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Saturday, December 23, 2006

Improve your cholesterol levels naturally

Improve your cholesterol levels naturally
Drugs for controlling cholesterol can be dangerous. They
can potentially cause weakness, cancer risk, weaken
muscles, liver and immune problems. If you can naturally do
something to improve your cholesterol levels, than why not?

How can you lower your bad cholesterol (LDL) and raise your
good cholesterol (HDL) naturally?

If you are serious about improving your health and
lifestyle, then read on.

Lifestyle changes:

Eat like nature intended. Say no to processed foods and
hydrogenated oils. Eat fresh fruits and vegetables. Include
the "Good Fats" like olive oil and fish oil in your diet.

You want to stay away from fast food, processed and
prepared foods that are loaded with bad fats, salts and
empty calories. There are many healthy alternatives that
you can incorporate into your everyday routine. It may be a
little inconvenient for you at first but you can adapt.

Cookies, muffins, cakes and pies all include unhealthy fats
and sugar. You will want to stay away from these poisons if
you are serious about your health.

Relieving stress can help in many areas including
cholesterol levels.

How do you reduce stress? You can start by adding some
beneficial tools to your arsenal. These can include
meditation, bio-feedback, taking some time out to relax or
even going for a hike. Exercise can help with your stress
levels as well. Cut back on caffeine in coffee and soda.
You actually want to cut soda completely out of your diet.

Exercise: One of the best things you can do to develop your
overall health and improving your cholesterol levels is
exercise. Stay moving and your LDL will decline while your
HDL increases. Just what the doctor ordered! This can often
be done without drugs.

Quit Smoking: Giving up smoking is the most generous gift
you can give to yourself and everyone around you. If you
choose to quit you could raise your good HDL about 5 points.

Diet: Eat fresh fruits and vegetables, raw when possible.
Cut out all of the "bad foods".

Some foods that are beneficial:

. Olive Oil . Fish ( mercury free) . Fresh Fruits &
Vegetables . Avocados . Nuts & Seeds . Oats and other
Soluble Fibers . Legumes . Blueberries (They are fruit, but
are in a class by themselves, because they are so great!) .
Garlic ( if your spouse doesn't mind too much) . Curry .
Grape & Orange Juice ( but is it worth the extra sugar?) .
Good Fats ( fish Oil, Olive Oil, Flax)

Here's a list of some foods you specially want to drop or
cut back on: . Soda . alcohol . Caffeine . Wheat . Red
Meats . Muffins . Cookies . Fast Food . Prepared or Canned
Foods . Refined Sugar . Refined anything

Supplements that could help:

. Fish Oil . Coral Calcium . Vitamin C . Vitamin E .
Vitamin D . B Complex . Magnesium . Policosanol . Plant
Sterols

Drinking more water is usually a good idea. Drinking
alcohol in moderation has been shown to increase HDL
levels. A supplement such as Resveracine, containing wine's
beneficial ingredients, may be a wiser choice.

Take action today. Making these changes in your lifestyle
can have a dramatic increase on you health in a positive
way. Just think about all the money you will save when your
physician determines to lower, or take you off of
cholesterol drugs.

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Lambert Klein is the owner of Think Healthy Supplements.
You can find out more about Lipistat, a natural supplement
to improve cholesterol at:
http://www.1thinkhealthy.com/lipistat.html