPyramid plan which considers age, gender and amount of physical activity you get each day. Still, this pyramid is a good [...]

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