Can A Diet To Lower Cholesterol Exist?

Turn on your television just about any time of day, especially if you're a fan of any food-related shows or the Food Network, and you'll be bombarded by commercials for drugs that are designed to lower your "bad" cholesterol levels. As concern about cholesterol has increased, the drug companies have worked overtime to crank out as many variations on the cholesterol-lowering theme as possible, all marketed in commercials captained by serious looking men and women in white coats.

One of the funniest of these is one in which an older doctor shepherds a group of medical student types around a campus while "discussing" the drug being hawked in the commercial. In a conversation so stilted it sounds like a refugee from a Christopher Guest film, they manage to cover every possible side effect of the drug and all the recommended diet and exercise accompaniments to its use.

The simple fact is that, for the vast majority of people who have high cholesterol, all that is required to control and lower it is dietary modification. A diet to lower cholesterol is not only possible, it's very simple to put together.

There are numerous foods that help raise "good" cholesterol, or HDL, and lower "bad" cholesterol, or LDL. These include:

• Nuts
• Whole grains
• Fish
• Fruits (skin-on, please!)
• Garlic
• Legumes

There are also nutritional supplements that are proven to lower cholesterol, such as fish oil and garlic in pill form. If you decide to take fish oil, be sure to buy the enteric-coated capsules, as they will help prevent the "fishy stomach" problem some people encounter when taking them. It's also best to take the capsules right before a meal, so the digestive process works properly and the supplements are taken up. Remember that these are foodstuffs to your body, not drugs, and thus they are utilized by digestion, not absorption.

The most important things to do to lower cholesterol are to avoid major sources of it, such as junk foods and fatty meats, and to exercise. Exercise helps your body burn cholesterol, especially aerobic exercise of 30 minutes or more several times a week.

Go through your freezer, refrigerator and pantry and eliminate all the high-cholesterol foods. Donate them to a food bank or foist them off on your skinny friends. Then stock up on all the foods that will arm you for success!

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