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Cholesterol decrease indicated food

The human body really needs cholesterol because many biological and chemical processes are based on it.

Unfortunately, in time people reached the preconception of associating cholesterol with cardiac diseases and, at the same time with a general ill state.

Cholesterol is divided in what the people call “good cholesterol” and “bad cholesterol”. The good one can be found abbreviated as HDL (High Density Protein) and the bad one as LDL (Low Density Protein).

The cholesterol level can be maintained at a level okay for the human body if some useful advice is followed and if fruit and vegetables are regularly eaten – for reducing the bad cholesterol level and increasing or at least maintaining the good cholesterol level.

In the following we shall be presenting you some food that reduces the cholesterol level and that shouldn’t be missing from your daily diet, so must be included in your different everyday meals:

1. Bilberries – as many other fruit, bilberries don’t have any type of side effects if consumed daily while the cholesterol decrease is as obvious as in the case of some prescribed cholesterol medication.

2. Nuts – according to some recent research, 45 grams of nuts per day, no matter the way they’re eaten, are more than enough because of their high protein content. In nuts you can also find the necessary selenium, fitonutrients and fibers.

3. Olive oil and olives – these will offer you the daily necessary healthy fats, keeping you safe from diabetes or other cardiac diseases.

4. Natural grape juice – contains antioxidants that reduce the bad cholesterol (LDL) and, even better, as bilberries or fish oil they increase the good cholesterol level (HDL).

5. Fish oil and fat fish – Omega 3 type fatty acids are found in fish oil and in fat fish like trout, mackerel, salmon, sardines or herring. It’s indicated it be consumed at least 2-3 times a week.