Cholesterol: Foods that improve your values

 In general, eating a healthy diet and regular exercise will help keep your cholesterol values within the normal range. Both can be used to reduce mild to moderately elevated cholesterol values while medications can be added in severe cases.
 Let us first look at the diet aspect.

 1. Oatmeal
Oatmeal is high in soluble fiber, which reduces your low-density lipoprotein (LDL), the "bad" cholesterol. Soluble fiber is also found in such foods as beans, apples, pears, barley and prunes.
Soluble fiber can reduce the absorption of cholesterol into your bloodstream.

Both oats and barley are rich in a form of soluble fibre called beta glucan.  Once eaten beta glucan forms a gel which helps bind cholesterol in the intestines and prevent it from being absorbed. - See more at: http://heartuk.org.uk/cholesterol-and-diet/six-super-foods-for-lower-cholesterol#sthash.LGPLnRRH.dpuf

Both oats and barley are rich in a form of soluble fibre called beta glucan.  Once eaten beta glucan forms a gel which helps bind cholesterol in the intestines and prevent it from being absorbed. - See more at: http://heartuk.org.uk/cholesterol-and-diet/six-super-foods-for-lower-cholesterol#sthash.LGPLnRRH.dpuf

Eating plenty of fibre helps lower your risk of heart disease, and some high-fibre foods can help lower your cholesterol.

2. Whole nuts
Whole nuts like Almonds,Walnuts, Hazelnuts, Peanuts, Cashews etc all improve your cholesterol level as well as keeping your blood vessels healthy, protecting you from heart disease. Especially if they are not salted or sugar coated. Nuts are high in calorie content so don't go overboard.

3. Avocados
According to a recent study, adding an avocado a day to a heart-healthy diet can help reduce LDL levels and increase HDL (good cholesterol) levels in people who are overweight or obese. This also is high in calorie content therefore eat with moderation.

4. Fish and Omega-3 Fatty Acids
 Eating fatty fish can be heart healthy because of its high levels of omega-3 fatty acids, which can reduce your blood pressure and risk of developing blood clots. It has bee found that replacing saturated fats with omega-3s like those found in salmon, sardines, and herring can raise good cholesterol as much as 4%.
Olive oil can also lower LDL cholesterol and also has the effect of trimming belly fat

5. Tea
 While tea has become well known for its cancer-fighting antioxidants, it is also a great defense against LDL cholesterol levels, especially green tea. According to research conducted with the USDA, black tea has been shown to reduce blood lipids by up to 10% in only 3 weeks. These findings were concluded in a larger study of how tea may also help reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.

6. Chocolate
 This should really be my best. This is a powerful antioxidant and it also increases the HDL levels. Remember to choose the dark chocolate because it has more than 3 times as many antioxidants, which prevent blood platelets from sticking together and may even keep arteries unclogged.

7. Tomatoes
 Known for their cancer-fighting prowess, tomatoes may also help reduce cholesterol. Tomatoes contain lycopene (the antioxidant that gives tomatoes their red pigment), taking tomatoes daily can reduce LDL by about 10 percent. The research on tomatoes having this effect is fairly new.

7. Garlic
 Garlic has been found to lower cholesterol, prevent blood clots, reduce blood pressure, and protect against infections. Now research finds that it helps stop artery-clogging plaque at its earliest stage by keeping cholesterol particles from sticking to artery walls.


The secrete is balance. Over zealous consumption of any of these is bound to have some negative effects.