MOSCOW, 16 Sep. British physician Deborah Lee named three products that can quickly reduce blood cholesterol levels and, as a result, the risk of heart and vascular diseases. Express writes about this. The doctor explained that high cholesterol levels are most often associated with dietary habits, but in some cases, the cause may be kidney disease, hypothyroidism, obesity, anorexia nervosa, smoking or drinking a lot of alcohol, as well as an excess of salt in the diet. Among the foods that increase cholesterol levels, the doctor named fatty meats, sausages, pastries, cheeses and desserts, but at the same time urged not to abandon them, but only to limit their use. Lee advised replacing saturated fats with unsaturated ones. To do this, you can include nuts, olive and sesame oils, red fish, legumes, and poultry in the diet.
Eat and lose weight. How Metabolism Changes and Can Be Influenced with Age The second cholesterol-fighting agent is fiber. lowering cholesterol levels, the doctor recommended eating foods enriched with stanols and sterols — milk, yoghurts and spreads. «If you take 1.2 to 2.4 grams per day, it can reduce cholesterol by ten percent,» she explained. Lee added that the use of such products is intended to complement medicinal methods of fighting cholesterol.
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